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Lessons learned the collaborative creation of an OER textbook

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Conference

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Location

Vancouver

Publication Date

May 12, 2022

Start Date

May 12, 2022

End Date

May 14, 2022

Conference Session

Case Studies

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Conference Submission

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44747

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https://peer.asee.org/44747

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Abstract

Open educational resource (OER) textbooks offer multiple advantages to students and teaching faculty: no cost, wide availability, and the opportunity to customize learning content. While many topics have numerous options of well-vetted textbooks, engineering is behind the curve in creating OER content. Given the lack of viable OER textbooks for Engineering Mechanics: Statics, our team of nine authors worked for over two years to plan, create, and deliver an OER Statics Textbook (full name inserted post-review). In addition to sharing lessons learned from our journey, this presentation contrasts the results of student surveys from three time periods: before the book’s creation, during the Fall 2020 pilot, and from subsequent semesters using the book as a primary text.

(2022, May), Lessons learned the collaborative creation of an OER textbook Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver. 10.18260/1-2--44747

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