ABSTRACT

Open Educational Resources (OER) are vital in transforming the student learning experience, whether it is through a social justice lens that seeks to remedy inequities by reducing student cost burden and supporting access to materials or, increasingly, the pedagogical changes faculty are making that enhance student learning. Community college students are more subject to potential debt load and a proportionally higher textbook cost burden based on student aid offered to them. Therefore understanding what motivates community faculty to adopt OER and what barriers exist is vital in expanding OER opportunities for these students. This study examined Oregon community college faculty’s experience with the OER process including a survey which sought information about faculty motivation, usage, implementation, barriers to implementation, both student and faculty perception, and administrative support. This study found that the majority of faculty modified the OER during the adoption process and changed their instructional practices after adoption. It found that sustained support structures for faculty were needed for OER adoption, including training on pedagogical best practices and technology associated with the OER and time for reflection on how to integrate these into their courses when adopting the OER. It also found that release time or funding for OER adoption, modification, or customization was needed, including ancillary materials. Overall, faculty believed that their efforts resulted in positive benefits for students, including student savings, increased access to higher education, and increased engagement while allowing faculty to have greater control over their own courses.

摘要

开放教育资源 (OER) 对改变学生的学习体验至关重要，无论是通过社会正义的视角，通过减少学生成本负担和支持获取材料来弥补不平等现象，还是越来越多地教师正在进行的教学改革，以提高学生的学习体验。学生学习。社区大学生更容易承受潜在的债务负担，并且根据向他们提供的学生援助，教科书成本负担也相应增加。因此，了解是什么促使社区教师采用开放式教育资源以及存在哪些障碍对于扩大这些学生的开放式教育机会至关重要。本研究考察了俄勒冈社区大学教师在 OER 过程中的经验，包括一项调查，该调查寻求有关教师动机、使用、实施、实施障碍的信息，学生和教师的看法，以及行政支持。这项研究发现，大多数教师在采用过程中修改了 OER，并在采用后改变了他们的教学实践。研究发现，采用开放式教育资源需要为教师提供持续的支持结构，包括有关与开放式教育资源相关的教学最佳实践和技术的培训，以及在采用开放式教育资源时思考如何将这些整合到他们的课程中的时间。它还发现需要为 OER 采用、修改或定制提供时间或资金，包括辅助材料。总体而言，教师认为他们的努力为学生带来了积极的好处，包括学生储蓄、增加接受高等教育的机会、