Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2-2025

Abstract

Open education advocates know that OER and open pedagogy offer significant benefits for students. OER reduce financial barriers to degree completion and support student success by promoting higher course completion rates. Through open pedagogy, students engage more deeply with course content and support future learners through collaborating on renewable assignments. A gap in many discussions of the advantages of OER, however, are the benefits students gain in the process of advocating for open education, in which they help spread awareness and garner support for OER and open pedagogy.

In this presentation, learn how the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) has integrated student employees into our campus-wide open education advocacy efforts. Co-presented by the Textbook Affordability Librarian and the Affordable & OER Graduate Assistant, this session will share how UNC students have been involved in OER advocacy work. We’ll outline specific projects student employees have taken on, explore how we’ve worked to harness student employees’ background and experience in their advocacy work, and explore how these initiatives not only advance open education but also help students build skills that contribute to their professional development.

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"Empowering Students as Advocates: Advancing OER Awareness by Collaborating with Student Employees" by Nancy A. Henke and Franklina Addae is licensed CC BY 4.0

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