Presenters: Dr. Alexandra Dunn, College of Business with Dr. Haley Woznyj, Assistant Professor of Management-Longwood University & Dr. Andrew Bennett, Assistant Professor of Management-Old Dominion University
After receiving a VIVA (academic library consortium of Virginia) Course Redesign Grant, my colleagues and I are interested in learning more about OER textbooks. These will be two separate studies, but we are beginning both this semester. First, we are interested in student perceptions of OER textbooks and how students interact with OER books. Next, we are interested in faculty barriers to adopting OER textbooks. We want to know more about both personal motivations and book characteristics that are preventing the adoption of OER books to then provide recommendations for ways to improve OER books and increase faculty adoptions. Both of these studies will be launched this semester, so we are interested in brainstorming additional areas for exploration around student usage and faculty barriers to adoption.