dc.contributor.author	Smith, Amy E.
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-28T16:23:00Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-28T16:23:00Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-12
dc.identifier.other	77F55283-3DE2-76BD-4FB9-044885F34FBE	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5578
dc.description.abstract	Open educational resources (OER) provide college students with course materials on the first day of class, ensuring an equitable learning experience for all. The concept of OER has been around for almost 20 years, yet many faculty and librarians are just now becoming aware as more and more statewide initiatives are introduced. The adoption of OER has been a slow and gradual movement. Faculty are the driving force behind OER but need more support to understand, locate, and evaluate resources. Librarians across the country are skilled and capable of filling this gap. Faculty and librarian collaboration can bridge together ideas and resources to benefit students. A qualitative case study was used to understand how faculty and librarians collaborated at a community college to adopt OER. Librarians and faculty were interviewed to understand their experiences of working together to promote and adopt OER at their campus. Uncovering the practices and strategies at this college could enhance the knowledge of faculty and librarians at other community colleges that are beginning campus OER initiatives. The study was guided by the following overarching research question: What strategies and practices are faculty and librarians at a community college in Alabama using to enhance collaboration to move OER initiatives forward? Data collected and analyzed from the participants revealed seven primary themes. The themes centered on communication, student benefits, faculty hesitancies, departmental and administrative decisions, librarian partnerships, and campus repository building. Findings showed collaborative efforts of librarians and faculty helped move OER initiatives further at this college. Statewide collaborations of like-disciplined faculty and librarians could further advance OER initiatives across the state. Keywords: Community College, Faculty, Librarians, Libraries, Open Educational Resources, Textbooks	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 10 -- Background 11 -- Statement of the Problem 13 -- The Motivation for the Study 15 -- My Experiential Knowledge 15 -- The Need for OER at Community Colleges 16 -- Conceptual Framework 17 -- Purpose of the Study 20 -- Research Questions 21 -- Significance of Study 22 -- Delimitations and Researcher Assumptions 23 -- Definition of Terms 24 -- Chapter II: LITERATURE REVIEW 26 -- A Brief History of Open Educational Resources 26 -- What are Open Educational Resources? 28 -- Awareness and Impacts 31 -- The Community College 32 -- College Affordability and Textbook Costs 33 -- Student Perceptions 36 -- Faculty Perceptions 41 -- Librarian Roles 46 -- COVID-19 Impacts 49 -- Filling in the Gap 51 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 54 -- Design and Rationale 54 -- Research Questions 56 -- Methods 57 -- Setting and Participants 57 -- Data Collection 60 -- Data Analysis Procedures 61 -- Validity 63 -- Researcher Bias 65 -- Ethical Issues 66 -- Summary 68 -- Chapter IV: FINDINGS 69 -- Overview of Data Collection 70 -- Description of Participants 71 -- Results by Research Questions 74 -- Results for Research Sub-question 1 75 -- Results for Research Sub-question 2 76 -- Results for Research Sub-question 3 81 -- Results for Research Sub-question 4 85 -- Results for the Central Research Question 89 -- Summary 92 -- Chapter V: CONCLUSION 94 -- Overview 94 -- Summary of Findings 95 -- Summary for Research Sub-question 1 97 -- Summary for Research Sub-question 2 98 -- Summary for Research Sub-question 3 99 -- Summary for Research Sub-question 4 100 -- Discussion 101 -- Limitations 113 -- Implications for Practice 113 -- Implications for Future Research 116 -- Conclusion 118 -- REFERENCES 120 -- APPENDIX A: Librarian Interview Guide 129 -- APPENDIX B: Faculty Interview Guide 132 -- APPENDIX C: Institutional Review Board Exemption 135	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Community colleges--Curricula	en_US
dc.subject	Community colleges	en_US
dc.subject	Curriculum planning	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Education, Higher	en_US
dc.subject	Education	en_US
dc.subject	Textbooks	en_US
dc.subject	Librarians	en_US
dc.title	Promotion and Integration of OER: A Case Study of the Community College Librarian's Role	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Leadership, Technology, and Workforce Development of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Workman, Jamie L.
dc.description.committee	Hartsell, Taralynn
dc.description.committee	Hill, D. Laverne
dc.description.degree	Ed.D.	en_US
dc.description.major	Education in Curriculum and Instruction	en_US