5 Is support available for this work?
Lots of support exists for people interested in adopting, creating, and supplementing OER. There is a thriving, international community of open education authors and advocates sharing their experiences, insights, and materials.
The UW Libraries also offer resources and services to help with this work. These include access to publishing platforms, grants for faculty to author their own OER texts, training opportunities, and more. We’ll discuss these (and many other things!) more in our workshop series.
Exercise
Write down a few notes in response to the following questions. We will be coming back to these topics in the workshop.
- What challenges do you anticipate when it comes to adopting OER for your courses?
- What kinds of support would be helpful to address these challenges?
