OCA: A Shiny web application for transparent overload compensation in higher education

OCA (Overload Compensation App) is an interactive Shiny web application that automates faculty overload pay calculations in accordance with institutional policy and enables users to visualize the results. Designed to promote transparency, reproducibility, and fairness, OCA allows academic administrators to filter, compute, and export overload data across instructors and departments. The app supports strategic blending between institution- and instructor-favoring approaches, offering both flexibility and clarity in compensation planning. OCA is open-source, released under the AGPL-3 license, and requires no programming expertise to use.

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SoftwareX
Published
2025-09-27
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102375
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Online Learning and Analytics
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OCA: A Shiny web application for transparent overload compensation in higher education

Xiangyan Zeng, Sanjeev Arora, Dawit Aberra, Chunhua Dong Mahon
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Online Learning and Analytics
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OCA: A Shiny web application for transparent overload compensation in higher education

Xiangyan Zeng, Sanjeev Arora, Dawit Aberra, Chunhua Dong Mahon
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Abstract

OCA (Overload Compensation App) is an interactive Shiny web application that automates faculty overload pay calculations in accordance with institutional policy and enables users to visualize the results. Designed to promote transparency, reproducibility, and fairness, OCA allows academic administrators to filter, compute, and export overload data across instructors and departments. The app supports strategic blending between institution- and instructor-favoring approaches, offering both flexibility and clarity in compensation planning. OCA is open-source, released under the AGPL-3 license, and requires no programming expertise to use.

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