To Boldly Go: First-year exploration of OER Initiatives

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2014-10-23

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Presented at the Virginia Libraries Association Annual Conference. Open Educational Resources present opportunities for teaching faculty to save students thousands of dollars in textbook costs. This session describes the basics of what "OER" is and provides an overview of several successful OER initiatives as well as the University Libraries' strategic approach to evaluate and pilot OER initiatives at Virginia Tech.

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Creative Commons, Virginia Libraries Association, Library initiatives, Open Educational Resources, OER, Creative Commons, Library initiatives, rationale, resources, collaborations, Virginia Libraries Association, VLA

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