Abstract

Brittany Dudek, MLIS, is the Colorado Community College System’s OER subject matter expert, advocate, and trailblazer. As the Library Coordinator at Colorado Community Colleges Online, Brittany has been instrumental in the collaborative efforts leading to more than 80 zero textbook courses (ZTC) and Z-degree pathways in HIS and ECE. Brittany has served on the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s OER Council since 2017, and is currently serving as Chair. She is also a member of the CCCOER’s Executive Council, the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Community and Junior College Library Section OER Task Force. Brittany is a 2019-2020 Open Education Group OER Research Fellow. IJOER’s OER & Beyond Moderator, Hilary Baribeau, sat down with Brittany to glean her thoughts on COVID-19’s impact on students and instructors. To prevent further spreading of the virus, stay-at-home orders across the globe have forced higher educational institutions to rapidly convert face-to-face courses to a fully online learning format. Experienced in online learning, Brittany shares who instructors should contact first when designing their online courses.

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