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A Vision for Small(er) Institutions in open education
The document discusses the challenges and opportunities of open education, particularly for small institutions, emphasizing the importance of open educational resources (OER) in enhancing student learning and engagement. It highlights the potential for students to create educational content, fostering collaboration and reducing costs associated with traditional textbooks. The document advocates for a shift towards incorporating OER and innovative practices that honor faculty expertise and promote inclusivity in education.
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- 1. Still to befilled – a vision for small(er) institutions in open education Sarah Faye Cohen ConnectNY April 18 2019
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- 6. Course Reserves Studentslooking for textbooks Faculty meeting that need The library cultivating relationships with faculty and students through reserves Long lines Too few copies Too many copies for the library’s space Desk ”traffic patterns”
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- 9. “There’s an openeducation conference in Vancouver, BC. You should go.”
- 10. “There’s an openeducation conference in Vancouver, BC. You should go.”
- 11. “There’s an openeducation conference in Vancouver, BC. You should go.”
- 12. What is open educationand why are we talking about it?
- 13. What is open educationand why are we talking about it?
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- 20. Defining Open EducationalResources Hewlett Foundation Definition: “OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or are released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.”
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- 25. What is open educationand why are we talking about it?
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- 29. Is cost relevantat private institutions?
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- 31. Pace University All UndergraduateStudents https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Pace+University&s=all&id=194310#finaid
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- 33. The average borrowerowes more than $28,650 in student loans, class of 2017. New York - $30,931 https://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#overlay=posd/state_data/2018/ny https://ticas.org/sites/default/files/pub_files/student_debt_and_the_class_of_2017_nr.pdf
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- 36. What does thismean for our students?
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- 46. 2012 2016 63.6% 66.5%Not purchase the required textbook 49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses 45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course 33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade 26.7% 26.1% Drop a course 17.0% 19.8% Fail a course In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to: http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf https://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2016_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
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- 50. Does this matterat small(er) schools?
- 51. Does this matterat small(er) schools? For reasons that go beyond cost.
- 53. Top 10 Reasons You get small classes All the teaching is done by professors. Your professors will be more committed to teaching. Your work will be evaluated more carefully. You'll have a chance to write more papers. You'll have more opportunity for one-on-one contact with your professor. You'll have more freedom in the curriculum. You'll have more opportunities to collaborate with a professor. You'll face less bureaucracy. You get the feeling that you count.
- 55. “ ” Open education isabout increasing student achievement, inspiring passion among faculty, and building better connections between students and the materials that they use to meet their educational goals. - Quill West
- 56. Open education hasincredible potential.
- 58. What would happenif small(er) schools took a leading role in open education?
- 59. What if students created the contentfor their education?
- 60. What does thismean for our students?
- 61. Our students couldstart making the textbooks. You get small classes All the teaching is done by professors. Your professors will be more committed to teaching. Your work will be evaluated more carefully. You'll have a chance to write more papers. You'll have more opportunity for one-on-one contact with your professor. You'll have more freedom in the curriculum. You'll have more opportunities to collaborate with a professor. You'll face less bureaucracy. You get the feeling that you count.
- 62. Our students couldstart making the textbooks. You get small classes All the teaching is done by professors. Your professors will be more committed to teaching. Your work will be evaluated more carefully. You'll have a chance to write more papers. You'll have more opportunity for one-on-one contact with your professor. You'll have more freedom in the curriculum. You'll have more opportunities to collaborate with a professor. You'll face less bureaucracy. You get the feeling that you count.
- 63. Our students become Contributors and authors Aware and capable of diversifying and elevating other voices in academia Engaged in the academic enterprise Prepared for graduate school through a real peer review process More collaborative Active participants in their education
- 64. “Open Pedagogy” or “OER EnabledPedagogy”
- 68. STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: MATTHEWMOORE THE OPEN ANTHOLOGY OF EARLIER AMERICAN LITERATURE, 2ND EDITION
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- 70. “My small classof 35 students wrote 1400 questions in the span of 10 weeks. ” Students creating the quiz bank
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- 77. Ithaka S+R PublishesResults of US Faculty Survey, 2018 There is substantial interest in use of open educational resources for instructional practices, particularly from younger faculty members. About six in ten respondents are very interested in using open educational resources (OER), and roughly half strongly agreed that they would like to adopt new instructional approaches with OER.
- 79. Open education isabout community.
- 81. Affordability • Improve accessto content • Increase engagement • Improve retention Academic Freedom • Pedagogical innovation • Faculty expertise • Open educational practices Social Justice • Diversifying and amplifying voices • Acknowledging and addressing disparities Open education addresses:
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- 85. We attract andretain students.
- 86. Our students couldstart making the textbooks. You get small classes All the teaching is done by professors. Your professors will be more committed to teaching. Your work will be evaluated more carefully. You'll have a chance to write more papers. You'll have more opportunity for one-on-one contact with your professor. You'll have more freedom in the curriculum. You'll have more opportunities to collaborate with a professor. You'll face less bureaucracy. You get the feeling that you count.
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- 90. Together, we can: Offer students agency in their own education Create new materials Catalyze educational innovation Support great teaching Enhance student learning Facilitate great learning experiences Develop partnerships Transform higher education
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