For many of our students, the campus store is the primary vehicle for determining and acquiring required and recommended learning materials. The process of listing and fulfilling those learning materials is a multi-stepped process that requires various interactions from faculty to content providers.
As more and more states adopt legislation that requires more transparency for students about which courses utilize OER as well as low-cost and no-cost materials, DOERS3, a collaboration of public higher education systems, would like to see OER better integrated into those established listing and fulfillment processes. We view campus stores (i.e., bookstores) as critical partners to accomplish this task.
Campus stores support OER efforts on many campuses: participating in OER committees, raising awareness, and assisting with selection, fulfillment, and verification processes. Because of the central role that campus stores play in supporting the listing and fulfillment of learning materials, OER must be seamlessly integrated into the current processes. As the use of OER continues to grow, we would like to see the relationship between institutions and campus stores grow in support of OER listing and fulfillment. Students, faculty, and campus stores all stand to benefit from improvements.
This document proposes concrete actions and a set of effective practices focused on enhancing the relationship between the institution and the campus store, as well as the campus store’s support of OER. It also reflects results of a survey of institutional OER representatives the DOERS3 Capacity Building Workgroup conducted in January-February 2020 and subsequent conversations with key stakeholders.
As more and more states adopt legislation that requires more transparency for students about which courses utilize OER as well as low-cost and no-cost materials, DOERS3, a collaboration of public higher education systems, would like to see OER better integrated into those established listing and fulfillment processes. We view campus stores (i.e., bookstores) as critical partners to accomplish this task.
Campus stores support OER efforts on many campuses: participating in OER committees, raising awareness, and assisting with selection, fulfillment, and verification processes. Because of the central role that campus stores play in supporting the listing and fulfillment of learning materials, OER must be seamlessly integrated into the current processes. As the use of OER continues to grow, we would like to see the relationship between institutions and campus stores grow in support of OER listing and fulfillment. Students, faculty, and campus stores all stand to benefit from improvements.
This document proposes concrete actions and a set of effective practices focused on enhancing the relationship between the institution and the campus store, as well as the campus store’s support of OER. It also reflects results of a survey of institutional OER representatives the DOERS3 Capacity Building Workgroup conducted in January-February 2020 and subsequent conversations with key stakeholders.
| Improving the Listing and Fulfillment of OER (PDF) |
