Critical discussions are needed to generate viable and sustainable solutions for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Pedagogies (OEP) in the context of inequities related to digital access, use of access, and benefits gained from it. Practitioners are beginning to shift educational paradigms from utilizing traditional textbooks to embracing OER for supporting course instruction and OEP to increase student engagement and scholarship with equitable access to educational resources. Digital divides were further illuminated and exacerbated during the pandemic with millions of Americans not using the internet at broadband speeds, and/or having any access to the internet. Concerns about the lingering residual impact of structural inequities as simultaneously technological advances continue to soar invokes questions of: What does it mean to be truly OPEN for the use of OER and OEP? How are inequities related to digital access and digital literacy addressed with OER and OEP? What can an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) lens contribute for critically interrogating existing concepts and emerging new ways of thinking about what it means to be OPEN?
As discussions continue about reducing equity gaps and increasing retention to graduation rates, the revolutionizing power of OER and OEP must be considered. This grant-funded presentation is part of a Department of Education “Pathways of Possibilities for Transforming Higher Education Curriculum Alignment Program” award. Concepts of OPEN for inclusive and equitable education, and the possible impact of OER and OEP in spaces where inequities have remained entrenched are examined in this presentation.

Authors:
Elaine Correa, California State University, Bakersfield, United States
Alexander Reid, California State University, Bakersfield, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Elaine Correa is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at California State University, Bakersfield in United States

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