Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Do We Have an Ethical Obligation to Consider Creating and Using Open Education Resources?
Department
Writing
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2010-2011
Abstract
As an editor for, author of a piece in, and user of Writing Spaces, an open source textbook, I have seen the advantages that open source texts have over traditional textbooks for both teacher and student. As an editor, I see, through the proposals, what writing professionals in our field value and wish to pass on to their students. As an author, I have a voice in passing on to students across the country what I have seen that they want and need to know. As a user, I have been grateful for the help that my colleagues have given me. Finally, my students have informed methat they have learned quite a bit from these texts, and have also told mehow grateful they are to meand the publisher for not having to pay for another textbook. In my presentation, I will highlight the advantages of the open source model, point out drawbacks I have encountered, and use my experiences to show that open source textbook technology has now matured to a point where they are viable and valuable additions to composition classrooms.
Conference Name
Computers and Writing Conference
Conference Location
Ann Arbor, MI
ScholarWorks Citation
Hulst, Craig, "Do We Have an Ethical Obligation to Consider Creating and Using Open Education Resources?" (2010). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 33.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/33
