OERs at Kingsborough Community College: Past, Present, and Future
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Loretta Brancaccio-Taras Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences Director, KCC Center for e-Learning Shawna Brandle Assoc. Professor, Dept. History, Philosophy & Political Science Rebekah King, Asst. Professor, Library Cathy Leaker Dean of Faculty
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- 1. OERs at Kingsborough Community College: Past, Present, and Future Loretta Brancaccio-Taras Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences Director, KCC Center for e-Learning Shawna Brandle Assoc. Professor, Dept. History, Philosophy & Political Science Reabeka King, Asst. Professor, Library Cathy Leaker Dean of Faculty
- 2. Mission of KCC’s OER Initiative • Support faculty in the development of affordable zero to low cost course materials • Expand access and awareness of Open Educational Resources • Increase student access to learning materials -promote equity (aligns with our Achieving the Dream work) • Improve student success
- 3. General Plan Recruit • e-mail blasts • one on one meetings • OER Open House Assist • lead faculty/librarian • technical support Implement • pilot Share • internal • external
- 4. Recruitment- Open Houses • addressed barriers and how to overcome them • KCC’s OER Developmental models
- 5. OER Open House- Address issues • Lead Developer(s) Model: curate/create and share • Targeted search/adoption plan based on course and course learning outcomes • Living OER Lib Guides • Grow KCC and CUNY community of practice based on collaborative resource development and sharing resources “Not enough resources for my subject” “Too hard to find what I need” “No comprehensive catalog of resources” “Not used by other faculty I know” Barrier Barrier Buster
- 6. OER Open House- Developmental Models 1. Plug and Play a. Adopt an existing course (i.e from Lumen* learning) & modify it b. Adopt an open textbook from existing open textbook provider(s) 2. Mix and Match: Create a course text(s) using existing open resources a. Customized for a course in Kingsborough curriculum b. Customized for a course section at Kingsborough
- 7. Recruitment Efforts • Summer 2017 • 23 faculty attended one of three OER development sessions • During the Summer of 2017, 13 used their OERs for the fall 2017 semester. • Fall 2017 semester • four OER Open Houses • 37 faculty expressed interest in attending • 22 faculty attended
- 8. Fall 2017 Art • Photojournalism • Digital Photography Behavioral Sciences • Introduction to Psychology • Human Growth and Development • Psychology of Personality • Introduction to Sociology Business • Introduction to Business History, Philosophy, & Political Science • Ancient Philosophy • Ethics in the Health Professions • American Government • History: Modern America Biological Sciences • General Biology 1 (lecture) • General Biology 2 (lecture) • Introduction to Concepts of Biology (lecture) • Microbiology in Health and Disease (lecture and lab) • 15 courses • 37 sections
- 9. Examples- Art of Digital Photography Prof. Tommy Mintz
- 11. Savings for Fall 2017 • 1,008 students • textbook savings = $85,125.00. Zero Textbook Cost Attribute • 199 sections
- 12. OER Faculty Debrief- Fall 2017 • 90% of the faculty- full-time. • Quality: 80% considered quality of materials and cost • Time: 60% reported the amount of time to develop OER was about what they expected. • Identifying materials: 50% stated identification of materials was as challenging as they expected; 40% reported identifying materials was somewhat more challenging than they expected. • Resource Quality: 60% felt the quality of resources was neither better nor worse than traditional resources; 30% felt the quality of resources was somewhat better than traditional resources.
- 13. Spring 2018 • 30 additional faculty • 41 courses • 29 new courses; • 12 continuing from fall 2017 Art • Art History: Ancient Art to Renaissance • Photojournalism • Digital Photography Behavioral Sciences • Human Growth & Development • Introduction to Anthropology • Introduction to Psychology • Introduction to Sociology • Psychology of Personality Biological Sciences • General Biology 1 (lecture) • General Biology 2 (lecture) • General Microbiology (lecture & lab) • Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 (lecture) • Human Anatomy & Physiology 2 (lecture) • Introduction to Concepts of Biology (lecture) • Microbiology in Health and Disease (lecture & lab) Business • Introduction to Business • Macroeconomics Community Health • Community Health Interventions Foreign Language Elementary Spanish I Theatre Arts • Introduction to Theatre Arts History, Philosophy, & Political American Government • Ancient Philosophy • Ethics in the Health Professions • Introduction to Ethics • Modern Philosophy • History: American Civilization • History of the Civil Rights Movement • History: Modern America • Comparative Politics • International Relations • Introduction to Criminal Justice • Crime & Punishment • Minorities in the Criminal Justice System
- 14. OER Faculty Debrief Informs Our Future for a Z-degree • Obstacles • demands on faculty time (50%) • quality of open resources (20%). • other ocontinued monetary support for faculty o student accessibility to resources. • 90% of the faculty stated they would continue to use OERs for the current course in the future.
- 15. Future Work • Disciplinary groups: business • Sharing: • Lib Guides • Other?
Editor's Notes
- 80% considered quality of materials and cost as the most important factors when selecting course materials