When Tessy was hired at the beginning of 2021 as the OER Librarian, she knew her predecessor and current Scholarly Communication librarian at UTEP had put in countless hours of working on creating an Affordable Mindset on campus. She thought she could charge ahead with the current plan for Affordability, but was met with obstacles - mostly misconceptions and misinformation about what the Open movement entailed. After an eye-opening conversation in Fall 2023, Tessy decided to rework her strategy to start over and created an Affordable Mindset Rubric. This rubric is meant to help faculty address various aspects of why they are choosing certain course materials, in the hopes of fostering honest and productive conversations. She shares lessons learned as well as the rubric in this session.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Utilize or modify a rubric to evaluate course materials selected to better foster an Affordable Mindset at various institutions
- Evaluate what the current mindset is on campus to better prepare for obstacles that hinder the Open movement
