Northern Michigan University's Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group has fostered faculty innovation through the creation of the OER Faculty Learning Community, through which faculty have explored using OER to reduce cost and increase accessibility of courses. This panel features four faculty members discussing their projects. One adopted existing OER to update a nutrition course, while also exploring an open pedagogy project. Another adopted hybrid approaches, combining OER with library resources, to reduce student costs in biology. Two others utilized generative AI to create engaging OER. The panelists will share their experiences, highlighting the benefits and challenges of integrating OER into their courses, and discuss the impact on teaching and student learning.
