Finding and Integrating Open Educational Resources (OERs)
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Slides from a training presented by Erin Cassidy on 23 May 2017 to faculty attendees of "Blackboard Boot Camp" at Sam Houston State University.
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Finding and Integrating Open Educational Resources (OERs)
- 1. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Finding & Integrating Open Educational Resources (OERs) Erin Cassidy Associate Professor, Newton Gresham Library, SHSU Access Services Coordinator & Scholarly Communications Librarian This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Int’l. License
- 2. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Agenda / Objectives • Define Open Educational Resources and describe the benefits • Open resources demos • Hands-on time to explore open resources • Regroup and discuss • Consider the creation of open content • Self-reflection and final questions
- 3. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Definitions • Open Educational Resources (OER) • Includes textbooks, videos, lesson plans, assignments/exercises, tutorials, and more. • “Open” in this context means open for legal reuse by others. • Might mean no copyright restrictions: do anything you want. • Or might mean use with certain conditions, such as giving attribution to the original author and not profiting from the reuse. • Unlike some materials which are shared online but still under full copyright restrictions, “true” OERs grant greater rights to reuse and customize—most “true” OERs permit the 5 R’s: • Reuse – Revise – Remix – Redistribute - Retain
- 4. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Benefits Students • $$ Cost savings $$ • Instant access • Enhanced accessibility for some students with disabilities – ? Instructors • Customizability • Flexibility, quick response to change • Sharing between educators, leveraging work of experts • Less risk of copyright infringement charges State of Texas • SB 810
- 5. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY What about Quality Control? • You can seek the benefits – You don’t have to sacrifice quality. • High-quality OERs should provide details of authorship. • Many open textbooks go through professional peer-review and editing, just like commercial textbooks.
- 6. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY What to Look For • Who authored it? What individual; what institution? • What level is the content designed for? Post-secondary/college? • Would upper-level high school content suit your freshmen class? • Did it undergo peer review and/or professional editing service? • Review the content yourself, as you would with any textbook or course resource. • Are there errors in basic facts? Does the content reflect bias or prejudice? • Is the content well-organized and clearly explained? • How accessible is it for students who may require accommodations? • Is it adoptable? Or if there are minor issues, could you adapt it, e.g, by correcting small errors or reorganizing chapters? • See library’s online guide for tips and rubrics to help in evaluation
- 7. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY “True” OER versus Free to Use – Does the Difference Matter?? • “True” OERs permit the 5 R’s (Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute, Retain). • But often, simply “free” may be appropriate—and that’s okay! • Example: A video or exercise is free to use, but you must link students to its page, rather than downloading and posting it in Bb. Not “true” OER, but sufficient to the need. • Just be sure to verify the license / terms of use for any item before using. Does it allow what you want to do? • License comparison activity…
- 8. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Collection Demos
- 9. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Hands-On Exploration • As you search and explore, consider where you might integrate open resources in your course(s). Would you… • Recommend the use of open image, video, and text collections when students create PPT presentations, posters, web pages, etc.? • Add open videos, readings, or exercises to further enhance an existing course (without removing other content)? • Replace a “copyright questionable” reading or video that you have posted in Blackboard with an open alternative? • Replace supplementary readings, videos, etc. with open alternatives, to eliminate student purchases of course packs, supplementary books, etc.? • Replace your primary textbook with an open alternative?
- 10. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Regrouping • Pair up with a partner and share something you found that you could use in your course(s). • How do you imagine using it? • Where did you find it? • What collection(s) seem most promising so far for your field? • Did you find more or less open content than you expected to find?
- 11. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Creating Open Content • If you don’t find what you wish existed… create and share it! • Some OER platforms provide built-in creation tools: • OER Commons • MERLOT • But your platform could be almost anything. • YouTube • Slideshare • Blog or wiki • PDF or MS Office files hosted on your university web page • Clearly indicate the license you want to grant. • Creative Commons Attribution – Share Alike (CC-By-SA) is one good, balanced option.
- 12. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Wrap-Up / Key Takeaways • OERs can reduce the cost of education, thus increasing access. • OERs can also empower you to not just adopt, but adapt, content to the unique needs of you and your students. • OERs are being adopted, created, and supported by many major universities and many states—maybe soon even Texas! • OERs exist in many places for many fields, with more appearing every day. • You can contribute to the OER landscape for the benefit of all.
- 13. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Exercise: Self-Reflection • On your index card, write down: 1. One thing about OERs that you find positive, exciting, promising, etc. 2. One thing about OERs that you find concerning or problematic, or an area where you foresee a barrier to adoption in your classes or by your colleagues. 3. One question that you still have about OERs.
- 14. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY Questions & Contact Info • Erin Cassidy • Associate Professor, Newton Gresham Library, SHSU • Access Services Coordinator & Scholarly Communications Librarian • 936-294-4567 • ecassidy@shsu.edu Boomark http://shsulibraryguides.org/oer to reference any time! This resource will continue to grow over time. Some content in this presentation was borrowed or adapted from “Open Education, Open Opportunities,” by Erin Cassidy, under a CC-By license. https://www.slideshare.net/ErinCassidy3/open-education-open-opportunities SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Editor's Notes
- Open Educational Resources (OER) is defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as: “...any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.” http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/
- - Cost savings – for both the individual student AND the university, in terms of departments and libraries paying for books - Instant access: no shipping delays; no 1st week reading panic - Enhanced accessibility? In many cases, to accommodate a student with disabilities, the campus Office of Services for Students with Disabilities will tear open the binding of a brand-new print book, scan it, and then run it through whatever form of accessibility software is needed, for instance, a screen reader, etc. This process could be eliminated in some cases, or at least sped up and simplified in other cases, with textbooks and readings that are already digital. However, this will necessarily vary by item, and “your mileage may vary” – not every OER may be created with accessibility in mind, and not all accessibility needs are the same (examples: imagine an interactive touch-screen simulation that may not translate for users with mobility impairments, or, quite commonly, audio or video without captions). - For more details on the growth rate and impact of textbook costs, refer to the “Exploring Alternatives to the Traditional Textbook” slides at http://shsulibraryguides.org/oer/slides - For more info on TX SB 810 - http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=SB810
- - Annenberg Foreign Language Interactives - http://www.learner.org/interactives/?g[]=COLLEGE&d[]=FL - Annenberg terms of use - http://www.learner.org/about/usepolicy.html - Great content to use! But check the license/terms of use: You are free to LINK to these resources, but NOT to download them and then upload them into your Blackboard course. - HHMI - http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive - HHMI terms of use - http://www.hhmi.org/terms-of-use - You are free to download and display for educational purposes. You may NOT republish or redistribute outside your institution—but that means posting in a Bb class at your institution is fine! - OER Commons - https://www.oercommons.org - OER Commons license - https://www.oercommons.org/about - CC-By-SA license: You can do whatever you want with the content, as long as you credit the original work, indicate whether changes were made, and share any remixed / transformed works under the same license.
- Collections demonstrated: - OpenStax Textbooks - https://openstax.org/higher-ed - OER Commons - https://www.oercommons.org/ - COERLL (UT) - http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/materials/language-learning-materials - MERLOT - https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm - MERLOT Criminal Justice Portal - https://www.merlot.org/merlot/CriminalJustice.htm - Univ. of CA OER for Nursing (all hosted on MERLOT) - http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/oern/
- When sharing your own work, you don’t have to go as far as a CC 0 license, which releases the work into the public domain. You can share your work for the benefit of others while still maintaining ownership. The CC Attribution – Share Alike license is a very balanced option for licensing, because you allow a healthy level of reuse and remixing, but you still get credit for your work and prohibit others from reselling your work for their own profit. For details on how to mark your work with a Creative Commons license: View this page http://shsulibraryguides.org/c.php?g=468915&p=4731729 , refer to the box “Adopting & Adapting OER,” and click the link “How to Mark Your Work with a CC license”