Getting Started with an OER Strategy at York University Libraries
Over the last 6-months or so, you've been hearing about open educational resources (OER) at our all-staff library meetings at York. Now that you know a little bit more about OER and how they help make university more affordable for students, it's time to talk about how we can get started with developing an OER initiative at our institution! A really great way for us to get started is to create an internal library committee to explore how York University Libraries can work with other York departments to develop and support an OER strategy. Here are some potential projects the committee can undertake (1) Investigating what other institutions are doing with OER: We'll want to conduct an environmental scan and look at what's already been done. This will help us gain a better understanding of some approaches we could take at York. (2) Reaching out to students: We'll also want to talk to students, including the student unions and associations on campu