Open educational resources (OER) efficacy research shows that the use of OER does not negatively impact student success metrics such as grades, course completion, retention, and persistence rates. In numerous research studies involving more than 46,00 students across different types of institutions, Hilton (2016) found that students performed comparably in courses using OER vs. traditional materials.
Join us to hear from two 2017-18 Open Education Research Group Fellows as they share their research conducted at a community college and a private university about how high textbooks prices and open textbook adoptions affect students. Regina Gong, from Lansing Community College, will share her research on open textbook adoptions in high-enrollment, multi-section introductory courses (psychology and economics). David Rose, from American University in Washington, DC, will share his research which shows that rising textbook prices similarly affect students at an expensive private university as has been demonstrated at more affordable public institutions (Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University).
When: Wednesday, December 5th, 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers
David Rose, Online Learning Trainer & Curriculum Designer, American University, Washington, D.C.
Regina Gong, Librarian and OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
Transforming Higher Education with Open Educational ResourcesMichelle Reed
This keynote presentation was presented by Michelle Reed at the Advanced Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium at IUPUI’s Center for Teaching and Learning in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 8, 2019. The slides are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are individually licensed as noted in the slide notes.
Abstract
Initiatives supporting the use and creation of open educational resources (OER) can provide cost, access, and student success solutions for higher education. The affordability argument often associated with OER gets significant attention because commercial textbook prices are startling and cost savings accumulate quickly when transitioning to free resources. However, the pedagogical innovation enabled by openness is as highly valued by both educators and their students. In this presentation, we’ll define OER, examine the impact of OER use in higher education, explore values that are fundamental to open education, discuss concepts of information ownership and authority, and highlight examples of open education that have empowered educators, improved information access, and increased student agency.
https://atlt.iupui.edu/keynote
Be the Change 2017 - College Access and Completion PanelKIPP New Jersey
This year's Be the Change Celebration featured our first panel, which focused on the issues of college access and completion. These slides were presented during the panel by moderator Shavar Jeffries of Democrats for Education Reform and our panelists: Richard Barth, CEO of the KIPP Foundation, Ays Necioglu, Vice President at SEO Scholars, and Dr. Daniel Porterfield, President of Franklin and Marshall College.
Transforming Higher Education with Open Educational ResourcesMichelle Reed
This keynote presentation was presented by Michelle Reed at the Advanced Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium at IUPUI’s Center for Teaching and Learning in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 8, 2019. The slides are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are individually licensed as noted in the slide notes.
Abstract
Initiatives supporting the use and creation of open educational resources (OER) can provide cost, access, and student success solutions for higher education. The affordability argument often associated with OER gets significant attention because commercial textbook prices are startling and cost savings accumulate quickly when transitioning to free resources. However, the pedagogical innovation enabled by openness is as highly valued by both educators and their students. In this presentation, we’ll define OER, examine the impact of OER use in higher education, explore values that are fundamental to open education, discuss concepts of information ownership and authority, and highlight examples of open education that have empowered educators, improved information access, and increased student agency.
https://atlt.iupui.edu/keynote
Be the Change 2017 - College Access and Completion PanelKIPP New Jersey
This year's Be the Change Celebration featured our first panel, which focused on the issues of college access and completion. These slides were presented during the panel by moderator Shavar Jeffries of Democrats for Education Reform and our panelists: Richard Barth, CEO of the KIPP Foundation, Ays Necioglu, Vice President at SEO Scholars, and Dr. Daniel Porterfield, President of Franklin and Marshall College.
Introduction to OER for Open Education Day at UTAMichelle Reed
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries and the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence co-sponsored Open Education Day at UTA on March 7, 2019, in Central Library. In the day's first presentation, "Introduction to OER," presenter Michelle Reed defines open educational resources (OER), examines the impact of OER use in higher education, discusses copyright and open licensing, and explores avenues for identifying existing OER that can be remixed and reused. The presentation covers updates on federal and state OER initiatives and highlights support for open educational practices at UTA, including access to and technical support for Pressbooks, a web-based publishing platform. Slides and detailed slide notes are available at http://hdl.handle.net/10106/27848.
Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption: University of KansasSarah Cohen
A workshop for library faculty and staff, teaching and learning staff, instructional designers, and anyone who supports faculty in adopting course materials.
Train-the-Trainer: OR Community Colleges Open Textbook WorkshopSarah Cohen
With Dave Ernst, slide from the Open Textbook Network (open.umn.edu) all-day workshop with OR Community Colleges and Open Oregon. Our goal is to help identify and overcome barriers to open textbook adoption, build capacity for open textbooks at individual campuses and across the system, and prepare representatives to give workshops on their own.
Webinar: Assessing to Inform Teaching and Learning: A Guide for LeadersDreamBox Learning
School and district-wide use of classroom-based formative assessment is an essential part of informing teacher planning and instruction, as well as meaningful student achievement. In this webinar, Francis (Skip) Fennell, L. Stanley Bowlsbey Professor of Education and Graduate and Professional Studies Emeritus, McDaniel College, shares a framework for school and district-based leaders to develop elements of leadership while establishing a grade-level or school-based learning community focusing on everyday use of formative assessment.
Topics include:
• Assessment literacy and the use of particular tools to guide and monitor the use of the formative assessment techniques presented
• How ongoing, everyday use of the “Formative 5” intersects with summative assessment data and frame assessment decisions
• A leadership framework to guide successful implementation of the “Formative 5,” including coaching, navigating relationships, learning communities and adult learners
All school and district-based leaders, and K-12 educators are invited to watch this recorded webinar.
Achieving Equity through Open Educational Resources @ SXSWEDUNicole Allen
Costs in addition to tuition remain a large barrier to achieving equity in student success. Open Educational Resources (OER) change that by providing an affordable, customizable, and reusable alternative to traditional materials which are often expensive and rigid. This panel will discuss recent research and promising practices that show how OER tackles inequity. We will also discuss how OER can greatly improve how we teach and learn by supporting innovative practice, policy, and research.
Speakers: Nicole Allen, SPARC; Sharon Leu, U.S. Department of Education; Jasmine Roberts, The Ohio State University; Daniel Williams, OpenStax Rice University
Read more: https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2018/events/PP78577
Beyond State Assessments: Start Building Lifelong Math LearnersDreamBox Learning
Maury County School District is changing the way teachers teach and learners learn with a new systematic approach to affect student success. In this webinar, Chris Marczak, superintendent of schools, shares how his district developed and implemented seven community-developed district-wide keys to effectively prepare students for college and career readiness. These improvements are building teacher capacity, increasing student achievement, and fostering a culture of adult and student collaboration. Topics of discussion include:
Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness
Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps
Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems
Leading a district-wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students
All school and district-based leaders, and K-12 educators are invited to attend. Marczak will field questions from participants throughout this live, interactive webinar.
Learn more about how we are transforming the educational landscape by providing affordable and accessible educational material to student both locally abroad.
In this report we cover:
- Key stats and figures around the impact of our textbook donations to East Africa
- Stories and quotes from our partners
- How used textbooks are turning libraries into learning hubs
Spontaneous Applause: Lightening Talk at SHSU PACE TLC 2020Erin Owens
This short lightening talk from the PACE Teaching & Learning Conference at Sam Houston State University reviews the first-year outcomes of the OER Course Redesign Grant from RFY.
Participant Experiences and Financial Impacts: Findings from Year 2 of Achiev...Achieving the Dream
Slides from this session at OpenEd 2018 in Niagara Falls, NY. Presenters were Jessica Mislevy (SRI), Donna Desrochers (rpk GROUP), and Richard Sebastian (ATD).
Introduction to OER for Open Education Day at UTAMichelle Reed
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries and the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence co-sponsored Open Education Day at UTA on March 7, 2019, in Central Library. In the day's first presentation, "Introduction to OER," presenter Michelle Reed defines open educational resources (OER), examines the impact of OER use in higher education, discusses copyright and open licensing, and explores avenues for identifying existing OER that can be remixed and reused. The presentation covers updates on federal and state OER initiatives and highlights support for open educational practices at UTA, including access to and technical support for Pressbooks, a web-based publishing platform. Slides and detailed slide notes are available at http://hdl.handle.net/10106/27848.
Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption: University of KansasSarah Cohen
A workshop for library faculty and staff, teaching and learning staff, instructional designers, and anyone who supports faculty in adopting course materials.
Train-the-Trainer: OR Community Colleges Open Textbook WorkshopSarah Cohen
With Dave Ernst, slide from the Open Textbook Network (open.umn.edu) all-day workshop with OR Community Colleges and Open Oregon. Our goal is to help identify and overcome barriers to open textbook adoption, build capacity for open textbooks at individual campuses and across the system, and prepare representatives to give workshops on their own.
Webinar: Assessing to Inform Teaching and Learning: A Guide for LeadersDreamBox Learning
School and district-wide use of classroom-based formative assessment is an essential part of informing teacher planning and instruction, as well as meaningful student achievement. In this webinar, Francis (Skip) Fennell, L. Stanley Bowlsbey Professor of Education and Graduate and Professional Studies Emeritus, McDaniel College, shares a framework for school and district-based leaders to develop elements of leadership while establishing a grade-level or school-based learning community focusing on everyday use of formative assessment.
Topics include:
• Assessment literacy and the use of particular tools to guide and monitor the use of the formative assessment techniques presented
• How ongoing, everyday use of the “Formative 5” intersects with summative assessment data and frame assessment decisions
• A leadership framework to guide successful implementation of the “Formative 5,” including coaching, navigating relationships, learning communities and adult learners
All school and district-based leaders, and K-12 educators are invited to watch this recorded webinar.
Achieving Equity through Open Educational Resources @ SXSWEDUNicole Allen
Costs in addition to tuition remain a large barrier to achieving equity in student success. Open Educational Resources (OER) change that by providing an affordable, customizable, and reusable alternative to traditional materials which are often expensive and rigid. This panel will discuss recent research and promising practices that show how OER tackles inequity. We will also discuss how OER can greatly improve how we teach and learn by supporting innovative practice, policy, and research.
Speakers: Nicole Allen, SPARC; Sharon Leu, U.S. Department of Education; Jasmine Roberts, The Ohio State University; Daniel Williams, OpenStax Rice University
Read more: https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2018/events/PP78577
Beyond State Assessments: Start Building Lifelong Math LearnersDreamBox Learning
Maury County School District is changing the way teachers teach and learners learn with a new systematic approach to affect student success. In this webinar, Chris Marczak, superintendent of schools, shares how his district developed and implemented seven community-developed district-wide keys to effectively prepare students for college and career readiness. These improvements are building teacher capacity, increasing student achievement, and fostering a culture of adult and student collaboration. Topics of discussion include:
Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness
Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps
Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems
Leading a district-wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students
All school and district-based leaders, and K-12 educators are invited to attend. Marczak will field questions from participants throughout this live, interactive webinar.
Learn more about how we are transforming the educational landscape by providing affordable and accessible educational material to student both locally abroad.
In this report we cover:
- Key stats and figures around the impact of our textbook donations to East Africa
- Stories and quotes from our partners
- How used textbooks are turning libraries into learning hubs
Spontaneous Applause: Lightening Talk at SHSU PACE TLC 2020Erin Owens
This short lightening talk from the PACE Teaching & Learning Conference at Sam Houston State University reviews the first-year outcomes of the OER Course Redesign Grant from RFY.
Participant Experiences and Financial Impacts: Findings from Year 2 of Achiev...Achieving the Dream
Slides from this session at OpenEd 2018 in Niagara Falls, NY. Presenters were Jessica Mislevy (SRI), Donna Desrochers (rpk GROUP), and Richard Sebastian (ATD).
Open Educational Resources (OER): An Alternative to the High Cost of TextbooksRegina Gong
Presentation on the collaboration of a librarian and psychology faculty at Lansing Community College in adopting an OER for use by the Introduction to Psychology course by all faculty teaching the course.
A Tale of Two Colleges' OER Projects: Learnings and Plans for SustainabilityRegina Gong
Presentation on the open educational resources (OER) projects at the Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and the Lansing Community College (LCC). Librarians who led the project talk about their success, challenges and plans for sustaining the OER initiative in their campuses.
Launching An OER Initiative at Your InstitutionUna Daly
Join us for this webinar to hear from leaders at colleges who have been actively promoting the development of OER on their campuses for one to two years. They will share steps for launching an OER initiative including engaging faculty and librarians, importance of administrator buy-in, and support from instructional design to ensure effective, accessible, and re-usable open courses.
Bucks County Community College (PA) is engaged in the final year of a two-year, funded initiative to transition sections of eleven high-enrollment courses to use of OER and library resources that are free to students. The initiative brings together faculty course developers, faculty librarians, an instructional designer and a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant to transform the entire course.
Central Lakes College (MN) has approached OER adoption, course redesign, and the authoring of new OER materials through faculty participation in cross-disciplinary collaborative OER Learning Circles. The online learning circles provide interactive support to faculty as they work through each of three pathways in adopting, using, and authoring Open Educational Resources.
When: Wed, Sept 13, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Bill Hemmig, Dean, Learning Resources and Online Learning, Bucks County Community College
Dr. Karen Pikula, Psychology faculty, Central Lakes College, Minnesota State OER Coordinator
Open Access Week 2014: Open Textbook Research Overview OER Hub
This slide deck was presented by Beck Pitt at an Open University (UK) Library Services Open Access Week 2014 event on 22 October 2014.
The presentation focuses on research conducted Fall/Winter 2014 with OpenStax College.
Open Access Week 2014: Open Textbook Research Overview Beck Pitt
This slide deck was presented by Beck Pitt at an Open University (UK) Library Services Open Access Week 2014 event on 22 October 2014.
The presentation focuses on research conducted Fall/Winter 2014 with OpenStax College.
Erin Merrill, Instruction & Outreach Librarian, Giovale Library, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT (FTE: 2,215)
Big Talk From Small Libraries 2020
February 28, 2020
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk
This webinar was presented to Manitoba faculty interested in learning about open textbooks, and reviewing open textbooks in the Campus Manitoba collection. This presentation was part of the collaboration between the BC Open Textbook Project and Campus Manitoba.
CCCOER Presents: Models for Transforming Cassrooms to be Equitable and Antira...Una Daly
Many college faculty and staff have been engaged in making their institutions more accessible, inclusive, and equitable through the adoption of OER and open educational practices. One year ago, the need for this work became even more apparent as educators began to recognize that the structural racism deeply embedded in our society was in fact very evident in higher education as well. We invite you to hear from three college professors and the program staff who supported them in moving from the desire to make their classrooms more equitable and antiracist to taking concrete actions to do so.
Environmental Science Professor Jalal Ghaemghami and Librarian Ted (Totsaporn) Intarabumrung will share their open education work at Roxbury College.
Librarian Jen Klaudinyi, creator of the Oregon Equity and Open Education program, and Biology Professor Michelle Huss will share details of the cohort program and how a Biology course was transformed.
Joy Shoemate, Open for Antiracism Course Facilitator (OFAR) and Business Professor Debra Crumpton will share information about the OFAR program and the transformation of the Introduction to Business Class.
Panelists:
Debra J. Crumpton, Professor, Business & Business Technology, Sacramento City College, CA
Jalal Ghaemghami, Professor, Environmental Science, Roxbury Community College MA
Michelle Huss, Biology Faculty, Portland Community College, OR
Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, OR
Joy Shoemate, Director of Online Learning, College of the Canyons, CA
Moderators:
Ted (Totsaporn) Intarabumrung, Coordinator of Library Services, Roxbury Community College, MA
Una Daly, CCCOER Director, Open Education Global
CCCOER Presents: Professional Development Resources for OER Adoption and Crea...Una Daly
Do you, or the faculty and staff you work with, need more help getting started with OER adoption and creation? In this webinar, we will talk with experienced open education practitioners and trainers who will share free and inexpensive professional development resources and opportunities. We’ll explore resources that can be adapted to train faculty and staff at your institution.
When: Wednesday, May 12, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Panelists:
Cheryl Cuillier, Open Education Librarian, University of Arizona
Shanna Hollich, Interim Director of Library Services, Wilson College
Ursula Pike, Associate Director, Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex)
K-12 and Community Colleges Collaborations on OERUna Daly
Open Educational Resources (OER) can make education more equitable and inclusive at any level of education, but what does effective collaboration between K-12 and Higher Education look like? Hear from a panel of K-12 and community college educators as they share the benefits and challenges of transforming learning with open practices and open content that is adaptable by teachers and students. The topic of why and how faculty can work together across school sectors to support students in their local community will be explored.
When: Wednesday, April 14, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Panelists:
Amelia Brister, Director of Library and Learning Resources at Louisiana Delta Community College
Emily Frank, Affordable Learning Administrator, LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Teri Gallaway, Executive Director and Associate Commissioner, LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Kristina Ishmael, Sr. Research Fellow, Teaching, Learning, & Tech, New America
Dan McDowell, Director, Learning & Innovation, Grossmont Union High School District
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, former Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Open for AntiRacism: The Math Equity ToolkitUna Daly
This webinar will introduce A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction, a toolkit of resources that were developed by math teachers, coaches, professional development providers, and language development specialists to support teachers in their journey towards anti-racist instruction. Stride 1, Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction, is the focus which provides educators with a framework and a learning cycle to transform traditional approaches to anti-racist practices.
Speakers:
Dani Wadlington, Master Math and West African Dance Teacher, Quetzal Consulting
Rachel Ruffalo, Director of Educator Engagement at Education Trust-West
CCCOER Presents: Inclusive Course Design and MaterialsUna Daly
Faculty Showcase: Inclusive Open Course Design and Materials
Feb 10, 2021
The OER movement is deeply rooted in ensuring equitable access to information; but there is more we can do to help increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in our course resources. Join us for a showcase of how faculty are making their course design and teaching materials more inclusive. Faculty from the humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines will present. Their projects range from a digital storytelling assignment for an anthropology course to adding LGBTQ+ information and experiences to a human biology textbook.
Featured Speakers:
Amy Carattini, Anthropology Faculty, Montgomery College, Maryland USA
Mandeep Grewal, Biology Professor, Butte College, California USA
Lori-Beth Larsen, English and Reading Faculty, OER Lead, Central Lakes College, Minnesota USA
Moderator:
Suzanne Wakim, Coordinator of Open Educational Resources, Student Learning Outcomes, and Distance Education at Butte College District
Integrating Antiracist Pedagogy into Your ClassroomUna Daly
This webinar will focus on how to integrate anti-racist pedagogy into your course both through classroom practices and the selection and updating of instructional materials. Professor Alisa Cooper, co-author, of the Anti-racist Discussion Pedagogy Guide, will share how instructors can prepare themselves and their students to conduct authentic discussions that support perspectives from traditionally underrepresented voices. Professor Shawna Brandle, author of It’s (Not) in The Reading: American Government Textbooks’ Limited Representation of Historically Marginalized Groups will share her research on why and how to evaluate and update openly licensed instructional materials to be anti-racist.
Speakers:
Dr. Alisa Cooper, English Professor, Glendale Community College, Maricopa College District, Arizona
Dr. Shawna M. Brandle, Political Science Professor, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York.
When: Jan 22, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
CCCOER Presents: Navigating the Virtual Open Education ConferencesUna Daly
In November, two conferences for engaging and sharing with others who are passionate about open education (OpenEd20 and OEGlobal 2020) are happening online, in back-to-back weeks. Join us for this pre-conference webinar to hear about the varied highlights, approaches, and how to avoid burnout while learning, connecting, and enjoying social interactions. Presenters include planners from both conferences who will share the inspiration and aspirations for these conference experiences.
When: Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Open Education Conference 2020
Amy E. Harris Tan, Dean – English and Communications, Houston Community College
Lee Miller, Director of Innovation and Compliance, Center for Innovation and Excellence, Barton Community College
OEGlobal 2020
Susan Huggins, Director of Communications, Open Education Global
Alan Levine, Strategy and Engagement Director, Open Education Global
Moderator:
Una Daly, Director of CCCOER, Open Education Global
CCCOER Presents: Culture Shift to Academic FreedomUna Daly
Open Education gives faculty the academic freedom to find, adapt, and create materials that are focused on how and what their students need to learn and be successful in their courses. It takes time and a different approach to your teaching practice. No longer limited by a commercial textbook’s outline of topic materials and lack of access by a significant percentage of their students, a faculty member can engage their students in more meaningful and effective learning experiences. Hear from faculty, an administrator, and a student who are engaged in this sometimes challenging culture shift to reduce inequity and grow our pedagogical practices.
When: Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Alisa Cooper, English Faculty, Glendale Community College
Barbara Gooch, Student at Volunteer State Community College and OpenStax Intern
William Hoag, Library Director, Roxbury Community College
Dr. Veronica Howard, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Reducing Equity Gaps & Creating Reliency with OERUna Daly
Textbook affordability and flexibility is more important than ever in times of shrinking budgets, enrollment concerns, and remote learning. Students’ lives have been disrupted and helping them get back on track to complete their education is critical. Open educational resources significantly reduce student costs and have been shown to improve outcomes particularly for traditionally underserved populations. Open resources also provide flexibility for faculty as they continue to adapt their teaching for unfolding circumstances.
Join the Midwestern Higher Education Compact as they host the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) to hear how higher education institutions can work together on open education policy, professionalism, stewardship, and sustainability across regional and state boundaries to find solutions to common challenges. CCCOER is leading conversations with regional leaders of open education (RLOE) to support statewide and national projects for expanding access while creating resilience and sparking innovation at institutions of higher education.
Presenters: Denise Cote, PhD, Librarian, College of DuPage; and Una Daly, MA, Director, CCCOER
We’re starting the academic year with a critical discussion that so many educators are struggling with right now. How can we use OER to advance inclusion, address systemic racism, and give a voice to the life experiences of underrepresented people?
Join us for this webinar to find out about emerging practices for transforming your instructional materials and practices featuring a librarian, an instructional coach, and a faculty member. Topics range from sourcing images to reflect your students’ culture and identity, reforming your syllabus towards inclusion, and converting your classes to include viewpoints that reflect varied cultural and gendered identities.
When: Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Justine Blau, English Lecturer, Lehman College – City University of New York (CUNY)
Heather Blicher, Coordinator of Library Services at Reynolds Community College
Joseph Brenkert, Mathematics Instructor at Front Range Community College
Moderator:
Suzanne Wakim, Coordinator of Open Educational Resources, Student Learning Outcomes, and Distance Education at Butte College District
California ZTC Degrees Panel: Past, Present, and FutureUna Daly
Online Teaching Conference 2020: Twenty-six California Community Colleges embarked on a journey to create thirty-four Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degrees to dramatically reduce the financial burden of earning an associate degree or career technical education certificate. More than 20,000 students over three years would benefit from this approach to eliminating the barrier of textbook costs. Data collected from participating colleges show that all students in ZTC pathways did better than those in non-ZTC courses, and that traditionally underserved populations did even better.
With proven results of reducing equity gaps, the Governor has proposed doubling the initial $5 million ZTC program to $10 million in FY21, opening this opportunity to more colleges wishing to leverage ZTCs to increase student achievement and reduce equity gaps. Join us to hear from ZTC champions who led the initiative, supporting the faculty who transformed their courses to lower barriers and improve students learning, and ensuring the sustainability of the program. Consider how to integrate a ZTC approach with your distance education, equity, pathways and other student success-centered initiatives. Learn about how students and librarians are poised to play an essential role in the proposed $10 million grant. Finally, learn the critical steps for success and how to assess your college’s readiness for developing ZTC degrees.
CCCOER Presents: User Friendly OER Course Design for Remote and F2F LearningUna Daly
When faculty start using OER, one of the most exciting opportunities that the open license affords is for faculty to customize their courses to fit the needs of their students. In this discussion, we will explore some of the theory and practice around designing engaging, accessible, and inclusive OER courses. We will discuss how using OER can enable faculty to embrace good design principles for student-centered instruction in fully online courses or face-to-face courses, augmented with online components. We’ll discuss the advantages of this approach in our current, COVID-19 world.
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Ben Kohntopp, Instructional Designer – Colorado Community College Online
Sophia Strickfaden, eLearning Technologist – Colorado Community Colleges Online
Scott Robison, Ph.D., Associate Director – Digital Learning and Design, Office of Academic Innovation, Portland State University
Open Education Resilience in Crisis and BeyondUna Daly
Schools, colleges, and universities have closed their campuses and pivoted to remote instruction in a matter of weeks as the COVID-19 threat became a reality. Student’s lives are being disrupted not only by the adjustment to remote instruction but also due to job loss, family responsibilities, and healthcare needs. Commercial publishers are offering faculty and students one-time “free” instruction materials during the crisis in hopes of gaining new customers. Colleges are now facing big questions about their future including maintaining student enrollment, selecting instructional materials, managing faculty and staff costs, and even how the physical campus might be reconfigured.
Join our panelists to hear how open education has made their campuses more resilient and continues to help with student equity including support for underrepresented populations and students with disabilities. You will hear strategies and talking points for helping stakeholders on your campus understand how open educational resources, prudent fair-use, and open educational practices (pedagogy) support both teaching and learning in the crisis and will continue to contain costs, address student needs, and inspire innovation for the future.
When: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Tonja Conerly, San Jacinto Community College, Texas
Meredith Jacob, Creative Commons USA at American University Washington College of Law @meredithjacob
Michael Mills, Montgomery College, Maryland
Suzanne Wakim, Butte Community College, California
Quill West, Pierce College District, Washington
Faculty and Students Share about Open PedagogyUna Daly
Open Pedagogy is a collection of open practices in the classroom made possible by replacing commercial textbooks with open educational resources. These emerging practices enabled by open content licensing (and an open mindset) involve students in making decisions about their own learning experiences and contributing directly to global knowledge to impact not only other students but generate renewable value outside of the classroom.
Join us to hear about the learning benefits from faculty and students who have participated in open pedagogy projects that were enabled through the adoption of open education resources and open practices. Learn how students working with instructional designers and librarians have begun to help faculty adopt, create and implement open content across their campus.
When: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
David Dwork, Mathematics Faculty, Paradise Valley Community College
Jessica Parsons, Open Educational Resource (OER) Specialist, Paradise Valley Community College
Zev Cossin, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Montgomery College
Eduardo Chaves Serrano, student, Zero Hunger Assignment, Montgomery College
Karen Cangialosi, PhD, Professor of Biology, Keene State College
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Open Education Week: Students and OER AdvocacyUna Daly
When: Thurs, March 5 noon PST/3pm EST
Open Education Resources (OER) remove cost barriers and provide a better learning experience for students who are unable to afford the required commercial textbooks. Student OER advocates directly understand these benefits and can effectively articulate them to their peers as well as to faculty, administrators, and policymakers.
Come and meet two Student OER Advocates who have led the development of an OER Student Toolkit for using at California higher education institutions to share guidelines and best practices for OER advocacy and development. We’ll also hear from the Director of Affordable Textbooks at US Pirgs on concrete next steps for students to take action on their own campuses.
Featured Speakers:
Cailyn Nagle, Affordable Textbooks Campaign Director, US PIRG
Natalie Miller, former OER Student Advocate Lead, The Michelson 20MM Foundation, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, College of the Canyons, 2018 Global OER Consortium Student Award Recipient
Jenifer Vang, Affordable Learning Solutions Student Ambassador, San Jose State University, former OER Student Advocate Lead, The Michelson 20MM Foundation
CCCOER Presents: Regional Leaders of Open EducationUna Daly
When: Wednesday, March 4, noon PST/3pm EST:
Launched in fall 2019, the Regional Leadership for Open Education (RLOE) initiative was inspired by CCCOER members’ growing need to collaborate across institutional and state boundaries to find solutions for issues impacting OER adoption at diverse, multi-institution systems. Many open education leaders face similar issues of advocacy and implementation beyond their home institution and wish for the opportunity to craft common solutions and eliminate duplication of efforts. Leaders from colleges, universities, library consortia, and government agencies were invited to participate in four workgroups to discuss and build solutions. Each workgroup has developed a focus project for pursuing in 2020 and will share early efforts and invite community feedback
Policy & Strategy: focusing on a bibliography of open education policies and building a video repository of statewide OER policy clips.
Stewardship: focusing on emerging frameworks for stewardship of open education resources and student privacy and data.
Professionalism: focusing on building a matrix of emerging “open education” roles and their associated competencies to better identify training needs.
Sustainability: focusing on building a virtual file cabinet of higher education infrastructure documents/templates integrating open education.
Featured Speakers:
Denise Cote, Reference Librarian, College of DuPage
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
Quill West, Open Education Project Manager, Pierce College District
Lisa Young, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching & Learning, Scottsdale Community College
Moderator: Una Daly, CCCOER Director
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When: Tuesday, March 3, noon PST/3pm EST
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Topics:
Looking for resources
Licensing: What can I use? What are the licensing options?
Platforms for creating and publishing
Printing
Zero Cost vs. Low Cost
Featured Speakers:
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Kelly Carpenter, Library Manager, Lakeshore Technical College
Todd Ellis, Director of Teaching and Learning, Grayson College
Lori Beth Larsen, Instructor, Central Lakes College
Christina Trunnel, TRAILS OER Statewide Coordinator, Montana University System
Moderator:
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When: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12pm PT/ 3pm ET
Featured Speakers:
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Dave Dillon; Author of “Blueprint for Success in College and Career”
Athena Kashyap; English Professor at City College of San Francisco
Heather Ringo; English Professor at Solano College
Moderator:
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1. Impact of OER Adoption on Cost, Outcomes, and
Stakeholder Perceptions
Dec 5, 2018, 11:00 am PST
Welcome to
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2. Agenda
• Introductions
• CCCOER Overview
• Are Private Schools Exempt from Student Concerns About
Textbook Costs?
• The Impact of OER Adoption on Cost, Outcomes, and
Stakeholder Perceptions
• Stay in the Loop
• Spring webinars: TBA
• Q & A
3. Speakers
David Rose
Online Learning Trainer &
Curriculum Designer
American University
Washington, D.C.
Regina Gong
Librarian and OER Project
Manager
Lansing Community College
Lansing, MIModerator:
Una Daly
CCCOER Director
4. ● Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
● Support faculty choice & development
● Improve student success
CCCOER Mission
5. Membership Fall 2018 Map
http://cccoer.org/Member
75 CCOER-OEC Members, 11 Systemwide Memberships, 32 U.S. States
Welcome
to
our newest
member:
Grayson
College
8. Are Private Schools Exempt
from Student Concerns About
Textbook Costs?
David Rose
Instructional Designer, American University
OER Research Fellow, Open Education Group
Certificate in OER Librarianship, Designer & Instructor, Open Textbook Network
13. AU Undergraduate Demographics in 2015
84% received need-based financial aid (~82% nationally)
56% received some form of institutional grant/scholarship (~66% nationally)
52% used a loan to pay for their education (~34% nationally)
17.9% were Pell eligible (~34% nationally)
15. Methodology
● Survey conducted in fall 2015, report written in summer 2018
● 13 courses across undergraduate levels, schools/colleges, disciplines
● List price of textbooks $40-$325, with majority $100+
● Drawing for two $25 gift cards to incentivize survey completions
● Method of survey capture was contingent upon professor
● n=110 (365 students invited to participate → 30% response rate)
16. Primary Research Question
Do the coping mechanisms to high textbook prices that have been demonstrated in the research by
students at public universities present themselves in students at private universities as well?
17. Fill in the blanks…
From 1977 to 2015, textbook prices rose by _____% …
… which is over _____ times the rate of inflation and faster than any other consumer product.
The College Board estimates that in 2017-2018, undergraduates could expect to pay $_____ for books
and supplies alone.
Roughly, studies show ___/___ of students don’t purchase required textbooks due to cost concerns.
18. Fill in the blanks…
From 1977 to 2015, textbook prices rose by 1,041% …
… which is over _____ times the rate of inflation and faster than any other consumer product.
The College Board estimates that in 2017-2018, undergraduates could expect to pay $_____ for books
and supplies alone.
Roughly, studies show ___/___ of students don’t purchase required textbooks due to cost concerns.
19. Fill in the blanks…
From 1977 to 2015, textbook prices rose by 1,041% …
… which is over 3 times the rate of inflation and faster than any other consumer product.
The College Board estimates that in 2017-2018, undergraduates could expect to pay $_____ for books
and supplies alone.
Roughly, studies show ___/___ of students don’t purchase required textbooks due to cost concerns.
20. Fill in the blanks…
From 1977 to 2015, textbook prices rose by 1,041% …
… which is over 3 times the rate of inflation and faster than any other consumer product.
The College Board estimates that in 2017-2018, undergraduates could expect to pay $1,170 for books
and supplies alone.
Roughly, studies show ___/___ of students don’t purchase required textbooks due to cost concerns.
21. Fill in the blanks…
From 1977 to 2015, textbook prices rose by 1,041% …
… which is over 3 times the rate of inflation and faster than any other consumer product.
The College Board estimates that in 2017-2018, undergraduates could expect to pay $1,170 for books
and supplies alone.
Roughly, studies show ⅔ of students don’t purchase required textbooks due to cost concerns.
22. 67%
of students surveyed had not purchased a textbook because of cost (Florida Virtual Campus, 2016,
n=22,906)
https://www.flvc.org/research
23. 64%
of students surveyed had not purchased a textbook because of cost (Florida Virtual Campus, 2012,
n=22,129)
24. 65%
of students surveyed had not purchased a textbook because of cost (Florida Virtual Campus, 2010)
25. 65%
of students surveyed had not purchased a textbook because of cost (Student PIRGs, 2014, n=2,039)
https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
30. Perception of value: “In general, when you prepare for your tests/exams, what
percent of studying do you devote to each of the following?”
31. Learned behavior
● “I think it’s stupid to buy textbooks. Too expensive! Never buy them anymore!”
● “I honestly don’t end up using most of my textbooks. I’ve reached a point where I buy books later
into the semester, and only those I’ve seen used.”
● “They are RIDICULOUSLY expensive and professors often require them when they aren’t
necessary”
● “Class says required and most of the time it's not”
33. “What else would you like to share about how the cost of course materials influences your learning habits?”
34. Negative Effects on Learning
● “When studying, I find highlighting the text is incredibly beneficial. Unfortunately, with the prices of
textbooks I tend to rent rather than buy, as it is more cost effective. With rented textbooks I am not
able to highlight.”
● “Some textbooks are really expensive and I will decide not to buy the hard copy. But digital copy
makes it harder to focus since it's on a digital device”
● “[N]ot buying the book because it is too expensive leaves me to use course reserves but that limits
my access to the information to allow me to succeed in class.”
35. More comments from students who pay $50,000 a year in tuition…
● “I know people who have dropped out of classes because the book was too expensive.”
● “Because books are so expensive, I need to work more hours to pay for them and keep up with monthly
expenses, instead I could use those hours to do school work.”
● “I would buy more of the books if they were cheaper, I don't make enough to spend it all on textbooks”
● “... the cost of textbooks causes significant financial stress on me and takes away from other semester needs
(food, rent, etc.)”
● “I try to stay away from courses that I know require very expensive textbooks”
● “I don't take a certain class because of the expensive or multiple textbooks.”
37. In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:
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
Florida Virtual Campus, 2012 vs 2016
42. The Impact of OER Adoption
on Cost, Outcomes, and
Stakeholder Perceptions
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager
Lansing Community College
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
(CCCOER) Webinar
December 5, 2018
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
43. LCC AT A GLANCE
• Founded in 1957 and located in
downtown Lansing
• 26,000 students enrolled/year
• Faculty started using OER in fall
2015 semester
• No grants/stipends/incentives
were offered when we started.
• $500K approved by Board of
Trustees in Fall 2017 semester.
44. Textbook affordability
Allow faculty exploration and innovation in finding new,
better, and less costly ways to deliver quality learning
materials to students in addition to improved pedagogy.
Goals of the OER Initiative at LCC
48. OER Efficacy Research
•Studies show that students assigned OER
have lower withdrawal and drop rates.
•More likely to pass with a C or better.
•Higher persistence and retention rates.
49. Research Study Background
• PSYC 200 (Intro to Psychology)
• ECON 201 (Intro to Economics – Microeconomics)
• ECON 202 (Intro to Economics – Macroeconomics)
ALL sections adopted an open textbook in Fall 2016
50. Research Study Background
Compared publisher textbook use (AY 2015-2016)
vs. open textbook use (AY 2016-2017)
We eliminated the confounding variable of the
instructor
51. Study Population Summary
Control/
Treatment
No. of Faculty No. of
Sections
No. of
Students
Control (2015-
2016 academic
year)
46 126 3,726
Treatment (2016
-2017 academic
year)
46 113 2,876
Total 92 239 6,602
54. • What is the cost of traditional textbooks in PSYC
200, ECON 201, and ECON 202 courses
over the past two academic years (2015-16 and
2016-17) and how much did students save with
an open textbook?
• How much money students report as a typical
amount spent for textbooks each semester for
PSYC 200, ECON 201, and ECON 202?
Cost
55. Outcomes
• Is there a significant difference in PSYC 200, ECON
201, and ECON 202 student grades when comparing a
faculty member using or not using an open textbook?
• Is there a significant difference in PSYC 200, ECON
201, and ECON 202 course withdrawal rates when
comparing a faculty member using or not using an
open textbook?
• Is there a significant difference in PSYC 200, ECON
201, and ECON 202 persistence rates when comparing
a faculty member using or not using an open
textbook?
• Is there a significant difference in PSYC 200, ECON
201, and ECON 202 retention rates when comparing a
faculty member using or not using an open textbook?
•
56. • How has the adoption of open textbooks changed
in PSYC 200 and ECON 201 and ECON 202 courses
at Lansing Community College in the past two
academic years (2015-16 and 2016-17)?
• What is student’s intent to register for PSYC
200, ECON 201, and ECON 202 courses that offer
OER textbook?
• If students had a choice, do they prefer open textbook
or traditional textbook use in their PSYC 200, ECON
201, and ECON 202 classes?
Use
57. • How do PSYC 200, ECON 201, and ECON
202 students perceive the quality of open
textbooks, as compared to traditional
textbooks in other courses?
Perceptions
58. Research Results: Cost
Fall 2016 Spring
2017
Summer
2017
TOTALS
ECON 201 # sections 17 16 6 39
# students 472 444 158 1,074
Cost per
textbook
$78.00 $78.00 $78.00 n/a
Savings $36,816.00 $34,632.00 $12,324.00 $83,772.00
ECON 202 # sections 6 8 3 17
# students 172 214 79 465
Cost per
textbook
$78.00 $78.00 $78.00 n/a
Savings $13.416.00 $16,692.00 $6,162.00 $36,270.00
PSYC 200 # sections 38 30 9 77
# students 1,135 778 195 2,108
Cost per
textbook
$151.25 $154.00 $154.00 n/a
Savings $171,668.75 $119,812.00 $30,030.00 $321,510.75
65. Further observation
• Our recent analysis that looked at 2 years,
demonstrated no significance between OER and non-
OER student success rates.
• The only rate we are seeing a higher average is in
college retention. Our 2 year analysis shows OER
students at about 1.5% higher retention rate
• BUT This is not currently a significant difference, so we
can’t yet say OER has a relationship to retention rates.
• Need to take a look at our longitudinal data to show this
relationship.
66.
67. Forthcoming paper
An Analysis of Cost, Outcomes, Use, and
Perceptions in a Multi-Section Adoption of
Open Textbooks in Introductory
Psychology and Economics Courses
Regina Gong and Karen Hicks
Lansing Community College
70. Stay in the Loop
● Upcoming Conferences
See our website under “Get-Involved”
● Stay in touch thru Community Email
-- https://www.cccoer.org/community-email/
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