Day 13 Post
Why Open Makes Sense to Me?
Originally open meant a book I could use and distribute
without having to pay great expense for.
Now open means materials that there are materials that we could adopt as
a college and have helps that we can use and modify; perhaps using an online
course homework system at a reasonable cost.
Currently my school has been renting books to students to keep cost down
and has not used online homework systems or e-books because of the cost to
students. There is talk about going to
e-books and more use of technology. This
may start in the math field that I teach in.
OERs such as OpenStax may help us achieve both quality technology and
reasonable cost.
For goals, I plan to talk to the Vice President of Academic
Affairs about presenting some information about OERs at the Fall 2018 Faculty
In-service. I also want to share with
her about the Open Education Campus Action Plan and see if we can get a College
Action Team for this.