Open Educational Resources Subject Guide: OER Success Stories

Here are a few of the exciting 2023 OER achievements of our librarians! 

EDU 201 - Diversity in Education  
Librarian: Keith Rocci
Faculty: Ginny Harmelink/Keith Rocci (course coordinator)
Instructional Designer: Frankie Reynoso
Description: Keith located an OER textbook that was adapted for use for Fall 2023 CRN 12264. Keith is also certified in EDU and has taught EDU 201 several times, is the QM reviewer for the course, and the faculty of record this fall (2023).

HRS 103 - Benefits & Compensation 
Librarian: Kathline Gomes 
Description: Kathline found an unlimited-license e-book copy of the course text — The WorldatWork Handbook of Total Rewards : A Comprehensive Guide to Compensation, Benefits, HR & Employee Engagement — through ECM (Ebsco), saving our currently enrolled students an estimated $2,539.20!

HRS 105 - Training and Development
Librarian: Lisa Hodgkins
Faculty: Richard Taylor
Instructional Designer: Sharon Gorman
Description: Using Ebsco MegaSearch, Lisa provided a list of 47 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles related to course competencies as well as chapters from the course textbook to be used in an annotated bibliography assignment. She also created an instructional video providing steps for doing an annotated bibliography in APA format.

MGT 200 - Small Business Management / Entrepreneurship 
Librarian: Kris Swank
Faculty: Javier Sergio Pedroza & Greg Watson
Instructional Designer: Gene Jars
Description: Kris created a new multimedia MGT 200 LibGuide to aid student assignments in completing the 8 modules of the course.