Lightning Talks: It Could Be Wonderful: OER Collaboration with Students

Abstract

OER textbooks already offer many advantages for our moral emotions. By removing cost and offering greater accessibility, they alleviate anxiety. By encouraging authors to create open resources for students in need, they foster empathy and sympathy, while reducing fear and anger over stolen intellectual property. This talk will address another step that can further promote the moral emotions of care and wonder: collaboration with students. These emotions are essential for keeping students engaged in their own learning, but often OER textbooks fall short in these areas. Care can be fostered by inviting students into the process of creating content for textbooks, such as student artists who could offer their works to liven up otherwise monotonous pages. Wonder is likewise fostered by challenging students to act as knowledge makers and content creators, while simultaneously offering perspectives that more directly inspire their generational peers