College's focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion; student success; and innovative pedagogy

OER advances campus initiatives related to equity and inclusion, student success, and innovative pedagogy 

We have an OER mini grant that is funded by the administration, indicating interest and support

We are a merged organization. Our staff includes librarians, instructional technologists, and a digital scholarship coordinator, so we have the expertise and infrastructure/systems to support a robust OER initiative

I completed the Creative Commons certificate program and am working toward completing the Open Textbook Network's OER Librarianship certificate

Moodle integration with MERLOT II

Support from the current CIO of our division and from the various directors

We have a strong partnership with the Student PIRG and a growing partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning

The Student Accessibility Center is housed in the library

We have identified several potential faculty champions who are enthusiastic about OER and teach high enrollment courses

We have an institutional repository

Team-based and student-centered culture

Trinity College's Academy of Lifelong Learning (open to adults in the community at large) and TrinityX MOOCs underscore the need for OER to support all our learners

We need to identify our metrics for success and begin systematically tracking them (the section on "Evaluation and Assessment" addresses this)

We need to identify and develop methods for communicating our success and progress (the section on "Outreach and Communication" addresses this)

We need to build partnerships with key stakeholders on campus (e.g., potential faculty champions, department and program chairs, upper administrators, the bookstore, student success, the accessibility center, admissions, etc.) 

Open education is not included in the guidelines for tenure and promotion

Current OER activities on campus are not tracked or coordinated

No formalized workshops or trainings around OER

Lack information about the need, perception, and use of OER 

Our OER initiative needs to become a campus-wide initiative to ensure its sustainability (SUNY's OER Field Guide for Sustainability Planning provides a useful framework)

The assumption that affordability is not an issue on our campus

Absence of permanent funding and non-monetary incentives

COVID-19 underscores the need for resources that allow equitable access for all

I am a member of the Northeast OER Summit planning committee

Open pedagogy and digital scholarship are trending in higher education

Contact at Temple University libraries willing to share advice and resources for our textbook listening tour

OER is a potential CTW Library Consortium collaborative project (e.g., develop workshops and webinars for faculty across the institutions)

Bookstore piloting inclusive access creates an opportunity to partner around the larger shared goal of student success and equity

Libraries are playing a more active role in student success

Connecticut is a #GoOpen state

Passage of a broad budget bill (HB 7424) that created the Connecticut OER Coordinating Council, which is tasked with encouraging college faculty to develop and adopt OER 

College bookstore is piloting inclusive access which may be viewed as a competitor to OER

Deficits, budget cuts, and shifts in priorities brought on by COVID-19

COVID-19 and the resulting stressors for faculty having to shift their courses online and learn an array of new technologies