Ideas for Spreading the Word about OERs at Your Institution This is a list of ideas for promoting OERs on your campus. You may want to try some of these to get some momentum built up: Initiative Comments OER Workshops/or training Build a workshop and offer it program internally OER Overviews Request to be invited to Take handouts department meetings where you can provide a brief overview of OERs OER Fellowship Create a fellowship program Would probably need release where faculty can be assembled time from their teaching to do in pairs to work on finding, this adopting, or creating their own OERs OER Learning Community Open Build an “Open” lab for OERs Faculty can get 1 on 1 help with Lab OERs; can be pre-registered or drop in; schedule numerous sessions over the term OER Web Page Build your own OER Page Highly recommended OER Presentations Make presentations wherever possible Degree concentration Try to identify a degree where Maybe start with online you can focus your efforts on classes/degrees? having all the courses have OERs Interviews Interview faculty who are known to use OERs Newsletter Perhaps “spotlight” faculty who If you have a Newsletter are using OERs in your Newsletter(s) Showcase Find 3 or 4 faculty to “showcase” Maybe make it one of your their use of OERs in their courses “Showcase” series events to other faculty Professional Development Suggest faculty create or work on OERs during sabbatical Work with student groups Try to get on the agenda at one Students are working very hard of the meetings of a student on PIRGs (Public Interest group, such as the Student Research Groups) that focus on Senate OERs Bookstores Work with your bookstore to see if faculty can 1) Insert their own materials information into their respective book adoption page, and 2) if the bookstores are interested in binding Open
Ideas for Spreading the Word about OERs at Your Institution This is a list of ideas for promoting OERs on your campus. You may want to try some of these to get some momentum built up: Initiative Comments OER Workshops/or training program Build a workshop and offer it internally OER Overviews Request to be invited to department meetings where you can provide a brief overview of OERs Take handouts OER Fellowship Create a fellowship program where faculty can be assembled in pairs to work on finding, adopting, or creating their own OERs Would probably need release time from their teaching to do this OER Learning Community Open Lab Build an “Open” lab for OERs Faculty can get 1 on 1 help with OERs; can be pre-registered or drop in; schedule numerous sessions over the term OER Web Page Build your own OER Page Highly recommended OER Presentations Make presentations wherever possible Degree concentration Try to identify a degree where you can focus your efforts on having all the courses have OERs Maybe start with online classes/degrees? Interviews Interview faculty who are known to use OERs Newsletter Perhaps “spotlight” faculty who are using OERs in your Newsletter(s) If you have a Newsletter Showcase Find 3 or 4 faculty to “showcase” their use of OERs in their courses to other faculty Maybe make it one of your “Showcase” series events Professional Development Suggest faculty create or work on OERs during sabbatical Work with student groups Try to get on the agenda at one of the meetings of a student group, such as the Student Senate Students are working very hard on PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups) that focus on OERs Bookstores Work with your bookstore to see if faculty can 1) Insert their own materials information into their respective book adoption page, and 2) if the bookstores are interested in binding Open
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