College textbooks and course materials costs have increased over 800% in the last 3 decades, far outpacing inflation, housing, and medical costs, to become the most inflated consumer product. High-cost texts create significant barriers to learning and student success. Open Educational Resources (OER) are "teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others” (Hewlett Foundation). OER and related practices are an approach to overcoming cost and reuse barriers to the benefit of students and instructors. 

In this episode, Art Gutierrez and Dr. Terri Summey from Emporia State University's  Libraries + Archives. They discuss using an OER in their UL100: Research Skills, Information and Technology course. They also discuss other resources such as favorite textbooks used for information literacy (Upson / Badke), using EBSCOs Faculty Select, and tips for adding leadership into the classroom.

You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

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