Guidance on Including OER in Tenure and Promotion Materials
Boyle, C. (n.d.). CSI Library: Open Educational Resources (OER): OER in Tenure and Promotion. Retrieved September 25, 2023, from https://library.csi.cuny.edu/c.php?g=817558&p=9340248
Elder, A. K., Gruber, A. M., Burnett, M., & Koch, T. (2021). Open Education in Promotion, Tenure, & Faculty Development. https://oept.pubpub.org/pub/1xl1zqxs/release/2
McKinney, Andrew (ed.). (2024). Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process. https://pressbooks.cuny.edu/tenureandpromotioncasestudies/
Tenure and Promotion at John Jay
Form C (Faculty self-evaluation for tenure/promotion)
Sample, filled-out Form C (this particular example does not mention any OER, but does reference teaching materials and student service. You can easily include OER in these sections)Mic
Authoring Open Education Resources
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources. (n.d.). Center for Media and Social Impact. Retrieved September 24, 2022, from https://cmsimpact.org/code/open-educational-resources/
Coolidge, A., Doner, S., Robertson, T., & Gray, J. (2018). Accessibility Toolkit—2nd Edition. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/
Falldin, M., & Lauritsen, K. (2017). Authoring Open Textbooks. Open Education Network. https://oen.pressbooks.pub/authoropen/
Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3)
A critical part of sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education is recognizing the contributions by instructors who create and improve them as part of their professional work. In order to aid this effort, Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) has developed an adaptable advisory model to help guide faculty as they attempt to include their OER work in their tenure and promotion portfolios. This model is in no way exhaustive and will likely be most useful as either a way for faculty to start thinking about how to best fit their OER work into their local T&P guidelines or as an OER adapted to those local concerns. Although this document in its current form was created with individual faculty in mind, we encourage T&P committees themselves to adapt and edit this document to use as guidance for their faculty.
Tenure and promotion. (n.d.). DOERS3. Retrieved October 18, 2023, from https://www.doers3.org/tenure-and-promotion.html (CC-BY)
The tenure and promotion system, first envisioned as a way to ensure academic freedom and economic security for college and university faculty members, is in desperate need of re-imagination. When new modes of scholarship emerge in the academy, they often have to deal with a tenure system in which the evaluative metrics don’t take into account the type of work being produced.
Coolidge, A. M., Amanda. (n.d.). The tenure review process must evolve. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved October 18, 2023, from https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/08/10/work-open-educational-resources-should-be-valued-tenure-review-opinion
