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- ItemOpen AccessOpen Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS): Reducing Barriers and Building Sustainability for OER Adoption(2023-10-16) Adams, Sarah; Sillito, SavannahOpen Education Global Conference 2023 (Edmonton, Alberta) session description. Are you looking for a new approach to supporting educators in finding OER to adopt into their courses? In this lightning talk (15 minutes), learn about an Open Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS) model a Canadian research institution has introduced to help reduce hurdles faculty and instructors face when adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses. We will first highlight some of the barriers educators experience when starting their journey in finding OER to adopt, followed by outlining the Open Course Materials Matching Service provided by Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) staff at the University of Calgary. We will discuss what OCoMMS is, the service’s workflow, and the staffing model used within this service. Library staff supporting this service utilize a course’s outline or syllabus as a guide in conducting a targeted search for finding relevant OER which is provided to educators through a curated list they then evaluate for potential adoption. In order to support these services at LCR, we utilize the strengths and experience of our support staff as the strategies and practices for providing reference services are also similarly applied within the Open Course Materials Matching Service. We will highlight the benefits of having our support staff assist with searches within the Open Course Materials Matching Service managed by the Open Education Librarian and our current service workflows. At the University of Calgary, this staffing model is a crucial piece in supporting the sustainability and growth of our OER services as interest in OER adoption continues to increase at our institution.
- ItemOpen AccessOER by Discipline Guide: Reducing Barriers and Building Sustainability for OER Adoption(2023-10-18) Adams, Sarah; Sillito, SavannahOpen Education Global Conference 2023 (Edmonton, Alberta) session description. Are you looking for a new approach to supporting educators in finding OER to adopt into their courses? In this lightning talk (15 minutes), learn about the development of an OER by Discipline Guide introduced by a Canadian research institution as a service to help reduce hurdles faculty and instructors face when adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses. We will first highlight some of the barriers educators experience when starting their journey in finding OER to adopt, followed by outlining how the OER by Discipline Guide developed by staff at the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) reduces these barriers for educators. The OER by Discipline Guide is an ongoing curated resource guide of OER organized by discipline for educators who prefer to independently review previously evaluated OER within their subject area. Similar guides are commonly used across Canadian higher education institutions to curate potential OER organized according to their institution with access provided through Pressbooks. Pressbooks is a publishing platform based on WordPress used by many higher education institutions globally for developing, adapting, and hosting dynamic, interactive Open Education Resources. During this talk, we will discuss what the OER by Discipline Guide is, how it was created, and the process for updating the guide over time. Library staff supporting this service utilize OER recommendations, adoptions, and newly developed OER from the university and open education community, including subject librarians, educators, and other relevant discipline experts for inclusion into the guide. We will also highlight the benefits of having our support staff assist with the sustainability of the OER by Discipline Guide, managed by the Open Education Librarian, along with our current service workflow. At the University of Calgary, this staffing model is a crucial piece in supporting the sustainability and growth of our OER services as interest in OER adoption continues to increase at our institution.
- ItemOpen AccessSustainable Problem Solving: Reducing Barriers for OER Adoption(2023-10-18) Adams, Sarah; Sillito, SavannahOpen Education Global Conference 2023 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) session description. Are you thinking about new strategies or service models for helping educators find OER for their courses? At this presentation session (25 minutes), come learn about one approach a Canadian research institution has taken to help reduce hurdles faculty and instructors face when adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses. We will first highlight some of these barriers, followed by strategic services we provide at the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) to reduce these barriers for educators. The first service we will discuss is providing an OER by Discipline Guide, an ongoing curated resource guide of OER organized by discipline for faculty who prefer to independently review previously evaluated OER within their subject area. Similar guides are commonly used across Canadian higher education institutions to curate potential OER organized according to their institution with access provided through Pressbooks. Pressbooks is a publishing platform based on WordPress used by many higher education institutions globally for developing, adapting, and hosting dynamic, interactive Open Education Resources. The second service strategy for supporting educators to adopt OER is the Open Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS). This service can be used by faculty who have either reviewed the OER by Discipline Guide and not found relevant OER on their subject, or by those who would prefer a more targeted service where library staff search for and curate potential OER relevant to their specific course. In order to support these services at LCR, we utilize the strengths and experience of our support staff as the strategies and practices for providing reference services are also similarly applied within the Open Course Materials Matching Service. We will highlight the benefits of having our support staff assist with OER finding services managed by the Open Education Librarian and our current service workflows. At the University of Calgary, this staffing model is a crucial piece in supporting the sustainability and growth of our OER services as interest in OER adoption continues to increase at our institution.
- ItemOpen AccessSupporting Students as Scholars: Using the Library Context to Investigate How Graduate Students Learn About Publishing(2023-11-11) Hurrell, Christie; Beatty, Susan; Lee, Jennifer; McClurg, Caitlin; Murphy, JamesGraduate students are increasingly encouraged to publish during their studies. But how do they learn this process? In this study, a team of librarians used focus groups to uncover the process for learning and teaching the “threshold concept” of academic publishing (Townsend et al, 2011). The focus groups, conducted with graduate students and faculty advisors, resulted in a rich qualitative dataset on the context of teaching and learning of academic publishing. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes emerging from transcripts. Findings from this research indicate that students rely heavily on disciplinary mentors for knowledge and support, and appreciate experiential learning opportunities to scaffold their skills. Noted learning gaps included feeling ready and confident to embark on the publishing process, and realizing that mentors may not communicate tacit knowledge about publishing. Additionally, students emphasized the importance of integrating the mental health and wellness impacts of this topic into instruction. In response, the research team has developed an openly-licensed multimedia instructional guide that covers key topics of interest highlighted by both student and faculty participants. The guide responds to students’ expressed preference for information available to them at the point of need, and has been systematically evaluated by learners. The team will share how the guide is being used in collaborative teaching efforts at our institution. This study contributes new knowledge on how students learn, and faculty teach, skills relating to academic publishing. It also illuminates the unique teaching context of librarians, who typically have limited time to interact with graduate students in the classroom, and whose teaching must complement that of disciplinary faculty. Our collaborative approach to learning and teaching about this topic allows us to harness expertise from across our institution to support the learning needs of graduate students.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Public Lending Right in Canada: a Librarian’s Perspective(Canadian Library Association, 2015-11-01) Tiessen, RobertA look at the 25th anniversary of the PLR in Canada and how it was established from a librarians perspective. Originally published in Feliciter.