Going OER: Eliminate Boundaries in Teaching and Learning – Faculty are continuously searching for textbooks and materials that fit course requirements and their teaching style. Before the availability of open educational resources (OER), faculty were restricted to commercial publications designed for broad audiences with general theories and concepts across a wide array of topics. Though these resources offer relevant information and supplemental materials, they do not always meet the needs and interests of faculty and students. Adopting and creating free, openly licensed resources (OER) offers faculty the freedom to reuse and remix materials that complement their teaching style and approach based on their discipline training, expertise, and knowledge of their students. In this webinar, faculty will learn about free open educational resources, benefits of going OER, and ideas on their use and application.
2. Welcome
• Faculty,West HillsCollege Lemoore
• #OERevolution since 2013
OER Co-chair,WHCL
Curriculum Chair,WHCL (5 years)
Reviewer, Cool4Ed
Sociology Editorial Board, Merlot
Published SOC 1 and EDUC 5 course shells
Author, CriticalThinking about Social Problems (Kendall Hunt)
Author, Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life (WHCL)
4. How is OER customized for your class?
• Open educational resources are freely shared through open licenses
which facilitate use, revision, translation, improvement and sharing by
anyone.
This means faculty and students have the power and freedom to:
evaluate, analyze, and critique
revise or rewrite
include our narratives, perspectives, and examples
publish and share
This image 'To deposit or not to deposit, that is the question" by
Roche D.G., et al. is licensed under CC BY 4.0
5. Benefits of Going OER
1. Quality, peer-reviewed sources
2. Support and funding opportunities
3. Re-design courses and instructional approaches
• Faculty and learner freedom
• Living, open-ended courses
Flexibility to modify/adapt
• Applied experiences
• Improves quality of curriculum and instruction
4. Community Support
• Visit the homepage and select “Get Involved”
Click “Community Email” to join network
6. Using and Applying OER
• Quantitative and Qualitative Study (AY 16-17)
Quality
Access
Challenges
• Survey (n=175)
15 questions
• Video testimonials (n=36)
7 questions
7. From Adoption to Re-design
• Phase 1
Use course objectives to guide curriculum and instruction
Focus on major concepts
Emphasize core competencies
Meet transfer requirements
• Phase 2
Select and revise OER materials
Develop a conceptual framework and foundation of knowledge
Core terms, concepts, and theories
Supplemental perspectives, arguments, and approaches
Audio/visual aids
Develop 3-5 learning
objectives per module or
section.
Identify 1 to 3 core sources
and 1 to 5 supplemental
materials per module or
section.
8. From Adoption to Re-design
• Phase 3
Develop authentic experiences
Provide students with options
• Menu of topics, approaches, and applications
Insist on active learning and exploration
Alter parameters
• Individual and team based learning experiences
• Reuse and remix of materials
Require peer review and self-critique
• Explore cultural bias
Expect further inquiry
• Scaffolding
• Higher order questions
• Phase 4
Ask open-ended critical thinking questions
General to specific
Reframe questions to assess comprehension
Invest time on exploring learning challenges
Construct a few mini
conceptual assignments or
1 overarching project
based assessment.
Create instructional
materials addressing
student challenges.
9. From Adoption to Re-design
• Phase 5
Monitor progress and provide support
Ask for challenges
Focus on problem solving
Encourage group and class discussion
Provide a roadmap for learning
• Remix and reuse
• Diverse assessments
Acknowledge successes
• Minor and major
• Individual, group, and class
• Phase 6
Showcase student work
Create opportunities to share
• Pairs, teams, class, college, or community
• Publish student work (e.g., print and media)
Provide opportunities for course feedback
• Conduct process and outcome evaluations
• Survey and video testimonials
Redesign class meetings
into learning labs.
Invent publication and
presentation opportunities
and design evaluation
tools.
10. WebinarTake-away
OER provides opportunities to:
• re-design courses and instructional approach
• customize topic, materials, and content to your discipline and class
• focus on student learning outcomes and concept-based learning
• incrementally transition from commercial based materials to 100% OER
• work with other faculty through online networks
11. Contact Information
Vera Kennedy
Sociology & Education Instructor
West Hills College Lemoore
(559) 925-3696
verakennedy@whccd.edu
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