Plays:
Sustaining Change & Impact
Use the plays below to put measures in place to make your initiative viable and successful going forward.
SELF-FUNDING INITIATIVE*
Use this play to: Launch and sustain an OER program without significant grant or government funding. Note: Asterisk denotes this is a proven, high-impact play. [...]
DEVELOP OER POLICY*
Use this play to: Develop a policy framework to support broadening use of OER at your institution. Identify where and how institutional policy can reinforce and sustain [...]
BOOKSTORE FUNDING & PAYMENT*
Use this play to: Students use the familiar bookstore purchasing process to pay for printed materials, platform or other support fees associated with reliable, effective OER. [...]
INSTITUTION-ALLOCATED BUDGET*
Use this play to: Sustain ongoing support for OER adoption by allocating institutional budget from existing budget sources (e.g. technology fee, etc). Note: Asterisk denotes this [...]
COURSE MATERIALS FEE*
Use this play to: Sustain and expand OER initiatives by adding a low-cost OER course fee to cover courseware and other program support costs. Note: Asterisk [...]
FORGE PARTNERSHIPS*
Use this play to: Develop partnerships with outside entities to increase your capacity, support faculty success with OER, and help you achieve your goals. Note: Asterisk [...]
GRANT FUNDING
Use this play to: Seek grant funding to support broadening use of OER to impact affordability, access, and improved student outcomes. See More Plays [...]
MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Use this play to: Establish a team to encourage collaboration and provide support services for scaling OER adoption across multiple institutions or an entire system. [...]
Questions we’re answering:
- Why is sustainability an unusually important topic for OER?
- What needs to be sustained?
- Who do we need to engage in the conversation?
- What sustainability approach(es) can work for us?
- What isn’t going to work?
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