GRASSROOTS TO OPEN: BUILDING A DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC OAER COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

This presentation will discuss the benefits, drawbacks, and practicalities of creating small, discipline-specific communities of practice (COP) for faculty interested in open and affordable educational resources (OAER).

We will give practical advice for how librarians and other campus OAER advocates could form a discipline-specific OAER COP and how to use a member-led model to explore community needs and develop appropriate projects. We will also discuss how using a disciplinary lens can help instructors learn about OAER within the practical context of their own courses, and how managing a COP can help librarians and OAER advocates learn more about their communities.