Assessing the OER & Textbook Experience at UTSA

Presents UTSA student and faculty feedback collected through the DOERS Student Success Through OER Rubric Grant: Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Data Science Summary

Respondents

1 Data Science faculty member responded to the survey.

Appointment 

All respondents are Tenure-Track faculty; none are Fixed-Term-Track.

  • 100% of respondents (1 person) selected Tenure-Track (represented by purple).
  • 0% selected Fixed-Term-Track (represented by red, but not visible since there were no responses).

Tenure Track 

One respondent holds the rank of Professor; none are Assistant Professors.

  • 100% of respondents (1 person) selected Professor (shown in blue).
  • 0% selected Assistant Professor (represented by red, but not visible since there were no responses).

Teaching

The respondent teaches a mix of Master’s, Upper Division non-core, and Core Curriculum courses, with no involvement in Doctoral or Lower Division courses.

  • 33% (1 response) for Master’s courses (green).
  • 33% (1 response) for Upper Division (Non-core) courses (blue).
  • 33% (1 response) for UTSA Core Curriculum courses (red).

Textbook Decisions

  • For most courses (Upper Division, Master’s, Doctoral), the Individual Instructor decides on textbooks.
  • For UTSA Core Curriculum, the Course Coordinator decides.
  • For Lower Division Non-Core Curriculum, the respondent selected Do not know.

OER Awareness and Use 

Awareness

The respondent was not familiar with the definition of OER prior to the survey.

  • 100% (1 response) answered No (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered Yes (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

OER Use Overall

The respondent is aware of OER and some of their use cases. 

  • 100% (1 response) selected “I am aware of OER and some of their use cases” (represented by the purple section).

OER Adoption

The respondent has used OER in their courses.

  • 100% (1 response) answered Yes (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered No (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

OER Adoption Type

The respondent uses OER in one course only.

  • 100% (1 response) answered “1 of my courses” (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered “2 of my courses” (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

OER as Required/Supplemental

The respondent uses OER as both required and supplemental material in their course.

  • 100% (1 response) selected “OER as required & supplemental material” (represented by the purple section).
  • No responses for:
    • “OER only supplemental” (blue)
    • “OER as required material” (red)

Course Markings Awareness and Use 

Legislation

The respondent was not aware of Texas SB 810 legislation regarding OER prior to taking the survey. 

  • 100% (1 response) answered No (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered Yes (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

UTSA Filters

The respondent was not aware of UTSA’s Free Textbook and Low-Cost Textbook filters prior to taking the survey.

  • 100% (1 response) answered No (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered Yes (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

UTSA Reporting

The respondent was not aware of UTSA’s reporting process for free and low-cost textbooks prior to the survey.

  • 100% (1 response) answered No (represented by the red section).
  • 0% answered Yes (purple is not visible because there were no responses).

OER Perceptions and Priorities

Departmental 

The respondent is unsure about faculty perceptions of OER in their department.

  • 100% (1 response) selected “Don’t know” (represented by the orange section).
  • No responses for:
    • Unfavorable (green)
    • Neutral (blue)
    • Favorable (purple)

Quality Perceptions

The respondent perceives the quality of OER in their area as acceptable.

  • 100% (1 response) selected “Acceptable Quality” (represented by the blue section).
  • No responses for:
    • Don’t know (orange)
    • Very Poor Quality (yellow)
    • Poor Quality (green)
    • Good Quality (purple)

Desired Attributes

The respondent values accuracy most, followed by appropriateness for level, clarity, accessibility, adaptability, and finally supplementary resources.

  • 1st Priority: Content Accuracy & Technical Accuracy (purple)
  • 2nd Priority: Appropriate for Level of Course/Student (green)
  • 3rd Priority: Clarity, Comprehensibility & Readability (red)
  • 4th Priority: Accessibility (ADA Compliance) (yellow)
  • 5th Priority: Adaptability & Modularity (blue)
  • 6th Priority: Availability of Supplementary Resources (orange)

Support and Recognition

UTSA Leadership

The respondent considers support from UTSA leadership a mid-level priority (4th) compared to other factors.

  • 100% (1 response) ranked this as 4th Priority (represented by the green section).
  • No responses for other priority levels (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th).

Recognition 

The respondent prefers recognition for OER adoption primarily through performance evaluation, followed by UT System acknowledgment, then UTSA leadership, department chair, and finally newsletters.

  • 1st Priority: Performance Evaluation (yellow)
  • 2nd Priority: UT System (red)
  • 3rd Priority: UTSA Leadership (purple)
  • 4th Priority: Department Chair (blue)
  • 5th Priority: UTSA Newsletters (green)

Improve Support

The respondent’s top support need is support adapting/tailoring, followed by integrating into LMS, and involving students. Funding, copyright support, webinars, OER finding support, departmental visits, and tutorials rank lower as priorities.

  • 1st Priority: Support Adapting/Tailoring (blue)
  • 2nd Priority: Integrating into LMS (orange)
  • 3rd Priority: Involving Students (pink)
  • 4th Priority: Generous Funding (purple)
  • 5th Priority: Copyright Support (yellow)
  • 6th Priority: Webinars (green)
  • 7th Priority: Finding Support (dark purple)
  • 8th Priority: Visits to my Department (gray)
  • 9th Priority: Tutorials (red)