TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a sustainable financial model in higher education for open educational resources
AU - Annand, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Annand.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the financial interests of students and those of higher education institutions. Before OER will be broadly adopted, changes to government policy are required to align institutional objectives with faculty motivations and student needs.
AB - Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the financial interests of students and those of higher education institutions. Before OER will be broadly adopted, changes to government policy are required to align institutional objectives with faculty motivations and student needs.
KW - Disruptive innovation
KW - Economics of OER
KW - Open educational resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945936068&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.19173/irrodl.v16i5.2133
DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v16i5.2133
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84945936068
SN - 1492-3831
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
JF - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
IS - 5
ER -