Papers by Kathy Essmiller
Oklahoma State University Libraries, 2020
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Oklahoma State University, Nov 19, 2021
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Institutions and organizations perceiving the use and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER... more Institutions and organizations perceiving the use and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) as consistent with their values, experiences, and needs are developing partnerships in support of the creation and publication of OER (Bell, 2018; Hess et al., 2016; Jung et al., 2017; Schaffert, 2010). Open Educational Resources (OER) are "teaching, learning and research materials that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement and repurposing by others for educational purposes" (Miao et al., 2019, p. 9). Academic libraries are among the organizations advocating for OER, often playing a key campus role in education, advocacy, and support of their creation and publication (Bell, 2018; Lashley et al., 2017; Reed & Jahre, 2019; Sandy et al., 2018). Publication of OER resonates with the role of the academic library (Bell, 2018; Hess et al., 2016; Jung et al., 2017; Kleymeer et al., 2010; Reed & Jahre, 2019). Because ...
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Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021
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Educational Technology Beyond Content, 2020
Resources of the digital age classroom can combine with attitudes of play to help students push b... more Resources of the digital age classroom can combine with attitudes of play to help students push beyond content to generate new ideas and practice novel problem-solving strategies. This chapter defines and identifies the benefits of play, articulates what attitudes of play look like in practice and exploration, and identifies ways in which educational technology can facilitate attitudes of play. Educators hoping to facilitate improvisation and experimentation can confidently and effectively do so by integrating educational technology and playful practices.
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Open Educational Resource (OER) authoring projects demand a high level of organization and planni... more Open Educational Resource (OER) authoring projects demand a high level of organization and planning, ideally as early in the project as possible. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a flexible agreement between parties to establish the outcomes, tasks, and timetables of a project. The MOU Template for OER Authoring Projects is intended for use by libraries and prospective OER authors, allowing each partner to think through their objectives, needs, and contributions, in order to reach a shared understanding of expectations. It includes sections to identify parties and their roles, documenting the background and context, defining the authors' and libraries' responsibilities, licensing and copyright, funding, contingencies, accessibility, archiving and preservation, and more. Licensed under CC BY, it is intended to be adapted according to the circumstances of each project. Adapted from the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries' Memorandum of Understanding Collection at https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/handle/10106/25646.
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Global Oer Graduate Network, Sep 15, 2021
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Research in Learning Technology
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The high cost of commercial textbooks has been well documented. To help alleviate the impact of t... more The high cost of commercial textbooks has been well documented. To help alleviate the impact of those costs, the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Library identified exploration and support of open educational resources (OER) as a priority in their strategic plan. The OSU Library OER Librarian used human performance technology analysis findings to select and design interventions for inclusion in the library's support of OER. When OSU abruptly switched mid-Spring 2020 to emergency remote teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the library was faced with the need to modify interventions designed for face-to-face interaction to engage and support faculty instructors in online spaces. This chapter uses diffusions of innovations theory to describe how the library made meaning of and anticipated challenges and to share how the library designed and implemented modified interventions.
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In keeping with its land grant mission, a university campus library partnered with several OER ad... more In keeping with its land grant mission, a university campus library partnered with several OER advocacy efforts on both national and state levels to promote the creation and use of OER at the university. While the program had some initial success in inspiring faculty to create and use OER in their courses, the effort proved difficult to sustain. This paper presents the application of the Performance Improvement/HPT model to an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative in a university library. This paper focuses specifically on three phases of the process: organizational analysis, environmental analysis, and gap analysis We share results of that application and discuss how the HPT model might effectively be applied to other similar programs.
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In keeping with its land grant mission, a university campus library partnered with several OER ad... more In keeping with its land grant mission, a university campus library partnered with several OER advocacy efforts on both national and state levels to promote the creation and use of OER at the university. While the program had some initial success in inspiring faculty to create and use OER in their courses, the effort proved difficult to sustain. This paper presents the application of the Performance Improvement/HPT model to an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative in a university library. This paper focuses specifically on three phases of the process: organizational analysis, environmental analysis, and gap analysis We share results of that application and discuss how the HPT model might effectively be applied to other similar programs.
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