An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education
Following the institution’s strategic goal to make it an affordable campus, institutional administrators advocated using open educational resources (OERs) to reduce the cost of attendance and improve low retention rates in gateway courses. In this project, researchers invited faculty members to sys...
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2023-07-01
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Following the institution’s strategic goal to make it an affordable campus, institutional administrators advocated using open educational resources (OERs) to reduce the cost of attendance and improve low retention rates in gateway courses. In this project, researchers invited faculty members to systematically design, develop, and deliver three general education (GED) courses with OERs to promote and test innovative pedagogical approaches for student success and retention. The project also aims to enable students to complete and earn their degrees seamlessly and affordably. The purpose of this paper is to describe the initiative, disseminate information to instructors, administrators, and other scholars on the effective practices to integrate OERs into GED courses, and show the effectiveness of OERs in increasing students’ learning experiences, instructors’ teaching experiences, and student retention.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d48785c2686c40cea179408845b9e7fb2023-11-17T10:19:55ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2023-07-01152An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher EducationShanta Goswami Varma0Xinyue Ren1Auburn University at MontgomeryAuburn University at Montgomery Following the institution’s strategic goal to make it an affordable campus, institutional administrators advocated using open educational resources (OERs) to reduce the cost of attendance and improve low retention rates in gateway courses. In this project, researchers invited faculty members to systematically design, develop, and deliver three general education (GED) courses with OERs to promote and test innovative pedagogical approaches for student success and retention. The project also aims to enable students to complete and earn their degrees seamlessly and affordably. The purpose of this paper is to describe the initiative, disseminate information to instructors, administrators, and other scholars on the effective practices to integrate OERs into GED courses, and show the effectiveness of OERs in increasing students’ learning experiences, instructors’ teaching experiences, and student retention. https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/520cost effectivenessgeneral education coursesopen pedagogyopen educational resourcesstudent retentionstudent success initiative |
| spellingShingle | Shanta Goswami Varma Xinyue Ren An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education Open Praxis cost effectiveness general education courses open pedagogy open educational resources student retention student success initiative |
| title | An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education |
| title_full | An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education |
| title_fullStr | An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education |
| title_short | An Initiative to Develop OER-Based General Education Courses in Higher Education |
| title_sort | initiative to develop oer based general education courses in higher education |
| topic | cost effectiveness general education courses open pedagogy open educational resources student retention student success initiative |
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