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Oer Awareness, Advocacy, And Adoption: An Institutional Approach, Jaya Kannan, Chelsea Stone
Oer Awareness, Advocacy, And Adoption: An Institutional Approach, Jaya Kannan, Chelsea Stone
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Sacred Heart University (SHU) has launched a university-wide Open Educational Resources(OER) initiative with three goals in mind – reduce the cost of textbooks for students, increase access to course materials, and strengthen pedagogical effectiveness. SHU has made appreciable headway in the short span of one and a half years by formulating a vision, defining the goals, developing a plan of action, and implementing a pilot study to integrate open textbooks in two math courses. Although it is a nascent initiative, this presentation summarizing the lessons-learned will make a useful contribution to the OER academic discussion . The presentation will describe …
Digital Commons Annual Report, Fy2013/2014, Beverly Lysobey
Digital Commons Annual Report, Fy2013/2014, Beverly Lysobey
Librarian Publications
Annual Report 2013-2014 for the Digital Commons at Sacred Heart University, including a brief history of the institutional repository.
Improving Electronic Reserve Services: A Collaborative Effort, Xiaohua (Cindy) Li, David Demers
Improving Electronic Reserve Services: A Collaborative Effort, Xiaohua (Cindy) Li, David Demers
Librarian Publications
To improve the efficiency of Ryan-Matura Library's electronic reserve (e-reserve) service, the staff of the library and the Office of Instructional Technology at Sacred Heart University codeveloped and implemented a system that streamlined the request and delivery of e-reserves for faculty and students. This system utilizes the institution's integrated course/content management system (Blackboard) along with a custom-built Web application that facilitates the request, retrieval, digitization, and delivery of e-reserve materials directly to students within their Blackboard courses.