Since we just finished our first OERCI faculty meeting - I decided to post a quick update....
Overall, it seems like everyone was as excited as I am....and holds the same reservations as I do...in regards to a text-free course. But the further I dive into the actual building of my class using only open resources, the fewer reservations I actually have. For example, since I am already utilizing so many open resources in my classes - the transition seems to be much smoother than expected. This also means less time spent researching...which has been a surprising but welcome finding.
As already covered in Jill Johnson's blog, found HERE, one fantastic open resource website can be found at the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. I already incorporate a good number of case studies into my classes, but the opportunity to integrate more, or even "rediscover" cases, is exciting to me. For example, when we cover research methodology in my introduction to sociology class, one of the case studies that I cover is the Tuskegee study. One simple search and poof: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=371&id=371.
