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Creating Successful OER Institutional Initiatives
- 1. Nicole Finkbeiner Rice University’s OpenStax Kat Flies, Central New Mexico Community College Adam Croom, University of Oklahoma Creating successful OER institutional initiatives with big impact
- 2. MEASURE OUTCOMES, NOT ACTIONS 2 Outcomes. Measure success by these! • # of faculty using OER • # of students impacted by OER • $ amount of savings to students • Student success (grades, completion, etc.) Actions that contribute to, but don’t equal success • Holding a meeting • Having a workshop • # of people who attended meeting/workshop • Having a display
- 4. Start with easy wins to impact students now
- 5. We = not me (designate a leader)
- 6. HAVE A LEADER, INCLUDE EVERYONE 6 • Faculty • Administrators • Librarians • Instructional Support • Bookstore • Disability Services • Students • …everyone!
- 8. You must complete at least 8 direct approaches to be successful
- 11. Ask faculty directly to pilot the books
- 12. Promote “Textbook Heroes” and ask them to promote OER
- 14. 2015-2015 increase in impact with OpenStax at partner schools: 35,239 additional students impacted $3.47 million additional savings
- 15. Steps Toward a Successful OER Initiative at Central New Mexico Community College “Changing Lives, Building Community”
- 16. CNM • Largest undergraduate institution in New Mexico: • ± 27,000 students across multiple campuses • Most students belong to a minority group: • ± half of our students are Hispanic • Avg student age = 27 years • 1,100 faculty: • 350 FT : 750 PT • NM has 20 % poverty rate: • average income in mid 40K’s By GDJ: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 17. I Learn about Free Textbooks • From colleagues: • They call my attention to the OpenStax website. • They report on their experience piloting OpenStax books at faculty meeting. • By attending OpenStax Conference at Rice University
- 18. 2014 OpenStax Conference (CNX) • Dean and VP of Academic Affairs support and fund my request to attend CNX Conference. • Debates on: • Cost of textbooks, student debts, student dropout • Sustainability of OER and its challenges • Challenges of implementing OER • Presentations on: • Research on how students study and learn • OER software based on this research
- 19. • I recommend the OpenStax A&P books to my students as: • a second textbook • a more portable book • an easily accessible and searchable book • I use OpenStax images in my lecture presentations I Introduce My Students to Free Textbooks By Lizetterah, sammo241: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 20. CNM invites OpenStax • Faculty recommend to our VP of Academic Affairs and President that we invite OpenStax to CNM • OpenStax presents on Faculty Focus Day • VP appoints me as contact person for OpenStax and other OER
- 21. I become OER Leader • I create OER lists for all faculty: • For as many subjects as possible • Update list every few months • Peaks faculty’s interest • OpenStax in Library: • OpenStax books are added to our Digital Library • Librarians help inform students of free OpenStax textbooks By thewizardplusplus: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain
- 22. Educate Faculty about CC Licenses • Faculty had many inquiries about Creative Commons licenses: • Faculty member offers workshop on how to access and use CC BY content. • Librarian presents on various copyright types on Faculty Focus Day. • Librarian becomes appointed Copyright Specialist and, to this day, continues to educate faculty about copyrights. Crucial!
- 23. • iPad Workshops: • Provide perfect opportunities to introduce faculty to free digital textbooks. • Mobile device use is rampant!! • Students and faculty expect easy access to textbooks and other resources via mobile phones, tablets and laptops. OER and Mobile Devices By team.labarna: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 24. I Educate Administration • Important to inform/educate all levels of administration about OER: • Distance Learning Director • Chairs' Council • Deans’ Council • All VPs • College President By GDJ: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 25. Campus Bookstore • Check in with your bookstore and its legalities. • You may need help from other colleges to learn best procedure. By loveandread: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 26. President's Message • President clearly announces to all faculty that college officially supports use of OER in courses and why. • Stresses that use of OER is optional for faculty. By bitterjug: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 27. By netalloy: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Spread the Word! • Offer interview about OER Initiative to: • College Paper • Marketing Department: • Request for interview to be published on public college website • Educate parents/grandparents/friends about OER: • Provide OpenStax link as well as other OER links.
- 28. Make Adoption Easier • Encourage faculty to become reviewers and editors: • If a colleague has reviewed a book, we tend to be more open to adopt that book. • Our Faculty Senate has adjusted instructions for textbook adoption to be OER inclusive.
- 29. Lead by Example! • Our adoption rate increased from 2.5 % to 12.2 % in less than 1 year! • Number of our adoptions is still going up, especially in sciences. • > 20 faculty in > 30 courses By simpletutorials.net: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 30. Join the Global OER Initiative • Because of the OER initiative at CNM: • textbooks are instantaneously available to students and on any mobile device • our students have saved thousands of dollars • Our goal is to continue doing so… • You can too! By gsagri04: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License
- 31. Kat Flies, Ph.D. kflies@cnm.edu Department of Biology and Biotechnology Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 32. Oklahoma and OpenStax Standing on the Shoulders of Big Tex
- 33. Literally Standing On the Shoulders... Us Them
- 36. Intro to Sociology 300 students x $100 = _____________ $30,000 per semester X 10 _____________ = $300,000
- 37. 1. Identify Your Leaders and Let Leaders Lead ● Heart for student success ● Up-and-coming campus leadership ● Large lecture-based course
- 38. Glen Krutz, Senior Contributing Author
- 39. 2. Identify Targets and Set Goals Top 20 Textbooks by Price (Spring 2014)
- 40. 3. Align With Strategic Initiatives Business Statistics 100 students x $100 = _____________ $10,000 per sem. X 2 _____________ = $20,000
- 41. 4. See Every Adoption as a Design Opportunity Physiology 200 students x $100 = _____________ $20,000 per semester X 4 _____________ = $80,000
- 42. Course Survey
- 43. 5. “Turn Money Into More Money”
- 46. Introductory Statistics Alexander Holmes 200 $19,714.00 Introduction to Sociology Brandon Crawford 58 $5,717.06 Precalc Candace Andrews 800 $78,856.00 Precalc Candace Andrews 800 $78,856.00 American Government Glen Krutz 250 $24,642.50 Anatomy & Physiology Heather Ketchum 758 $74,716.06 Introduction to Sociology Kelly Damphousse 3,389 $334,053.73 Algebra and Trigonometry Laniel Gibson 0 $0.00 Precalc Laniel Gibson 0 $0.00 Biology Lawrence Weider 1,122 $110,595.54 Precalc Roshelle Chukwuma 48 $4,731.36 Precalc Stephanie Davidsdottir 64 $6,308.48 7425 $731,882.25