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affordability in the humanities and visual studies

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More ways to create instructor buy-in to create

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Sustainability -- resources, $$$ and ???

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A data/impact dashboard would be AMAZING!

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Affordability and easy to use

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My big dream is providing buy in for professors so they see how it benefits them. One thing that creates the struggle is OER isn't always available for certain content areas, so trying to encourage professors to build it like they would if they found a gap in the literature.

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Something affordable to use and anything visual studies

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Polling or prioritizing methodology for subjects to add to the library

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A dashboard (impact, institutional involvement/initiatives) to help make connections

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Would love to see the legislature invest an amount comparable to the $115 million invested in CA!

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ways to create STEM workbooks (I'm not a STEM faculty but I know from my colleagues the difficulties in creating images for chemistry, for example, or problem sets for math)

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Next gen - assessments

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Guidance on OER sources that exist for 1st time users

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network across institutions/systems

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More audio based content for accessibility from go

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Cross institutional collaboration

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More support for resources for faculty learning how to use OER, designing classes.

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Funding

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I'd like to see more communication about OER/OE opportunities from my institution. I find out about opportunities from THECB and from following the larger open community, but these are rarely announced by my institution.

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Support with rebuilding courses with OER. Help from others who have done this. Best practices.

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Experiences with using OER when others in Dept. are using traditional textbooks.

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Easy import into LMS

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What institutions are implementing course marking effectively? Is there a way we can leverage growth of automatic textbook billing programs to make course marking more reliable and consistent?

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Focusing on cost savings is a selling point for some faculty. Finding what motivates faculty to make the change to OER is a start.

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Faculty specific survey for motivations to adopt OER.

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Examples of students and their budgets can be a persuasive tool for communicating to faculty. Case studies, for example, of real students and their lived experiences.

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We need discussions across institutions regarding labor involved to create/maintain OER and also advocates for how OER are academic/peer reviewed texts

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The thing we can never get enough of - time

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I want to see metrics beyond cost savings and DFW rates/GPAs. I want to see skills targeted in freshman courses and tracked and reevaluated in upper division courses

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Could the THECB set some standards or recommendations regarding recognizing OER for P&T? Would that be effective in pushing institutions to revise their guidelines?

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I have gained a great deal of insight today. I believe that the resistance from chairs and others (discussed in my session) may be due to a lack of knowledge about Open Educational Resources (OER). Is there a way to better educate institutions on the benefits of OER? Are there specific advocates or initiatives within institutions designed to increase awareness among leaders, faculty, staff, and students?

At my institution, we hold several community weeks each year where faculty have the opportunity to hear from leaders about key priorities and initiatives aligned with our mission. It would be beneficial to see the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) represented (whether in person or digitally) to discuss OER initiatives. This would provide an opportunity to share valuable information with those best positioned to implement OER at the institutional level.