ACA Open and Affordable Resources Interest Survey

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The Appalachian College Association (ACA) has a long history of supporting and providing professional development for faculty and staff at member institutions. We intend to build on this foundation as we coordinate with our newly established Center for Teaching and Learning to develop ACA faculty members’ knowledge about and confidence with Open and Affordable Resources (OAR), which includes materials found online, Open Educational Resources (OER), and library materials. Open Appalachia’s objective is to support ACA faculty members in adopting high-quality open and affordable resources for use in their classes.

To that end, we're interested in knowing what kinds of professional development opportunities you are interested in. Your help completing the survey allows us to tailor our programming and outreach to better support you and your campus. If you already do this type of work in your classes, we'd love to talk to you about your experience!

If you have any questions, or want to talk more, please contact sara.parme@acaweb.org

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Institution *

Academic Discipline *

Professional Development Opportunities

Please check all professional development opportunities you would be interested in. These could include webinars, workshops, communities of practice, etc.

Would you be interested in any of the following collaborative efforts [select all that apply]

Participating with a group of instructors in your discipline to look for free course materials, assess them for quality and use in your classes, share ideas, etc.

Participating with a group of instructors in your discipline to co-create supplemental materials

Participating in a group on how materials that are free to students can be used to improve pedagogical practices within class, open pedagogy, etc.

Presenting to a group of instructors in your discipline about your experience using materials that are free to students

Introduction to Open and Affordable Resources

Open and Affordable Resources for beginners (definition, general overview, research findings on impact, where to start, etc.)

Finding Open and Affordable Resources (a deeper dive) [select all that apply]

Assessing the quality of Open Educational Resources (materials that you can retain, revise, remix, reuse, and redistribute)

Assessing for accessibility for on-campus/off-campus access

Mapping my syllabus to existing library ebooks and database content I could use instead of traditional textbooks

Using Open and Affordable Resources in the classroom [select all that apply]

Designing a course

Licensing considerations for use of electronic resources (copyright, fair use, creative commons licensing, etc.)

Accessibility for ADA compliance

Using Creative Commons licenses to turn the PowerPoints/handouts/etc. I already create into Open Educational Resources

Open pedagogy

Open and Affordable Resources Use

The following questions describe how you currently utilize Open and Affordable Resources.

Describe your awareness of Open and Affordable Resources

I am not aware of Open and Affordable Resources

I am somewhat aware of Open and Affordable Resources, but I am not sure how they can be used

I am aware of Open and Affordable Resources and some of their use cases

I am very aware of Open and Affordable Resources and know how they can be used in the classroom

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How are using Open and Affordable Resources in your course(s) this academic year?

Primary Materials (e.g., course textbook)

Supplemental/Non-essential Materials (e.g., slides, quizzes, problem sets, reading resources, etc.)

I am not using Open and Affordable Resources this academic year.

If you are willing to share, please list any course(s) that you teach that use Open and Affordable Resources and the title(s) and link(s) to the resource(s) you use.

When designing a syllabus, describe how you consider what resources students already have access to through the library?

When designing a syllabus, describe how you consider what resources are in the Digital Library of Appalachia? (https://dla.acaweb.org/)

What is a reasonable amount you believe students should be asked to pay for all of their materials (book, homework system, access code for supplemental resources, etc.) for a 3-credit course, excluding labs, art supplies, etc.?

What do you consider to be the barriers to your use of Open and Affordable Resources?

Please let us know any other ideas and thoughts you have on the Open and Affordable Resources initiative, including other ways you try to make your course(s) more affordable, equitable, and accessible for students.

Would you like more information on how to use Open and Affordable Resources to make your course(s) more affordable, equitable, and accessible for students?

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