The 2015 Florida statute (Title XLVIII, Statute 1006.73, 4(c)) mandates that FLVC:
Promote and provide recommendations concerning the use and distribution of open access textbooks and education resources as a method for reducing costs and work with public postsecondary education institutions in developing a standardized process for the review and approval of open-access textbooks and education resources.
The Office of Distance Learning and Student Services (DLSS) within the statewide Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) developed an Action Plan for Building a Statewide Infrastructure to Support Open Educational Resources in Florida's Public Institutions of Higher Education based on results from the 2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey. Key recommendations from this report include:
Active memberships/partnerships with national OER organizations
Identify a librarian and instructional designer from each institution to serve as official FLVC OER liaisons and points of contact
Establish a state-wide website to serve as a central knowledge base for OER and related topics
Work with campus leaders in FCS and SUS to clarify copyright policies for faculty-created content
Develop a "re-mix" tool to better integrate various OER resources into a single presentation platform
Develop introductory OER workshops
Seek funding that could be used to award regional grants tp institutions to incentivize faculty OER projects
Link to full report: An Action Plan for Building a Statewide Infrastructure to Support OER in Florida’s Public Institutions of Higher Education
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