@article{IR,
      recid = {1430177},
      author = {Bernhardt, Laura M.},
      title = {Building a Better Service Course with OER},
      address = {2023-02-16},
      number = {IR},
      abstract = {One significant barrier to student success in courses  across the curriculum is the rising cost of access to  course materials (Colvard et al., 2018.) While Open  Educational Resources and other free materials have seen  increased use in recent years, not all faculty and students  are entirely comfortable or familiar with their use  (Anderson & Cuttler, 2020; Hilton, 2019).  Yet there is at  least some evidence suggesting that turning to open  materials not only improves access to education by removing  cost as a barrier, but also contributes to the improvement  of student learning (Hilton, 2020; Colvard et al. 2018).  This poster presents an example of a service course  deliberately designed to use OER and Open Access texts and  other free tools in a flipped classroom model, built with  accessibility (very broadly understood) in mind: ETH 121  (Introduction to Ethics), first taught in the Spring 2022  term at the University of Evansville. This presentation  also offers some reflections on how the class worked in  practice and some considerations for designing future  open-valued courses. Of particular note here is the  pervasiveness of the open ethos – while affordability is an  important part of improving access, it may be most powerful  as a part of a broader emphasis on accessibility relative  to the possibilities inherent in universal design and  different kinds of assessment practice.

The primary drive  behind sharing and reflecting on this course design is  twofold:

1. To suggest/model an approach to using open  resources that improves access in a way that makes the  process of designing an “open” class itself a bit more  accessible (in several senses) for both faculty and  students
2. To actively promote Open Educational Resources,  Open Access materials, and other access-promoting tools and  practices.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1430177},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.58090/usi.1430177},
}