Name
Walking the Walk: Assessing OER for Social Justice (😷)
Date & Time
Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
IDEAL Locations
Chestnut E
Session Type
Workshop
Description

Walking the social justice path compels educators to embrace course materials that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (DEIA) to transform the student experience. A way forward, Open Educational Resources (OER) are course materials that are free of cost and perpetually accessible to students. OER have gained traction as a proven equity strategy to increase the affordability and accessibility of higher education. But providing access to learning materials is not enough. In order for OER to be a form of sustainable resistance and act of restoration in education, OER advocates must further DEIA efforts. Seeking better representation of students’ lived experience and learning needs, Lambert (2018) argues OER advocates must deploy three principles of social justice to fulfill their mission of equitable education. To heed this call, the presenters developed the OER for Social Justice (OERFSJ) Rubric to sustainably expand DEIA and social justice curriculum by creating OER with twelve faculty teams across seven disciplines at four institutions. In this session, the presenters will review Lambert’s socially just definition of OER and share the process for creating the OERFSJ Rubric as well as lessons learned while guiding faculty use of the rubric. Attendees will have the opportunity to apply the OERFSJ Rubric to critically evaluate OER and take away practical tips to support librarians and faculty using the tool.

Mask Requirements
Masks Expected
Track
Collections
Keywords
open educational resources (OER), social justice, assessment, pedagogy
Resources