Expanding Access: The Case for Open Educational ResourcesFLEX Workshop #4FJames Glapa-Grossklag and John MakevichAugust 17, 2009

TopicsWhat are Open Educational Resources?Benefits and ChallengesCOC’s RepositoryWhat Can You Do?

What are Open Educational Resources?

Benefits and Challenges

COC’s Repository

What Can You Do?

What Are Open Educational Resources?Digitized ContentTeaching & Learning MaterialsReadily AvailableUsable and re-usableLow-Cost or No-CostPublic Domain/Open Source/ Creative Commons

What Drives OER?Innovation by facultyEase of access by faculty and studentsReduced cost of materials to studentsLegal requirementsSurvey results92% of 48 responding said they are likely or very likely to use OER if such materials were readily accessible.72% of 48 responding said they are interested in helping to produce or identify OER --Spring 2007 Survey of COC faculty

OER as a Movement89 colleges from AZ, CA, FL, IA, MD, NV, NY, OH, TX, WA, Canada

Tools for Locating, Organizing,and Delivering Open Textbooks

BenefitsLower Barriers to EducationExpand Access

BenefitsGives faculty tools for freedom from publishers’ dictates about learning content and delivery

ChallengesResistance to change Limited supply of high quality content in some disciplinesDigital DivideWorkload

Resistance to change

Limited supply of high quality content in some disciplines

Digital Divide

Workload

Current ProjectsUniversity Transfer Planning (Michelle LaBrie)Land Surveying (Regina Blasberg)Physical Geography (Vincent Devlahovich)Introduction to Library Media Tech, video podcast (Ron Karlin)Welding Lab photos (Tim Baber)Oceanography and Geology, audio podcasts (John Makevich)Distance Learning orientation, video podcasts (Michelle LaBrie, John Makevich, and Renee Drake)

University Transfer Planning (Michelle LaBrie)

Land Surveying (Regina Blasberg)

Physical Geography (Vincent Devlahovich)

Introduction to Library Media Tech, video podcast (Ron Karlin)

Welding Lab photos (Tim Baber)

Oceanography and Geology, audio podcasts (John Makevich)

Distance Learning orientation, video podcasts (Michelle LaBrie, John Makevich, and Renee Drake)

Implementation: EquellaContent-management systemStores all file typesFederated searchesCan customize sorting and organization of materialsPhoto library“Playlists” of contentGeneral subject search

The grand tourhttp://oer.canyons.edu

What Can You Do?Learn More at Workshops and RoundtablesContribute ContentAdopt ContentCreate Content

For More InformationSee COC Library’s OER website:www.canyons.edu/offices/library/OnlineEducationalResources.aspSee COC’s OER repository:http://oer.canyons.eduContact: Leslie Bretall, James Glapa-Grossklag,or John MakevichThanks to Dr. Van Hook, Jim Temple, Mike Gunther,Chad Estrella, and the pilot faculty user group

See COC Library’s OER website:www.canyons.edu/offices/library/OnlineEducationalResources.asp

See COC’s OER repository:http://oer.canyons.edu

Contact: Leslie Bretall, James Glapa-Grossklag,or John Makevich

Thanks to Dr. Van Hook, Jim Temple, Mike Gunther,Chad Estrella, and the pilot faculty user group