Open or Zero Cost Resources & Student Success

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning and research materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions (UNESCO, 2019). Zero cost resources are materials that can be accessed without cost to the user. In this brief informational session, we will highlight research on the impact of OER/ZTC materials to reduce educational barriers and promote student success, describe efforts across the university system to promote the adoption and creation of OER/ZTC  for the benefit of students and provide guidance on next steps to explore these resources.

Presentation Materials

Veronica Howard, Associate Professor, Psychology - UAA

D’Arcy Hutchings, Instructional Design Librarian, UAA

Jonas Lamb, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, UAS

Jennifer Moss, Instructional Designer, UAF