Sustaining Change & Impact

Making S.P.A.C.E. for Student Belonging: 5 Tips for Increasing Faculty and Staff Awareness and Agency

Foreword

Lumen Circles are asynchronous faculty professional development experiences that use virtual learning communities to connect faculty with peers, helping them refine their expertise as student-centered educators. Grounded in evidence-based teaching practices and self-reflection, Lumen Circles are designed to benefit faculty members across disciplines and career stages.

Dr. Iona Ringgold and Dr. […]

Lumen Learning and Rockland Community College Create First Student Testing Center to Address Equity Gaps

This fall Lumen Learning is launching its first campus-based user testing center at Rockland Community College with a goal to increase the effectiveness and cultural relevance of Lumen’s solutions for all students across the United States. Rockland Community College, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), is part of the State University of New York […]

SELF-FUNDING INITIATIVE*

Use this play to:

Launch and sustain an OER program without significant grant or government funding.

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Running the Play

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DEVELOP OER POLICY*

Use this play to:

Develop a policy framework to support broadening use of OER at your institution. Identify where and how institutional policy can reinforce and sustain your success with open educational resources.

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BOOKSTORE FUNDING & PAYMENT*

Use this play to:

Students use the familiar bookstore purchasing process to pay for printed materials, platform or other support fees associated with reliable, effective OER.

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INSTITUTION-ALLOCATED BUDGET*

Use this play to:

Sustain ongoing support for OER adoption by allocating institutional budget from existing budget sources (e.g. technology fee, etc).

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COURSE MATERIALS FEE*

Use this play to:

Sustain and expand OER initiatives by adding a low-cost OER course fee to cover courseware and other program support costs.

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FORGE PARTNERSHIPS*

Use this play to:

Develop partnerships with outside entities to increase your capacity, support faculty success with OER, and help you achieve your goals.

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GRANT FUNDING

Use this play to:

Seek grant funding to support broadening use of OER to impact affordability, access, and improved student outcomes. See More Plays Back to Playbook Home Ask a Lumen Expert

Running the Play

Grant funding can be an excellent way […]

MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Use this play to:

Establish a team to encourage collaboration and provide support services for scaling OER adoption across multiple institutions or an entire system. See More Plays Back to Playbook Home Ask a Lumen Expert

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As OER initiatives scale […]