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

1. Oct 14, 2020, 12:00 pm PDT
Welcome
Unless otherwise indicated, this
presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
Culture Shift
to
Academic
Freedom

2. Agenda
• Introductions
• Panel Discussion
• Q & A
• Upcoming events
Image on previous slide:
Censorship-limitations by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay

3. Speakers
Alisa Cooper
English Faculty
Glendale Community
College
Barbara Gooch
Student
Volunteer State
Community College
OpenStax Intern
William Hoag
Library Director
Roxbury Community
College
Veronica Howard
Associate Professor of
Psychology
University of Alaska
Anchorage
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community
College/Maricopa Community Colleges

4. ● Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
● Support faculty choice & development
● Foster regional OER leadership
● Improve student success
CCCOER Mission

5. Membership 2020
http://cccoer.org/Member
16 System-wide Memberships

6. #Freethetextbook
Free the Textbook is a
nationwide initiative that calls on
college and university leaders,
educators and students to
closely examine the fine print of
their automatic billing programs
(AKA “Inclusive Access” or “Day
One Access”) and make sure
they are inclusive of ALL
students.
http://wefreethetextbook.org/

7. Alisa Cooper
English Faculty
Glendale Community
College

8. Barbara Gooch
Student
Volunteer State
Community College
OpenStax Intern

9. OpenStax blog posts by Barbara Gooch
• When one door closes… Musings from a first generation,
non-traditional college student.
• Taking flight: Rising above in Phoenix
• Chaos in the wake of many storms: The impact of
tornadoes and the coronavirus on a small Tennessee
community

10. William Hoag
Library Director
Roxbury Community
College

12. Roxbury Community College
• Located in the heart of Boston, MA
• Founded in 1973
• 2,131 students (Spring 2019)
• 70% Female; 30% Male
• Incredibly Diverse: +80% students of color
• 55% Black or African American; 20% Hispanic or Latino; 7% White;
3% Cape Verdian; 2% Asian; 2% Two or more races
• +30 countries of origin, linguistic diversity
• Average age: 32
• Few students who come directly after high school graduation
**Most affordable community college in Massachusetts**
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13. Roxbury Community College Students
• Poorest students in Commonwealth of MA
• The mean EFC (Expected Family Contribution) for students is zero.
◦ 79% of RCC students have an EFC of zero.
• Percentage of students receiving Pell grants: 77%
• Average Pell award: $3,024
• RCC does not participate in any federal student loan programs
• 45% are parents, with more than half having at least two children
• Most popular majors: Health Careers, Nursing
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14. Veronica Howard
Associate Professor of
Psychology
University of Alaska
Anchorage

15. The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a large, open-enrollment university
built on the land of the Dena’ina Ełnena. We are the metropolitan campus,
focusing on professional credentialing and workforce development.
Image©UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage

16. Today’s Discussion Topics
• Teaching Practices
• Institutional Pressures
• Automatic Billing / “Inclusive Access”

17. Teaching Practices
● How does OER impact faculty freedom to engage with
students? What/who does it empower? How is it
limiting?
● How does this shift in teaching practices prompted by
open education impact educators who are comfortable
(and arguably effective) with their use of publisher
materials?

18. Institutional Pressures
● Traditionally, costly publisher textbooks have been the
default. Why not make OER the default? What would be
the implications for this at the department/division level?
● What should institutional OER initiatives do to avoid the
perception that they are infringing on faculty freedom?

19. Automatic Billing / “Inclusive Access”
● How can we see Automatic Billing / Inclusive Access as
a symptom of a larger institutional issue?
● What are the long-term implications of the adoption of
AB/IA to solve short-term problems?
● How do AB/IA publisher offerings impact academic
freedom?

20. Questions?

21. Fall Webinars
Oct 14 Culture Shift to Academic Freedom
Nov 4 Navigating the Virtual Open
Education Conferences
Dec 9 Tracking Key Program Indicators
(KPIs) for OER Programs
Find out more and register at bit.ly/CCCOERfall2020

22. https://conference.oeglobal.org/2020/
Online Co-Hosts -
Taipei, Delft, Toronto
M, W, F: Keynotes,panels,
presentations, workshops
Tu, Th: Social interaction
live & asynchronous
3 Timezones daily with
some overlap
Registration Closes Fri, Oct 30th!

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Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay

24. Questions?
Contact Info:
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@CCCOER Liz Yata -- lizyata@oeglobal.org
Lisa Young -- lisa.young@scottsdalecc.edu
@suetash Sue Tashjian -- stashjian@necc.mass.edu
Thank you!