2. C4ward certification
• Write a reflection statement about OER
• One of the following:
• Review an OER resource using the review template
• A textbook, a chapter, a website, a video, etc.
• Share your review in the UH OER Repository.
• Create an OER resource to be used in a class.
• License it with a Creative Commons License in consultation with a
Librarian.
• Share your OER
• Create an activity plan
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6. Open Educational Resources Defined
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of
educational materials that are in the public domain or
introduced with an open license. The nature of these
open materials means that anyone can legally and
freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range
from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes,
assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and
animation.
- UNESCO
- http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-
resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/
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7. Open Educational Resources Defined
OER is defined as "teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the public
domain or have been released under an
intellectual property license that permits
their free use and re-purposing by others."
- Hewlett Foundation
http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education/open-educational-resources
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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8. Why OER?
Open Textbooks: The Billion Dollar Solution
by Student PIRGs / CC-BY
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http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-
textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926
10. The average cost of a textbook at UHCC: $111.001
At 6 textbooks per year, 33,7152 students
$22,500,000.00
Low or no resale value
Late financial aid checks
Student debt
Problems for our students
1. AY 2014 avg. prices of textbooks for UHCC’s top 10 enrolled courses, NOT including zero cost
courses.
2. Fall 2012, 33,715 UHCC students, http://uhcc.hawaii.edu/OVPCC/campuses/index.php
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11. Poll #1
How much debt does a 2014 college graduate in
Hawaii have?
A. $15,000-$20,000
B. $20,000-$25,000
C. $25,000-$30,000
The Institute for College Access & Success, http://ticas.org/
National: $28,950
Image by Wonderlane / CC BY 2.0
$24,554
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12. Textbooks and financial aid
• 50% of community college students use financial aid
for textbooks
• 65% relied on financial aid to cover 100% of their
textbook costs
• Students on financial aid pay MORE for textbooks
than students who pay out-of-pocket because of
interest payments
• Federal loans are absorbing the rising costs in the
present, but students have the debt and interest
Senack, E. and Donoghue, R. (2016). “Covering the Cost: Why we can no longer afford to ignore high textbook prices,” The
Student PIRGS.
The Institute for College Access and Success, http://ticas.org
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13. How do students view these costs?
2014 PIRG national study : 2,039 students
• 65% did not buy the assigned textbook.
• Nearly half : textbook costs impact how many or which
classes they took each semester
• Leeward CC survey : 987 students
• 55% : chose NOT to purchase a required textbook
• 58% : textbook costs determined whether or not they took
a course
• 41% : felt they performed poorly without the textbook
• 52% : textbook costs affect whether they stay in school
• 28% : withdrew from a course because of textbook costs
Fixing the Broken Textbook Market by U.S. PIRG
http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/external/results?key=AYA2T2D
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14. You can’t learn
from a textbook
you can’t afford
Slide source: Nicole Allen, SPARC
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15. OER: Benefits for Students
Students
• can take more courses and finish faster
• will have materials on the first day
• benefit from “localization” or customized
materials
• get to keep their learning materials
OER Evidence Report 2013-2014 by OERRH
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16. OER: Benefits for Faculty
• A quality alternative to commercial textbooks
• Students have the materials on the first day
• More diverse content and Customizable
• Free and low cost
• Lower drop rates and Higher grades
• Convenience of use
• Increased collaboration
• “Owning” the content
OER Evidence Report 2013-2014 by OERRH
Faculty stories from Open Education 2014 Conference
Chae and Jenkins, 2014. A Qualitative Investigation of Faculty Open Educational Resource Usage in the
Washington Community and Technical College System: Models for Support and Implementation
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17. Poll #2
• For faculty who have reviewed and/or used open
educational resources, what percentage of them feel OER
are equal or superior in quality to commercial materials?
• 36%
• 52%
• 73%
(Opening the Curriculum: Open Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2014 by Babson
Survey Research Group)
• University of Hawaii faculty?
(2014, UH system faculty survey – 66%)
73%
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18. UH System survey, spring 2015
354 faculty & lecturer respondents
• 53% : were UHCC
• 35% : of all respondents have used OER
• 22% : are in the process of replacing a
publisher’s textbook with an open (or zero cost)
version
• 66% : 151 of 228 respondents see OER as
similar or better in quality than commercial
materials
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19. Challenges faculty face
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Biggest barriers
• Time to find or create (77%)
• Concern about quality (39%)
• Concern about departmental support (22%)
• Learning curve to incorporate OER into
curriculum (20%)
• Confusion about copyright and licensing (18%)
21. Wait a Minute!! Things to think about
• Finding open materials
• Reviewing
• Adapting
• Building
• Understanding copyright and licensing
• Using technology
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29. How do we enable everything
the digital environment
makes possible?
Slide source: Nicole Allen, SPARC
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWbVt2Nc-I
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31. The Power of Open: The Learning, Business, & Policy Case for OER by Cable Green / CC-BY
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attribution
BY
share alike
SA
non-commercial
NC
no derivatives
ND
36. OER at UH System
• UH System strategic planning “Reduce cost of textbooks”
• UHCC System 2015-2020 Strategic Plan “Implement Open
Educational Resources (OER) to replace most textbooks by
2021”
• Kapi’olani CC 2015-2021 Strategic Plan.
• Leadership from Outreach College and UH ITS
• “Textbook cost : $0” course initiative (Outreach, Leeward CC,
Kapiʻolani CC)
• Leeward/Kapiʻolani OER Collaboration
• Presentations to Chancellors and CCCFSC
• OER Fellowship
• C4ward and PRLS
• UH Manoa Library (Sara Rutter)
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37. Copyright and licensing workshop
March 10, Naio 203, 11:30 to 1:00
with Billy Meinke, formerly of Creative Commons
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Term first adopted at UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Hgher Education in Developing Countries.
Hawaii: $22,785
US: $28,400
US: 73%
UH: 66%
Discuss Adopt, Adapt, Build
Show Merlot II site. Show the ISBN search feature.
Go to Open Stax. Show peer reviews and textbooks.
Go to Flickr Creative Commons search page
