International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 223

Coordinating OER Efforts Across a Mid-Sized College Campus
Table 3. Who has a role in selecting required course materials (including textbooks) for
use in the course(s) you teach? (select all that apply)
Answer Response %
I am solely responsible for the selection 54 66.67%
Another faculty member makes the selection 6 7.41%
I lead a committee/group that makes the selection 2 2.47%
I am a member of a committee/group that makes
the selection
A committee/group of which I am not a member
makes the selection
19 23.46%
3 3.70%
Entire department 7 8.64%
Course developer 5 6.17%
Instructional Design group 1 1.23%
Administration 0 0.00%
Other (please describe) 4 4.94%
“Other” responses included course leader selects then approved in committee meeting, depends on
the class, and common classes are done by concurrence of all instructors who teach those classes.
Table 4. When selecting a required course textbook, how important is each of the following
factors to you?
Question
Not at all
important
Slightly
important
Moderately
important
Very
important
Extremely
important
Average
Value
Cost to the student 1 2 15 42 20 3.98
Reputation of
author(s)
Quality of ancillary
resources (question
banks, Powerpoint
slides, etc.)
Comprehensiveness
of coverage
Recently updated
edition
Used/recommended
by other faculty
Clear & accessible
writing
3 8 26 29 15 3.56
9 11 25 25 11 3.22
1 2 8 44 26 4.14
4 11 18 33 15 3.54
11 15 26 24 5 2.96
- - 7 37 37 4.37
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