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Concerns?
Road Blocks to OER/ZTC Conversion
- A lack of awareness about OER/ZTC
- Concerns about the quality of OER/ZTC
- Difficulties in finding suitable OER/ZTC
- Workload concerns (time necessary to convert a course)
- Academic freedom concerns
- A belief that there are no OER/ZTC materials and/or no ancillaries available for a specific discipline
- A belief that OER/ZTC is online-only, with no print options
- A belief that using OER/ZTC would jeopardize articulation agreements with UC/CSU
- Unclear understanding of copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons licenses
- Not knowing where to begin
Please reach out if you have these concerns