Assessing the OER & Textbook Experience at UTSA

• Performance Evaluation is highly polarizing—most preferred by many, but also frequently ranked low.

• UTSA Newsletters is the least favored for top recognition but often appears in lower ranks.

• Department Chair and UTSA Leadership are consistently seen as meaningful sources of recognition across the middle ranks.

Faculty prioritize financial support and help finding resources over technical or administrative support when adopting OER.

• Generous Funding is the most frequently selected 1st priority (24 responses).
• Finding Support is also highly valued, with 18 responses for 1st and 19 responses for 2nd priority.
• Support Adapting/Tailoring garners significant attention in the 2nd priority (17 responses).

• Increase student access to more OER resources.
• Provide tailored OER materials for specific departments.
• Offer support in finding high-quality, specialized OER for upper-division courses.
• Give financial support and course release time to faculty developing OER.
• Create and share training videos on OER usage and development.
• Help faculty identify available OER resources more easily.
• Ensure multiple OER sources are available for each course topic.
• Improve librarian knowledge and support regarding OER.
• Offer course releases for full-time temporary (FTT) faculty to create OER.
• Develop repositories of sorted and tagged OER materials.
• Emphasize OER’s role in reducing students’ financial burden.