ER&L 2016

April 3–6, 2016

Austin, Texas

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S84 - Building OER/OA thinking into curriculum workflows through technology

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM CDT

Room 105

Conference Track

8. Emerging Technologies & Trends

Learning Objectives

Learn how to make it easier for instructors to find open materials
Discuss the impact of showing instructors the actual savings results of using open content to keep course materials costs down for students
Learn about technology that integrates instructor and library workflows

Abstract

Mindful of higher education costs, more schools are encouraging faculty to incorporate Open Educational Resources or Open Access books and articles into courses. Technologies that make open content more easily findable through integrations with Learning Management Systems and other course material distribution tools are making changes in instructor behavior.