The University Libraries has a team of librarians who specialize in supporting faculty interested in open educational practices. (Melissa Cantrell, Merinda McLure, Caroline Sinkinson).Ìý

The team supports faculty as they:

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵ open resources for teaching and learning,  
  • Understand principles of open licensing and its application(s),    
  • Adopt and adapt open educational resources into learning settings,  
  • Create new open resources for academic use,
  • Explore open pedagogical practices,
  • Create a community of open educators.

Learn more about open educational resources, creative commons licensing, open pedagogy, and campus open educators on the .Ìý


Further Reading & Resources:

Allen, N. (2018, October 12). . SPARC.Ìý

Cronin, C. (2017). . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(5).Ìý

Cronin, C., & MacLaren, I. (2018). Conceptualising OEP: A review of theoretical and empirical literature in Open Educational Practices. Open Praxis, 10(2), 127–143.

DeRosa, R., & Jhangiani, R. (2017). Open pedagogy. In E.Ìý Mays (Ed.), .Ìý

Ehlers, U.-D. (2011). Extending the Territory: From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices. Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, 15(2), 1–10.

Florida Virtual Campus. (2018). 2018 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey (p. 4). Office of Distance Learning & Student Services.

Ruth, D. (2018). . OpenStax.Ìý

Seaman, J., & Seaman, J. (2018). . Babson Survey Research Group.

UNESCO. (2002). .Ìý

UNESCO. (2019). . United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.Ìý