As the cost of textbooks continue to rise for students, Open Educational Resources (OER) have become a particularly popular textbook affordability initiative among college faculty. In an effort to recognize the positive impact OER adopters have on students, and to further market textbook affordability, Clackamas Community College's textbook affordability librarian, Justine Munds, used a "gratitude campaign" to showcase faculty who had transitioned to teaching with OER. In this session, Justine will give an overview of the gratitude campaign that includes the research and resources that inspired it, its intended outcomes, and access to the openly-licensed resources she created so you run a gratitude campaign of your own.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Describe the importance of recognizing OER adoptions
- Predict the benefits of actively celebrating OER adopters
- Employ an OER Champion gratitude campaign of their own
