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The shift to online instruction necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020-2022 resulted in higher education instructors and administrators looking for quality, easily used online instructional resources. This search brought renewed attention and interest to Open Educational Resources (OER), which may be described as instructional content created by instructors that is useable by other instructors. OER are openly licensed such that they are cost-free to use, and in many cases, they may also be modified s desired. Seeking to better understand how instructors at Waterloo perceive and use OER, a qualitative study was conducted with 13 faculty instructors. Responses from this study informed seven recommendations that are made in this white paper, which are grouped in three categories: new framings for the OER conversation, new practices for institutions, and new supports for institutions. Each recommendation represents a concrete direction for higher education institutions looking to improve local OER uptake.

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