Affordable Resources for Teaching

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey about affordable resources for teaching. Affordable resources include Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are educational materials that are in the public domain or are licensed to allow free use and reuse by everyone. They include textbooks, lecture notes, tests, assignments, and more.

This survey is being conducted by UCSB Librarian Angela Chikowero as part of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Open Education Leadership Program. The following questions aim to investigate the use and understanding of OERs at UCSB.

If you have any questions please contact Angela Chikowero at achikowero@ucsb.edu

What is your department? *

Have students indicated that it is difficult for them to acquire learning materials for your class? If so, can you please share some examples?

Do you know the cost of the textbooks that you assign for your classes? If so, please share the dollar amount for the highest cost textbook. (For textbook costs, check Amazon or the UCSB Store.

Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected students’ access to the required resources for your classes? If so, in what ways? *

Has online teaching changed how you assign materials? If so, in what ways? *

How familiar are you with OERs? OERs are freely and openly available teaching resources. They include textbooks, lecture notes, tests, assignments, and more. *

Very

Somewhat

Not at all, but interested in learning more

Not at all, and not interested

Are you currently using OER in your course/s? *

Yes

No, but I am interested in OER adoption

No, and I am not interested

If you are currently using OERs, please indicate which ones. (Select all that apply.)

Textbooks

Syllabus

Lecture notes

Assignments

If you are not currently using OERs, would you consider doing so? *

Yes

If not, can you elaborate? (Select all that apply). *

The materials I assign are already inexpensive

I do not have time to investigate alternative materials

Materials for my classes are not available through OER

N/A

Other:

Required

If you would like to consider using OERs for your classes, how might the UCSB Library help you? (Select all that apply.)

Provide information to learn more about OERs and how to find them

Provide workshops and training

Provide examples of how OERs are being used by other faculty

N/A

The library is interested in pursuing more OER adoption at UCSB. Please share your thoughts about the library's role and any other comments you might have.

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