International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 19

International Journal of Open Educational Resources • Vol. 2, No. 1 • Fall 2019 / Winter 2020
Building a Community of Inquiry Around OER
Gretchen Scronce, Amanda Kraft, and Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem
College of Charleston, South Carolina
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Community of Inquiry, faculty-librarian relationships,
faculty development, OER grant program, learning management
system
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doi: 10.18278/ijoer.2.1.3