- Northwest Mississippi Community College (Senatobia, Miss.)
- Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)
- Bethany College (Bethany, W.Va.)
- Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, Texas)
- Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls, Ore.)
- Community College of Denver (Denver, Colo.)
- Tennessee State University (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Thiel College (Greenville, Pa.)
- American River College (Sacramento, Calif.)
- Dominican College (Orangeburg, N.Y.)
- Hampden-Sydney College (Farmville, Va.)
- National University (San Bernardino, Calif.)
- Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
“As an educator, I am constantly seeking out effective course materials, and I usually have resources in many places that are easily lost,” said Sarah Strout, department coordinator and assistant professor of psychology at Dominican College. “The potential of the Blue Sky platform is enormous because it will give me control over the course materials and save me much time spent frantically searching and vetting OER content on the web. I can pull information from lots of sources and compile all my materials in one spot.”
Project Blue Sky also supports the movement towards eLearning. The program plans to use video, simulations, and various computer programs to elevate digitalized course work.
“Students and faculty are increasingly relying on digital learning resources and would like to spend more time learning rather than sorting through millions of videos and websites for a given topic,” said Prasad Ram, CEO of Gooru. “The integration of content from Pearson and high-quality web resources from Gooru in a single platform provides immediate access to the most appropriate learning resources for Pearson users.”
Expediency, it appears, is the key to alleviating barriers associated with OER. Will Project Blue Sky offer much-needed relief to educators?
“I feel hopefully optimistic that Project Blue Sky will be a step toward creating affordable, interactive learning materials for students,” said D’Aquin. “I am really enjoying the fact that I can integrate web resources, including my own materials for the course, alongside content that is provided through the platform. I think that this will reinforce student learning, as well as make the material presented to students more accessible.”
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