How the OER service has evolved in TUS

• Funding – National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (National Forum) funding secured
• OER Index – the funding facilitated the creation of an OER Index using WordPress to showcase OER resources for all disciplines
• OER Library Guide – to increase awareness of OER and open licensing

• Staff Engagement – promotion of the OER Index and LibGuide and empowerment of staff to locate and use OER in their teaching OER
• Staff Survey – conducted and results shared in TUS
• Pressbooks – pilot and testing of Open Book platform, Pressbooks

• DOERs Project – funding secured from the National Forum
• Pressbooks – TUS Pressbooks network deployed
• Staff Training – promote the benefits of OER for teaching, including cost, accessibility and scope to provide multiple means of engagement

• DOERs Project Launch – DkIT, MU, TUS and SETU collaboration
• Conference Dissemination – EdTech conference
• Dedicated Role – creation of OER Librarian post
• Survey – development of aligned staff OER surveys for DOERs sites
• Staff Training – advocating for the inclusion of OER in reading lists

TUS

• TUS OER Library Guide – 20,000 views (2023 and 2024 to date)
• TUS OER Index – 700 items
• TUS OER Staff Survey – 70 responses to 2023 survey
• Evidence Informed Staff Engagement – use of survey data to enhance the OER Library Guide and Index and to inform training and engagement
• Open Education Policy – draft and consultation

DOERs Project

• OER Staff Survey – aligned survey disseminated across all sites
• Training Sessions Across Sites – both online and face-to-face delivery
• Local Customisation – tailoring of training for each site, in collaboration with local Library staff, to showcase local OERs and to meet local needs
• Zenodo – sharing of DOERs project resources and maximising impact
• Sharing and Learning – A&SL Conference and OER24 Conference