Getting Started with OER: OpenStax Institutional Partnership Progam 2017-2018

The University of Hartford was one of 11 schools nationwide (and the first private institution) accepted into the 2017-2018 OpenStax Institutional Partnership Program. OpenStax, a nonprofit based out of Rice University, is one of the leading providers of OER textbooks, all of which are peer-reviewed and carry a CC-BY license. Through this program, we received individualized guidance and support in order to build a strategic plan to help promote and encourage the use of OER on campus. We were able to do the following with help from this program:

• Presentations on OER at college and department meetings
• Learn@Lunch events about OER through the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation
• An OER Workshop featuring speakers from the statewide OER initiative
• The first round of grants for faculty to adopt, adapt, or create their own OER  

For more information about the partnership program, visit OpenStax.