Many institutions have made progress in adopting Open Educational Resources (OER), yet a gap remains between individual adoption and consistent, course-level redesign. This session shares how one technical college with a strong transfer focus shifted from a largely self-directed OER adoption model to a more structured approach to course redesign.
The presentation focuses on three key changes: builder-faculty partnerships, a structured OER course space that guides faculty through selection, alignment, and course design, and milestone-based checkpoints that support accountability and progress. Together, these changes improved course consistency, alignment, and clarity.
The session will also introduce early indicators of student experience, such as navigation, engagement, and course success patterns, as part of an ongoing effort to understand impact. Attendees will leave with a clear, adaptable framework for moving from isolated OER adoption to scalable, sustainable course redesign.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Assess how structured faculty support models influence alignment, accessibility, and course coherence.
- Describe a milestone-based approach to increase accountability without diminishing faculty autonomy.
- Identify practical indicators of course design effectiveness and student experience.
- Adapt a scalable framework for transitioning from individual OER use to coordinated course redesign.
