1. The document outlines goals and strategies for an Open Educational Resources (OER) Textbook Project at Sacred Heart University (SHU) from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019.
2. The goals are to increase access to and usage of textbooks, lower textbook costs for students, increase faculty control over resources, and enhance pedagogical practices.
3. A pilot project will begin in Fall 2016 reviewing open textbooks in Biology, Mathematics, and Sociology courses, with plans to integrate selected resources and continue pilots through Spring 2019 while collecting data on impacts on learning outcomes.
The results of an Open Textbook Initiative, includes definitions, why open is important, the process of beginning an open textbook initiative at a small university and the results after one academic year.
Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OERNicole Allen
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Strategies to Support Open Educational Resources for Student Success: Case Ex...Robin M. Ashford, MSLIS
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The results of an Open Textbook Initiative, includes definitions, why open is important, the process of beginning an open textbook initiative at a small university and the results after one academic year.
Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OERNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many institutions have successfully reduced costs for students through stop-gap measures such as rental programs, lending libraries and licensing deals, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER). Institutions of all kinds have begun to leverage OER to reduce costs for students, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including important definitions, major projects, and what the most successful institutions are doing. It will also help frame the opportunity for regional collaboration and provide specific advice for members of the audience to take back to campus.
Strategies to Support Open Educational Resources for Student Success: Case Ex...Robin M. Ashford, MSLIS
This was a shared Educause Connect Portland 2017 session with Cynthia Jimes from ISKME: https://events.educause.edu/educause-connect/2017/portland/agenda/strategies-to-support-open-educational-resources-for-student-success-case-examples-from-california-michigan-and-oregon
Slides from a presentation given 9 March 2017 at the Digital Education Summit at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Session description: "Open Educational Resources (OER) can be great tools to enhance online courses. But what exactly are they, and how do you find them and put them to use? This session will define and illustrate OER broadly (and open textbooks in particular), highlight key tools for discovering OER, and share examples of how the integration of OER can benefit you and your students."
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Open educational resources (OER) continue to become more available and more popular, but the quality of open content can range from terrific to terrible. This session will explore potential issues with OER quality and share key tools and strategies to more efficiently evaluate open teaching materials.
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The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OER to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, how it is playing out on campus, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame opportunities in the open, digital environment to improve teaching, learning and research for the advancement of society.
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Slides from a presentation given 9 March 2017 at the Digital Education Summit at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Session description: "Open Educational Resources (OER) can be great tools to enhance online courses. But what exactly are they, and how do you find them and put them to use? This session will define and illustrate OER broadly (and open textbooks in particular), highlight key tools for discovering OER, and share examples of how the integration of OER can benefit you and your students."
Infographic: Awareness of OER and OEP in HE institutions ScotlandOEPScotland
The Open Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) Project conducted a survey to find out about the level of awareness of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) among HE institutions in Scotland. In total 235 valid responses were collected in a five-week period from 19th October 2015 to 23rd November 2015. This infographic highlights some of the findings. If you are interested in reading the full interim report, please visit http://www.slideshare.net/OEPScotland/awareness-of-oer-and-oep-in-scottish-higher-education-institutions-survey-results
Open Resource, or Open Sewer? Evaluating Open Educational ResourcesErin Owens
Open educational resources (OER) continue to become more available and more popular, but the quality of open content can range from terrific to terrible. This session will explore potential issues with OER quality and share key tools and strategies to more efficiently evaluate open teaching materials.
OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Efficacy (#UNTOA16)Nicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OER to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, how it is playing out on campus, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame opportunities in the open, digital environment to improve teaching, learning and research for the advancement of society.
Working Towards Low-Cost Textbooks: Cross-Sector Faculty Collaboration for a ...San Jose State University
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Sacred Heart University Open Educational Resources Summary R
1. GOALS & STRATEGIES
FALL 2016
By Jaya Kannan, Zach Claybaugh, and Chelsea Stone
Open Educational Resources
Textbook Project @ SHU
2. Goals:
1. Increase access to and usage of textbooks in class
2. Lower/eliminate (where applicable) textbook costs for students
3. Increase faculty control over instructional resources
4. Enhance pedagogical practices
OER Textbooks Project @ SHU
4. Open
Textbooks:
Awareness
and interest
OER Textbook List from Sacred
Heart University Library:
Reader Statistics:
July 12 to Sep 19 2016
-507 Total Downloads
-49 downloads from
Sacred Heart University
-251 downloads from
across the United
States (CT, MD, CA,
MI, & WA have the
highest numbers)
-France had the highest
number of non-US
downloads at 120,
followed by Canada at
48
7. Open
Textbooks:
Begin Pilot in
3 disciplines
@ SHU
Pilot Project in Fall 2016: Open Textbook Review
Biology
Prof. Bartholomew
Mathematics
Prof. Gopalakrishnan
Sociology
Prof. Lilley
8. Open
Textbooks:
Next steps
for the
Task-force
Year 1
2016-2017
Year 2
2017-2018
Year 3
2018-2019
Fall 2016:
Textbook Review
Bio, Math, and Socio
(by Dec 01 2016?)
Spring 2017:
Integrate select Open
textbook resource within
the course (and pilot in at
least one section?)
Summer 2017:
Task-force meet and/or
Participate in Summer
Institute
Fall 2017:
Launch pilot in select
sections
Spring 2018:
Continue pilot in select
sections
Summer 2018:
Open textbook Task-force
summer project
Fall 2018:
Data collection & analysis
of pilot study
Spring 2019:
Analyze results &
Evaluate the pilot
program, Arrive at
Lessons Learned
Summer 2019:
Decision to expand or
contract Open textbook
project.
Planning for scaling the
process?
Suggested Timeline – 3 year plan
A Brainstorming discussion with OER task-force
