Mike Nason | Scholarly Communications and Publishing Librarian, UNB Libraries
Charlotte Fanjoy | UNBSJ SRC President
What are
OER are educational resources that have been funded, supported, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
not "free" as in beer!
textbooks
github repositories
audiovisual
curricula
course materials
workbooks
Neat, but
Why
A movement that empowers
A response to predatory
A movement motivated by
is a non-trivial outcome.
shouldn't be tied to finances.
addressing anxiety in a new era.
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UNB libraries are supporting
We can, at any stage, support the adoption of OER.
But, so too are libraries offering alternatives to textbooks in more traditionally understood ways.
Thank you