Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL, United States
Official Website
• @FloridaAtlantic
Type: Public 4-Year, Research University
Annual Enrollment: 30,297
Overview
Florida Atlantic University (FAU), a member of Florida's State University System, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students through its 10 colleges. The University strongly encourages faculty to help reduce the cost of students' textbooks by way of OER. Additionally, the FAU Libraries presented on OER at a forum it hosted last year for FAU's College of Science. Our subject librarians promote OER throughout the year to FAU campus stakeholders, with several faculty creating or adapting OER, and others expressing serious interest in doing so.
Campus Details
Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Academic Division
- E-Learning/Distance Education
- Faculty Champions(s)
Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Administration
- Subject Liaisons
Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:
- Arts
- Business and administration
- Literature and linguistics
- Mathematics and statistics
- Social and behavioral sciences
Mechanisms to Support OER Included in the Following:
- Library Services
- New Faculty Orientation
OER Staff Location:
- Library
OER Events
Annual College of Science Best Practices in STEM Teaching Forum
FAU's College of Science held a forum on best practices in STEM teaching at the FAU Wimberly Library in August 2019. Nearly College 40 faculty attended, with presentions that included authored OER (mathematics) and a collaborative presentation by several subject librarians about locating and using OER, and how diversity, equity, and inclusion are important characteristics of OER.
Date: Aug. 13, 2019
Event Type:
- Symposium/Conference/Summit
Event themes:
- Other
Approximate Attendees: 40
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News Coverage
Point of Contact
Sheri Edwards
Electronic Resources Librarian/Collection Management