International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 31

Building a Community of Inquiry Around OER
points of overlap. After introductions
were made, the librarians teaching
the course reviewed the projects and
assigned each participant to a small
group. These groups were loosely based
on the librarians’ subject liaison areas,
although not all subject areas were represented
by the three librarians leading
the course. Separate Group Discussions
were set up for each group (see Figure
9), although this proved to be unnecessary—the
list of participants was short
enough that the main discussion board
proved to be a more effective way to
collaborate than private discussions
with only three to four people.
Figure 8. OER training course course lounge.
Figure 9. OER training course group discussions.
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