Location
Walsh A
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
This presentation will cover the use of open educational resources (OER) in an online health psychology course. OER are materials that have an open license, meaning they can be adopted or adapted from their original source and shared with others for free (UNESCO, 2017). All materials used in the course were free of cost to students and were accessible through the course learning platform GeorgiaVIEW.
Students in the course completed a project for which only OER were to be used to inform their research. Students therefore became familiar with finding credible OER online. In this presentation, I will discuss the quality of student projects and student feedback about their project.
Last, challenges and successes of using OER will be covered. Challenges include finding an adequate number of high-quality resources, securing resources that were continuously accessible, and responding to students who preferred to use non-OER resources for their final project. Successes included lowering cost for students, introducing students to helpful and accessible resources, and curating a set of OER that may be useful for other instructors teaching the course or related courses.
Keywords
educational resources, higher education, psychology
Recommended Citation
Grissett, Judy O., "Lessons Learned from Using Open Educational Resources in an Online Health Psychology Course" (2017). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 49.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2017/2017/49
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Lessons Learned from Using Open Educational Resources in an Online Health Psychology Course
Walsh A
This presentation will cover the use of open educational resources (OER) in an online health psychology course. OER are materials that have an open license, meaning they can be adopted or adapted from their original source and shared with others for free (UNESCO, 2017). All materials used in the course were free of cost to students and were accessible through the course learning platform GeorgiaVIEW.
Students in the course completed a project for which only OER were to be used to inform their research. Students therefore became familiar with finding credible OER online. In this presentation, I will discuss the quality of student projects and student feedback about their project.
Last, challenges and successes of using OER will be covered. Challenges include finding an adequate number of high-quality resources, securing resources that were continuously accessible, and responding to students who preferred to use non-OER resources for their final project. Successes included lowering cost for students, introducing students to helpful and accessible resources, and curating a set of OER that may be useful for other instructors teaching the course or related courses.
