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CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER Together
This document summarizes a presentation about faculty and librarians selecting high-quality open educational resources (OER). It discusses how Lansing Community College and Northwestern Michigan College worked with their librarians and faculty to adopt OER in order to save students money on textbooks. Both colleges saw over $1 million in student savings through adopting OER. The presentation discusses the process of selecting and adopting OER, challenges faced, and future plans to continue expanding the use of OER.
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- 1. Faculty & LibrariansSelecting High Quality OER Regina Gong & Dr. Sharon Hughes, Lansing Community College Tina Ulrich & Elizabeth Sonnabend, Northwestern Michigan College Sept 27, 2017, 11:00 am PST Welcome to
- 2. Agenda • Introductions • CCCOEROverview • Lansing Community College • Northwestern Michigan College • Discussion • Stay in the Loop • Q & A Image Front Page Attribution: Pixabay.com
- 3. Presenters Moderator: Regina Gong, Librarian& OER Project Mgr Lansing Community College Tina Ulrich Library Director Northwestern Michigan College Dr. Sharon Hughes Professor Lansing Community College Elizabeth Sonnabend Adjunct Faculty Northwestern Michigan College
- 4. • Expand awareness& access to high- quality OER • Support faculty choice & development • Improve student success CCCOER Mission
- 5. Members in 25U.S. States 8 Statewide Consortiums & British Columbia
- 6. CCCOER Members inMI • Michigan Colleges Online (MCO) • Bay College • Lansing Community College • Northwestern Michigan College
- 7. MCO OER Initiative Goals: •Improving student success • Lowering costs for students • Increasing inter-institutional faculty collaboration
- 8. MCO OER Initiative •Statewide Steering Committee • Representation from all 28 community colleges • Meets every 6 – 8 weeks • Activities to support Initiative Goals
- 9. What we dofor MI community colleges: • MCO repository hosted by OER Commons – https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/mco • Grants for faculty • Training and professional development • Statewide community of practice
- 10. OER Usage &Savings• Fall 2016 • 14 colleges reported • 120 courses • $1,523,200 savings • Winter/Spring 2017 • 14 colleges reported • 116 courses • $1,197,800 savings • Summer 2017 • 11 colleges reported • 73 courses • $382,500 savings $3,103,500
- 11. OER for Advertising TinaUlrich, Library Director Elizabeth Sonnabend, Adjunct Faculty
- 12. Northwestern Michigan College •Traverse City, Michigan • Community college • Serves a large rural area • 3262 FTE
- 13. How Librarians Can Help Tina Ulrich LibraryDirector Northwestern Michigan College tulrich@nmc.edu
- 14. So what’s thisgot to do with librarians? "I Love Your Glasses" by Musgo Dumio_Momio is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- 15. Why is OERpart of the library’s mission? • We are committed to access. • We know how to share. • We are familiar with the publishing industry. • We understand copyright and know its pitfalls.
- 16. Why is OERpart of the library’s mission? • We have experience with the content of college coursework. • We work closely with both faculty and students. • We know how to find things. • We know how to make sure others can find things.
- 17. What librarians cando • Help identify existing OER textbooks • Collect and do initial vetting of supplementary materials • Use advanced search skills and experience to find exactly what you need • Give options for access and curation • Advise on issues of copyright and fair use • Advise on use of the Creative Commons licenses • Articulate the guiding principles of the open movement
- 18. What librarians cannotdo • Be completely knowledgeable in your subject area • Make the final call on the quality of a resource • Choose your textbook • Choose your pedagogical approach • Interfere with your academic freedom
- 19. • Specific examplesof NMC’s librarians helping faculty adopt OER
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- 22. World Cultures http://nmc.libguides.com/worldcultures/readings Japanese traditionalfurry art1.jpg - Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA
- 24. Technical Writing Fontrix softwareuser manual | Published 1984 by Data Transf… | Flickr http://nmc.libguides.com/oer/englishoer
- 26. United States History AlfredJacob Miller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
- 27. Introduction to CollegeReading & Writing • Spreadsheet listing topics covered Desk, Books, Writing, Table - Free Image on Pixabay - 2158142
- 29. Principles of Advertising http://nmc.libguides.com/advertising/madmen Title: The Women of Mad Men 048 | MyLifeInPlastic.com | Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic
- 31. Thank you! By TinaUlrich. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license. Tina Ulrich, Library Director Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City, MI 49686 231.995.1063 tulrich@nmc.edu
- 32. An Instructor’s Perspective Elizabeth Sonnabend Business/Marketing Adjunct NorthwesternMichigan College esonnabend@nmc.edu
- 33. Why did Ichoose to use OER? •I have a college student too •Teaches students how to learn •My field changes rapidly--textbooks are out of date almost immediately •Allows my online class to be fully online--it can be taken from anywhere student can connect
- 34. How did Iswitch? •Pilot program with librarian and EMT support •Researched free textbooks and resources • Library provided a lot of resources •Used school’s access to trade publications •Used video resources--both web, PBS, and library •Found sites where instructors share lessons
- 35. Lib Guide Offers mea way to offer resources a textbook traditionally would The lib guide links to award winning ads--both print and TV. It also provides students with resources for researching the topic of advertising
- 36. Professional Resources fromProfessional Organizations
- 37. Pros of UsingOER •Online text provides basic concepts while I can pull in non- traditional resources
- 38. Pros of UsingOER •Saves students money
- 39. Pros of UsingOER •Forced me out of the box •Allowed me to adapt more to different learning styles
- 40. Cons of UsingOER •Not a lot to be honest--most can be easily overcome •Have to keep resources/links up to date •Some students are more comfortable with a textbook •Free textbooks often lack assignments and case studies
- 41. What would Ido differently? •Assignments are still writing heavy •I’d write more myself •Use more industry articles
- 42. Regina Gong, Librarian& OER Project Manager Dr. Sharon Hughes, Professor of Psychology OER for Psychology
- 43. LCC AT AGLANCE • Located in downtown Lansing • Founded in 1957 • 26,000 students enrolled/year • 230+ degree & certificate programs • 1st in MI to offer online degrees • Teaching faculty 90% adjuncts
- 44. Psychology Program atLCC • One of largest programs on campus • 12 different courses • 27 faculty members • PSYC200: Introduction to Psychology • 35 sections ;1,028 students enrolled (fall 2017 semester) • Prior textbook costs $200+
- 45. Photo by AutumnMott on Unsplash Time for change
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- 47. What did wedo to make it happen? •OER Librarian helped in finding materials
- 48. OER Reviewed byFaculty 1. Psychology (OpenStax) - https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology 2. Introduction to Psychology - http://www.saylor.org/books/#PtoZ 3. Introduction to Psychology (BC Campus OpenEd) - http://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Psychology 4. NOBA Project - http://nobaproject.com/ 5. Introduction to Psychology (University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library) - http://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/
- 49. What did wedo to make it happen? •OER Librarian helped in finding materials •Faculty buy-in and involvement in the process •Rubric development
- 52. What did wedo to make it happen? •OER Librarian helped in finding materials •Faculty buy-in and involvement in the process •Rubric development and process •Narrowing our choice & faculty agreement
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- 54. • Process ofchanging textbooks (in general) • Some faculty were not that enthusiastic with the switch • Obtaining hard copies for faculty
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- 64. “I think thisis a really great option for the poor starving student. Everybody should have access to education and this really helps level that playing field.” Here’s what our students say about OER:
- 65. “I've always beenbitter about buying a textbook that I only need to use maybe 700 words (total) throughout the semester. This is so much better.” Here’s what our students say about OER:
- 66. “College is expensiveenough as it is. Lots of kids don't bother or can't afford purchasing new $150 books for every class and it ends up hurting their grade. Free textbooks are good for everyone.” Here’s what our students say about OER:
- 67. Photo by AidanBartos on Unsplash $ 1,081,700
- 68. Photo by TiagoAguiar on Unsplash • Faculty OER award application opens October 2nd , 2017 -- $500K total • Z-Degrees in Psychology, Certificate in Foreign Language by 2018 • Assessment & Efficacy Studies – COUP Framework ; Disseminate research studies from Regina’s Open Education Group Research Fellowship 2017-2018 Award • OER Course Designation in Student Registration System Our Road Ahead
- 69. Stay in theLoop • Upcoming Conferences – Open Ed 2017: October 11-13 – OE Global 2018: TU Delft, Netherlands •Proposals due Oct 23 – See our website under “Get-Involved” • Stay in touch thru Community Email Image: pixabay.com http://cccoer.org
- 70. Oct 25 Webinar “Openin Order to Share … “ How Open Access Repositories Support Institutional OER Adoption Oct 23-27
- 71. Contact Info: Regina Gong:gongr1@lcc.edu; @drgong Tina Ulrich: tulrich@nmc.edu; @tjulrich Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org; @unatdaly Thank you!