Celebrating our first Open Educational Resources (OER)
The launch of by , brought together academic colleagues, invited guests and Library representatives in the Muriel Stott Building on Tuesday, 13 October.
The event featured an address by Dr Carrigan, Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (Digital Education) and Senior Lecturer in Education at the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Institute of Education, followed by a panel discussion with , Library Associate Director for Teaching and Learning, and , Lecturer in Digital Education. Together they offered thought-provoking perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence presents for higher education.
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This publication marks the first OER published as an output of the Library's anchor project, . The project has also supported the publication of two further OER:
- by and , Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, the Alliance Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Business School.
- by , Reader in Fashion Buying and Merchandising and , Reader in Design, Department of Fashion, Business and Technology.
Reflecting on the publication of their OER, Alison Zimmer said:
We’re so excited to see 'Amara' published as an OER. From the very beginning, we wanted the story to reach as many students and educators as possible. 'Amara' introduces the foundations of financial reporting, but it is also about the experience of being a first-year student, recognising how exciting, overwhelming and sometimes daunting that transition can be. We hope students will learn from Amara’s experiences while also feeling reassured and supported by them. Publishing through Pressbooks means the resource is freely accessible beyond Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, while fellow accounting educators can also clone and adapt it for their own students and contexts. Pressbooks has given us a really accessible way to bring together the story with reflection activities, interactive quizzes and images, in an e-book that we hope students will enjoy exploring.
All titles are freely available to read in our and are available in Library Search. These publications demonstrate the potential of open publishing and the ways in which OER can support teaching and learning. They also highlight the opportunities that will be available through the Library's forthcoming OER Programme.