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How OER Can Support Student Equity and Diversity
The document discusses how Open Educational Resources (OER) can promote student equity and diversity in higher education, outlining the roles of different presenters and key concepts such as social justice and accessibility. It highlights the mission of Achieving the Dream to support community colleges in fostering an inclusive environment that meets the needs of all students. Challenges and successes related to culturally relevant OER content and the need for diverse authors are also noted, emphasizing the importance of equitable access to education.
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- 1. How OER CanSupport Student Equity and Diversity Nov 15, 2017, 11:00 am PST Welcome to
- 2. Agenda • Introductions • CCCOEROverview • Equity and Diversity in Theater & Speech • Equity and OER Degrees • Achieving the Dream’s Equity Vision • Q & A Image Front Page Attribution: Pixabay.com
- 3. Daphnie Sicre, PhDFaculty Speech, Communications, Theater Arts Borough of Manhattan College CUNY Francesca Carpenter, Associate Director, OER Degree Initiative Achieving the Dream Moderator: Una Daly CCCOER, DIrector Presenters Preston Davis, EdD Director Instructional Services Extended Learning Institute Northern Virginia Community College
- 4. • Expand awareness& access to high- quality OER • Support faculty choice & development • Improve student success CCCOER Mission
- 5. Members in 25U.S. States 8 US State Consortiums & British Columbia
- 6. Is Open EducationPromoting Inclusive and Equitable Access to Education? Beyond Cost …
- 7. Equity and SocialJustice Preston Davis, EdD Director Instructional Services Extended Learning Institute
- 8. “Justice is thefirst virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.” John Rawls
- 9. Key Principles ofSocial Justice ● Each person has the most extensive basic liberties compatible with the liberties of others. ● Social and economic positions are to be to everyone's advantage and open to all.
- 10. Social Justice: Equityand Diversity • Equity assumes diversity and acknowledges the unique individuality of each person, whereas Equality assumes sameness and uniformity. • Equity seeks fairness among diversity.
- 11. Open Ed Movement:Strength in Diversity • Open Access Materials • Open Courses and MOOCs • Open Educational Resources (OER) • Open Degree Pathways • Open Pedagogy/Practices • Open...
- 12. Diversity & Equity:Theater, Communications, Speech Daphnie Sicre, PhD Speech, Communications, Theater Arts Faculty
- 13. • Type Hug •See what images pop up • Imagine if they are free image
- 14. Even less diversity, less equity,less representation.
- 18. My text books: ForSpeech-The Public Speaking Project For Theatre-Theatrical Worlds Great Texts but still problematic when it comes to Equity & Representation
- 19. • But thereis still work that needs to be done • We need more diverse authors to tell multiple stories & perspectives • We need to be aware of who our audiences are • We need accessibility, awareness & acknowledgement of OER
- 20. Equity & TheOER Degree Initiative Francesca Carpenter, Associate Director, OER Degree Initiative
- 21. The mission ofAchieving the Dream is to lead and support a national network of community colleges to achieve sustainable institutional transformation through sharing knowledge, innovative solutions, and effective practices and policies leading to improved outcomes for all students.
- 22. Achieving the Dream’sStatement on Equity Achieving the Dream believes that access to a high quality education in an inclusive environment is the right of all individuals and imperative for the continued advancement of a strong democracy and workforce. Achieving the Dream also believes higher education institutions have an obligation to work toward equity for their students. Equity is grounded in the principle of fairness. In higher education, equity refers to ensuring that each student receives what they need to be successful through the intentional design of the college experience. Achieving the Dream expects colleges to dismantle the barriers facing underserved students. Colleges must routinely scrutinize structural barriers to equity and invest in equity-minded policies, practices, and behaviors that lead to success for all students.
- 23. OER Degree Initiative Grantees 38 collegesin 13 states
- 24. OER Degree InitiativeEquity Goal Grantess must: • Ensure access by and support for low income students and students of color in their OER degree programs
- 25. OER Grantee Challenges •Availability of culturally relevant OER content • Diverse content creators • Awareness • OER content that has a white American male slant • Content that is unintentionally biased.
- 26. OER Grantee Success •Self-motivated faculty willing to identify and create culturally diverse content • Incorporation of student voice • Exploration and adoption of culturally responsive pedagogy • Faculty are taking advantage of the flexibility and adaptability of OERs to meet a range of students’ needs
- 27. Dec 6 Webinar: AdjunctFaculty’s Essential Role in OER Adoption John Iuzzuni Associate Director, Adjunct Faculty Initiative Achieving the Dream Tom Ayers, Associate Dean Business Broward College Claudine Dulaney Adjunct Faculty Broward College Image: Ricinator @pixabay.com, license CC-0
- 28. Stay in theLoop • Upcoming Conferences – Dream 2018, February – OE Global 2018, April – See our website under “Get-Involved” • Stay in touch thru Community Email -- https://www.cccoer.org/community-email/ Image: pixabay.com http://cccoer.org
- 29. Questions? Contact Info: Preston Davis,wdavis@nvcc.edu Daphnie Sicre, DSicre@bmcc.cuny.edu Francesca Carpenter, fcarpenter@achievingthedream.org @unatdaly -- unatdaly@oeconsortium.org Thank you!