International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 217

International Journal of Open Educational Resources • Vol. 2, No. 1 • Fall 2019 / Winter 2020
Coordinating OER Efforts Across
a Mid-Sized College Campus
Jennifer Pate, University of North Alabama
Darlene Townsend, University of North Alabama
John McGee, University of North Alabama
Abstract
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In 2018, the University of North Alabama (UNA) began to formalize
its efforts to promote the use, creation, and adaptation of
sustainable open educational resources (OER) on campus. UNA’s
strategic plan for 2019-2024, Roaring with Excellence, aspires to
have some form of OER integrated into at least half of all academic
programs at the university. Following the lead of the Alabama
Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), which had begun
promoting OER statewide, the university was eager to assess the
knowledge and use of OER on campus and to provide training and
education to faculty to encourage the enhanced understanding and
adoption of OER.
A three-person informal working group formed on the university’s
campus at the behest of the university president and provost. The
make-up of the group included a scholarly communications librarian,
a cataloging librarian serving as interim university librarian,
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doi: 10.18278/ijoer.2.1.13