OER INITIATIVE WEBSITE

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Create a website to let your campus community (and the world) know about your OER initiative and the impact you’re making with OER. See More Plays Back to Playbook Home Ask a Lumen Expert

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HONE YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH

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Develop and practice your elevator pitch for OER: a succinct, persuasive sales pitch that lasts roughly the length of an elevator rode.

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ORGANIZE AN OER SUMMIT*

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Organize a local, regional, or statewide event as a “summit” for OER veterans and newcomers to learn from each other, share experiences, and find opportunities for networking and collaboration around open education

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TARGET NEW AND PART TIME FACULTY

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Identify areas where your institution wants to make an impact with OER, including impact points that motivate key stakeholders to engage (such as student success, textbook cost savings, or academic ownership). Set near, medium, and long term goals for OER adoption and impact, and identify how you will […]

DEFINE SUCCESS*

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Identify areas where your institution wants to make an impact with OER, including impact points that motivate key stakeholders to engage (such as student success, textbook cost savings, or academic ownership). Set near, medium, and long term goals for OER adoption and impact, and identify how you will […]

Annual OER Report Card

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Set goals for your program that create alignment and document success

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DFW ANALYSIS*

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Find opportunities to increase your impact by identifying courses with the combination of high enrollments, high DFW rates (Drop-Fail-Withdrawal), and high textbook costs. These courses are prime targets for shifting to OER.

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SELF-FUNDING INITIATIVE*

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Launch and sustain an OER program without significant grant or government funding.

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DEVELOP OER POLICY*

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Develop a policy framework to support broadening use of OER at your institution. Identify where and how institutional policy can reinforce and sustain your success with open educational resources.

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BOOKSTORE FUNDING & PAYMENT*

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Students use the familiar bookstore purchasing process to pay for printed materials, platform or other support fees associated with reliable, effective OER.

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