CIRI Blog Overview

iSchool faculty members have their own blog to share updates on their research projects, innovative ideas for advancing online teaching and learning, experiences with emerging technologies, thoughts on research methods, and whatever else is percolating in their minds. It’s a treasure trove of inspiration and knowledge.

New posts are published monthly. We encourage you to visit the blog often and share your comments.  

The most recent blog post was authored by Dr. Virginia Tucker, where she shared her sabbatical research project that produced an MLIS information retrieval OER textbook to provide critical support for student learning success. Read the blog post on CIRI Blog.

“Open Education Resource (OER) scholarly textbooks can address this situation of students going without the course materials they need to fully engage with their learning. Yet in the environment of higher education, there has been the persistent perception that OER textbooks are of lower quality than those generated through traditional publishing processes . As an author of textbooks published via both these channels, I decided to design a research project to explore what was necessary to develop top quality OER scholarly textbooks that could be offered at no or low cost to students in higher education.” – Dr. Virginia Tucker