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Building a Community of Inquiry Around OER

This article discusses the pedagogical framework used by librarians who are developing and leading the training component of a new grant program for faculty interested in converting existing course materials to open educational resources (OER). The authors detail how librarians built a Community of Inquiry (CoI) surrounding OER to foster campus collaborations and demonstrate the value of OER by participating in efforts to develop grant guidelines, review proposals, and provide training and support for faculty grant recipients. Librarians designed an asynchronous OER training course for faculty in the campus learning management system (LMS), using existing open source materials. The course applies the CoI model of teaching and learning—through teaching, social, and cognitive presence. Through the course, librarians worked with faculty from a variety of disciplines to integrate affordable learning resources in their courses. The article includes some reflections from faculty and lessons learned thus far, along with resources used in the OER grant program.