Developing a Sustainable Financial Model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources

Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on...

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Autor principal:	David Annand
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2015
Materias:	Open educational resources economics of OER disruptive innovation Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b7079a3036b8422183092ad57a37a6e02021-12-02T19:20:40ZDeveloping a Sustainable Financial Model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources10.19173/irrodl.v16i5.21331492-3831https://doaj.org/article/b7079a3036b8422183092ad57a37a6e02015-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2133https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the financial interests of students and those of higher education institutions. Before OER will be broadly adopted, changes to government policy are required to align institutional objectives with faculty motivations and student needs. David AnnandAthabasca University PressarticleOpen educational resourceseconomics of OERdisruptive innovationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 5 (2015)
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description	Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the financial interests of students and those of higher education institutions. Before OER will be broadly adopted, changes to government policy are required to align institutional objectives with faculty motivations and student needs.
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Developing a Sustainable Financial Model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources

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