A Case for Open Educational Resources in Technical and Professional Communication Scholarship
Active Equality Applied
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21411103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiffani K Tijerina (0000-0002-5101-052X, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 447-467 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2816 • E-ISSN: 1541-3780 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00472816251326502 |
| OpenAlex | W4408612595 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 65 |
This article examines the intersection of technical and professional communication (TPC) and open educational resources (OER) through a social justice lens, critiquing TPC's slow adoption of OER despite its transformative potential. The article highlights how OER addresses accessibility, affordability, and representation challenges in education, showcases successful OER implementations, and outlines strategies for transformative change. It argues that OER empowers educators to tackle inequities directly and calls for greater scholarly focus and adoption of OER to advance equity and inclusion within TPC
Digital scholarship · Engineering ethics · Higher education · Knowledge management · Library science · Open Educational Resources · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional communication · Professional development · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Technical communication · Technical writing · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Higher Education Learning Practices · Open Education and E-Learning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |