posted on 2021-08-18, 13:25authored byAshley Morrison, Lydia Fletcher
In Spring 2021, Ashley Morrison, Open Education Librarian, and Lydia
Fletcher, librarian liaison to the Department of Mathematics, embarked
on a qualitative analysis of the awareness and response of faculty in
the Mathematics department at UT Austin to open educational resources
(OER). The University of Texas Libraries are invested in the awareness
and adoption of OER to reduce students’ costs in accessing higher
education and to enable innovative pedagogies that OER permits, such as
the free sharing, localization, and other customization of open course
materials to their particular course needs. Through a series of
individual interviews with Mathematics faculty and instructors
(averaging about 45 minutes), we have sought a deeper understanding of
these benefits, challenges, and needs to illuminate the possibilities
for expanding the reach of OER at UT Austin and beyond.