OER from the Ground Up: Building a Faculty Development-based OER Initiative

Identify best practices for engaging faculty with OER adoption and creation Discover sample strategies for starting an OER initiative with little or no money Develop effective methods for demonstrating and communicating the value of OER adoption and creation to faculty chairs, deans, and senior leadership Elizabeth McKeigue is the Dean of the Library at Salem State University. Prior to Salem State, she was Associate University Librarian at Santa Clara University, which won the ACRL Excellence in Libraries award in 2017. She has also held library teaching and management positions at Widener Library at Harvard University and at The Catholic University of America. Roopika Risam is Associate Professor of English and the Faculty Fellow for Digital Library Initiatives at Salem State University, where she examines the intersections of postcolonial studies, African diaspora studies, and digital humanities. She codirects several digital projects, including the Harlem Shadows Project, Digital Salem, and the NEH- and IMLS-funded Networking the Regional Comprehensives. She is the author of New Digital Worlds, published by Northwestern University Press in 2018. Gail Rankin is the Director of Academic and Education Technologies at Salem State University. She has 24+ years of experience implementing and managing academic technology adoption by faculty at Salem State.