Goals & Objectives

Establishing program goals and objectives will help you determine program performance. What do you want to see in terms of open education on your campus? What exactly do you hope to accomplish? What would you like to do that you are not already doing in your current program?

This page will help you identify potential goals and objectives. You may have slightly different goals based on your current institutional context.

Broad Considerations

Start/Revisit Campus Open Education Strategic Framework

      • Write a statement of purpose that aligns with your institution's strategic priorities.
        See these         Strategic Planning Templates developed by Oregon and Washington librarians for additional ideas.

      • Consider the scope of your program. Determine what your areas of focus will be, overall. Here are some ideas:

        • Reduce educational expenses by providing free or low-cost learning materials that are available on the first day of classes and customizable to fit students' learning needs.

        • Encourage and support the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the development of innovative open pedagogy projects with students.

        • Empower teaching faculty interested in utilizing open pedagogical practices.

        • Provide support in identifying, evaluating, and implementing OER for instructors in their courses.

        • Provide technical support and advice for faculty creation projects.

Establish/Review Campus Policies as it Pertains to OER.

      • Is "open" publishing/creation recognized in tenure and promotion at your institution?
        See Recognizing         "Open" in Tenure and Promotion at UBC (2017) for more on this topic.

      • Does your institution have an intellectual property rights (IRP) policy? Who owns materials created by faculty?

      • Have there been conversations relating to OER course markings?
        See Marking Open and Affordable Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies (2020) for more information on this topic.

      • Where will openly licensed materials developed by faculty members live?
        A couple of examples could be an open or institutional repository, OER Commons, Milne Open Textbooks, etc.

      • Do any current campus policies need to be updated to support open education initiatives?

Expand/Revise Faculty Incentives (Adoption, Creation, Open Pedagogy, etc.)

    • Ascertain the current program budget and determine incentive amounts.

    • Determine a process for reviewing applications.

    • Establish support protocols for accepted projects.

    • Will you encourage faculty to deposit materials into an open access repository?

Build Campus Awareness - see the outreach page for ideas...

Strategic Goals with SMART Objective Criteria

SMART.pdf

Example Campus Open Education SMART Goals:

  • Increase the number of students impacted by OER by 4% a year for 1-3 years.

  • Have five to seven new online courses utilizing OER within the next three years.

  • Incentivize and support 3-5 open textbook publications within the next 2-3 years.

  • Conduct at least 10 training sessions (workshops, informational sessions, etc.) for faculty over the next two years.

  • Attend and present at department meetings for at least ten departments within the next two years.

  • Hold approximately two open resource fairs on campus that showcase the variety of OERs available to faculty.

  • Designate a student representative to the OER committee for each academic year (or for as long as that student is enrolled and willing to participate).

Sample Timeline

Establishing a realistic timeline for promotion, implementation, and assessment will help you stay on track as you expand your program.

Keep in mind that faculty members are often busy during the regular Spring/Fall semesters. It may be beneficial to organize your timeline so that faculty can have time during the summer to work on their projects.

Timeline.pdf