Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 138 Bonus: The Department Knew What It Meant:” DCL + OPM + TPS = OMG!Episode 138: “The Department Knew What It Meant:” DCL + OPM + TPS = OMG!Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and DisseminationEpisode 136: Online Higher Ed: Finding Ourselves in Other People’s StoriesEpisode 135: Different Institutions, Different Methods, Same Goals View All Posted on January 18, 2021February 2, 2022 by Kelvin ThompsonEpisode 82: Fostering Large Scale OER Adoption About Episode 82: In this episode, Dr. Tanya Spilovoy joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the importance of faculty adoption of free or low-cost open educational resources (OER) at scale. This is an important part of lowering educational costs for students. Fostering widespread adoption initiatives is harder than it looks. Podcast Recording https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-682.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:35 — 31.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript: [PDF] Dr. Tanya Spilovoy and Dr. Thomas Cavanagh Episode 82 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Ethiopia Gora Kone from Temple Coffee Roasters in Sacramento, CATemple Coffee RoastersBiodegradable Keurig Decaf French Roast Coffee in K-Cups from San Francisco Bay Company Content Links Dr. Tanya Spilovoy’s Online ProfilePress Release: “Higher Education Compacts Come Together to Help Students Succeed with Open Educational Resources“National Consortium of Open Educational Resources (NCOER)WCET’s Resources on OERRegional (US) Higher Education Compacts (in “Federalism in America” Encyclopedia)SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources CoalitionSPARC’s Open Education Leadership ProgramVideo: Introduction to the [now decommissioned] Orange Grove Repository (circa 2010)Open Textbook LibraryOpenStaxRebus CommunityBook: “The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast” Past TOPcast Episodes Related to OER Topical Follow-up Resources Curated By Dr. Spilovoy Press Release: “OER initiatives produce a measurable increase in faculty OER adoption.”In Inside Higher Ed: “Window of Opportunity for OER”Session Recording: “New Year, New NCOER Initiative (National Consortium for Open Educational Resources)”Report: “Opening Public Institutions: OER in North Dakota and the Nation, 2015” (by Spilovoy and Seaman) Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)