Relaying a question asked in Mastodon by Robin DeRosa @actualham
Hey oer folks-- I am looking for a university/college/system that does course-marking (marks lo- or no-cost courses for books) that contracts with Barnes and Noble. My l B&N bookstore manager is helping us set-up course-marking and he would like to reach out to bookstore managers from B&N where this is happening for some inside intel. Anyone?
I’m not on Mastodon, but a few of the CalState University campuses like CalState LA have Barnes and Noble bookstores and are required to mark their courses.
Thanks Cailyn, I will track responses here and share the link with Robin.
I posted a copy of Robin’s question the CCCOER Community List and will copy responses here:
From Bryan McGeary at Penn State University @bryanmcgeary
We have course marking at Penn State and have Barnes and Noble as our bookstore. I would say that our course marking initiative is more a result of work done by our course schedulers and registrar, rather than by the bookstore, because the marking happens in the course registration system, rather than the bookstore’s system. However, B&N makes it possible for our faculty to indicate that they are using OER in their system. More information about our course marking initiative can be found on this page and in this news story. Our bookstore manager is Jennifer Guyer (email available) Hope that helps.