Open Educational Resources presentation at Kaua`i Community College on November 4, 2016

1. November 4,
2016 Room 128
HLTSCI
12:00pm -1pm
What it is / what
it's for...
OER
Open educational resources

2. “Open educational resources (OER) are freely
accessible, openly licensed documents and media that
are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well
as for research purposes. It is the leading trend in
distance education/open and distance learning domain
as a consequence of the openness movement.[1]
There is no universal usage of open file formats in
OER”....yeah it's a little chaotic.
-Wikipedia

3. Objective
1. Define OER, open access, copyleft, copyright.
2. Describe the origins and purpose of OER
3. Propose ways to adopt OER
4. Discuss cost, access, and attribution for OER
5. Explore major OER resources
s

4. Audience
● Teaching
Faculty
● Library faculty
● Bookstore

5. OER @ KCC
Anne McKenna
The 2015-2021 UHCC
Strategic Plan explicitly
mentions lowering the cost
of textbooks through
adoption of Open
Educational Resources
http://libguides.kauai.hawaii.edu/oer

6. OpenStax
● Astronomy
● Algebra
● Calculus
● Sociology
● Psychology
● Physics
...and many more existing and
under development

7. BC Open Textbooks
● Physical Geology
● Intro Business Statistics
● Project Management
● Open Textbook Accessibility
Toolkit
● Teaching in a Digital Age
...and many more existing and
under development

8. Pressbooks
DiY ● OER resource for creating
your own text
● Option to pay a small fee
to remove PB watermark
● Creates a printable book
● Low cost for student
(actually you set the cost
from cost-of-printing to
whatever...)
● Built in formatting tools for
professional looking book
PB
More on homegrownOER to come...

9. Procedure to adopt OER...
Selecting a book for use in your class to selecting
chapters to getting a print copy...

10. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

11. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

12. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

13. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

14. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

15. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

16. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

17. Step 1
Recognize that
you have a
problem ...
Step 2
Review OER
resources that fit
your needs
Step 4
If you need a print version,
work with the Bookstore to
schedule and price
Step 5
Incorporate your text
into your instructional
design for the course
Step 6
Evaluate! Student
satisfaction, accessibility
issues, content
Step 7
Revise! Make it fit
the needs of your
students...
Step 3
Review OER
creative
commons
/copyright
A Seven Step Process... for adopting OER

18. Creative Commons &
“Copyright and Creative Commons licensing are key to
making OER work.” See the site for great information about
using the CC licenses.
Creative Commons
Copyright

19. How to adopt OER: the pressbooks way
The beautiful thing about OER is that you can pick and choose,
mix and match, and recombine in any way you like, as long as
you give attribution.
For example you can combine parts of an algebra text with parts
of a calculus text and your own take on trigonometry , and make
a text that fits your unique students. For free online or for a small
cost if printed through the bookstore. (Average about $35)

20. How to adopt OER: the “flexbook” way
You write your book as a series of chapters and share them with your
students. Other teachers can use your book as is or copy it and use
parts, mix and match, or add their own content. You decide what kind
of license to grant, generally with Creative Commons, only attribution of
the original parts is required. This way is more time consuming and
less controlled, but it is free and offers super easy accessibility to your
students. You can embed the book into an online course, print it out
through the bookstore, or share it through google classroom as you
like.

21. Resources
UH OER Listserv
OER commons
OpenStax
Kauaʻi CC OER Libguide
Pressbooks BC Campus Open Ed
Kansas State U- Human Nutrition