OER Research Database with qualitative coding of the contents from our AAC&U peeps—www.aacu.org/oer-research-database #OpenEd24
"Do not take advantage of associations." One final takeaway from Kristin: associations get involved in this work for many reasons. Talk to them about their needs, their interests, and their capacities. Collaborations should be partnerships, not asking for people to do more. // Thank you!
And of course, we cannot go all day talking about this as it is a 25 minute presentation, so we have to stop here, but please take away from this presentation that there are places where we can build relationships and support instructors outside of our institutions!
Examples like www.handsonmechanics.org#OpenEd experts and support staff, and building connections with groups like these can be valuable!
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As Kristin notes, associations can also help catalyze groups of instructors across small and larger institutions to develop grant proposals that are more effective than what a single institution might be able to muster on their own.
Through a series of interviews, Kristin discovered that there are many opportunities for open education advocates in engaging with scholarly associations: e.g. engagement can be built through workshops, webinars, emails, and other connections built through the association's communication channels.
As Kristin explains, scholarly associations, the focus of this talk, are diverse and many! These associations heavily rely on volunteer efforts, and faculty are incentivized to participate through support from their institutions