Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:

• Faculty Champions(s)
• Library
• Senior Administration
• Student Government
• Other

Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:

• Scholarly Communication
• Subject Liaisons
• Teaching & Learning

Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:

• Chemistry
• Earth sciences
• Languages
• Mathematics and statistics
• Physics

Mechanisms to Support OER Included in the Following:

• Library Services
• New Faculty Orientation

OER Staff Location:

• Library
• Other

The OER Outreach Group was formed in spring 2018 and is comprised of librarians and professional staff from across campus, along with one faculty representative. The goals of the group are to determine campus gaps in understanding about OER, look at peer institution practices and services, create resources and form communities to help address information deficiencies, and plan for outreach to campus partners. As of July 2019, the group has started focusing entirely on outreach to campus. Our major areas of effort include twice yearly half-day OER workshops and working with student government on OER support legislation. The primary partners for the OER Outreach Working Group are UT Libraries, the Center for OER and Language Learning (COERLL), and Texas Digital Library.

Program Type:

• Task Force/Committee

Duration: 03/2018 - Present

Scope: OER (open course content)

Primary OER Strategy: OER Awareness

Secondary OER Strategies: OER Adaptation, OER Adoption, OER Curation, OER Pedagogy, OER Publication

Unit Housing the Program:

Library

Program Partners:

• Faculty Champions(s)
• Other

Source of Program Funding:

• Library’s special project fund

Total Program Funding to Date: $ 1,200

Incentives Offered by the Program:

• Not applicable

Links:
Other Resource

We have offered a half-day event sponsored by UT Libraries three times now. Workshops have been intended primarily for faculty and other instructors on campus. Goals of the workshops include: have participants learn to define OER with reference to a Creative Commons license, describe OER characteristics and benefits to specific audiences, and be able to locate OER relevant to their disciplines, understand Creative Commons licenses and how to remix/reuse CC licensed content, and know how to share content they may create. The events are free, but registration is required.

Date: Jan. 10, 2019

Event Type:

• Workshop/Professional Development

Event themes:

• Other

Scope: OER (open course content)

Approximate Attendees: 30

Links:
Event Summary

Go To Resource

This guide is intended to be a quick reference for those new to open educational resources or those who are looking for a specific OER resource.

Resource Permissions:
CC BY NC

Resource Citation:
University of Texas Libraries. (2019). Open Educational Resources LibGuide. https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/oer