Promoting MERLOT Communities Based on OERs in Computer Science and Information Systems

Edmundo Tovar; Chun Bun Henry Chan; Sorel Reisman

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC.2017.290

Promoting MERLOT Communities Based on OERs in Computer Science and Information Systems

Edmundo Tovar, Chun Bun Henry Chan, Sorel Reisman

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in setting up technology-focused communities of practice for teaching and learning purposes. Instructors and students can play a key role in these communities of learning by creating and/or using Open Educational Resources (OERs). In 2016 two new discipline-specific communities were created within the MERLOT OER user community: Information Systems and Information Technology (IT/IS), and Computer Science (CS). The OER taxonomies for these, predicated on the CSAB/ABET curricula were a key factor in the endorsement of these communities and their portals, by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Education Society. This paper describes the process of creation of both communities with the aim of establishing Editorial Boards to peer review OERs in these disciplines. Moreover, some analytics of the recently-created IT Editorial Board in MERLOT are presented as well.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	700-706
Number of pages	7
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538603673
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2017.290
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2017
Event	41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017 - Torino, Italy Duration: 4 Jul 2017 → 8 Jul 2017

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Conference	41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	4/07/17 → 8/07/17

Keywords

communities
computer science education
information systems education
MERLOT
OER
OER collections
open education
quality: online learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Computer Science Applications

UN SDGs

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Tovar, E, Chan, CBH & Reisman, S 2017, Promoting MERLOT Communities Based on OERs in Computer Science and Information Systems. in Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017. vol. 2, 8030016, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 700-706, 41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017, Torino, Italy, 4/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2017.290

Promoting MERLOT Communities Based on OERs in Computer Science and Information Systems. / Tovar, Edmundo; Chan, Chun Bun Henry; Reisman, Sorel.
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSAC 2017. Vol. 2 IEEE Computer Society, 2017. p. 700-706 8030016.

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