ISU Open Ed Week Presentation with Rob Watkins

Dr. Rob Watkins shares how he has worked to integrate open educational resources (OER) into his technical writing course at Idaho State University (ISU). He presents some pros and cons connected with with his experience and talks about how students have reacted. Following the presentation a Q&A period concludes the video with questions from attendees and responses from Rob. Overall, the benefits of OER outweigh the negatives. OER are teaching materials licensed for reuse, revision, remixing and redistribution.
This presentation took place as part of ISU's Open Education Week; you can expect to hear about benefits of OER and its impact on student retention, content quality, and instructional flexibility. This week's speaking events featured ISU 2023 OER stipend award recipients’ success stories on adopting, adapting, and creating OER.