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SUNY OER Colloquium 2014
- 1. www.lumenlearning.com Open Educational Resources and Student Success SUNY Colloquium March 28, 2014 Kim Thanos Lumen Learning Co-founder and CEO Kaleidoscope Program Manager kim@lumenlearning.com
- 2. In every high-enrollment course that Lumen Learning touches our goal is to: Reduce textbook cost by 90% Increase student success by 10% through the use of open educational resources and learning analytics.
- 4. Open Course Framework For each student learning outcome: 1. Complete set of open materials 2. Summative assessments 3. Formative assessments 4. Supplemental and support resources
- 5. Student ratings of quality of open texts 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Better quality Same quality Worse quality Number of Students • “It was very concise and aligned with exactly what we were working on in the class.” • “Having the textbook catered to us by our teacher was perfect.” 3% 56% 41% Source: Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, Thanos (2012)
- 6. Student preference for Kaleidoscope courses 0 20 40 60 80 100 Prefer Kscope Prefer traditional No preference Number of Students • “I enjoy having online texts provided for me because I'm poor. I spend the money I have left after rent on school, so having free online texts provided for me benefits me very much.” • “GREAT WAY TO DO ONLINE CLASSES!!!!” 13% 13% 73% Source: Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, Thanos (2012)
- 8. Topics What is open education? Philosophy and definitions Open education and current realities The opportunity before us
- 10. Education is Sharing teachers with students students with teachers Shared by David Wiley under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
- 11. can be given without being given away Ideas are Non-rivalrous
- 12. Physical Expressions Are Not to give a book, you must give it away
- 13. When Expressions Are Digital they also become non-rivalrous
- 14. CC licensed photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/62693815@N03/6277209256/
- 16. © Cancels the Possibilities of digital media and the internet
- 19. use copyright to enforce sharing
- 20. Makes It Easy to Share: 4Rs • Use the content in its unaltered formReuse • Adapt, adjust, modify, improve, or alter the contentRevise • Combine the original or revised content with other OER to create something newRemix • Share copies of the original content, revisions or remixes with othersRedistribute
- 21. www.lumenlearning.com Shifting Faculty Engagement with OER • REUSE – This is MY content • REVISE – This is a starting point for improvement • REMIX – This is the best collection of materials for each concept or outcome • REDISTRIBUTION – This exists in a community of collaborators
- 23. Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than piracy . Why ? - Tim O’Reilly
- 24. Because in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make. Why ? - John Lennon
- 25. What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? (1)Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, videos, readings, exams (2) Are free for anyone to access, and (3) Include free permission to engage in the 4R activities: reuse, revise, remix, redistribute What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
- 26. Reality One: Textbook costs are a barrier to student success Shared by Kim Thanos under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
- 27. Community College Textbook Costs Fall 2013 Intermediate Algebra at xxx Community College $590,186 Top 10 Courses at xxx Community College $4,669,152 Developmental Math in State’s Community Colleges $15,817,500
- 28. There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success 60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost 35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost 31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost 23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost 14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost 10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus
- 29. Measuring Cost and Quality 65% 54% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Lumen's Candela Math Pearson's MyMathLab Mercy College: Student Success Students Earning a C or Better $5.00 $170.00 $- $20.00 $40.00 $60.00 $80.00 $100.00 $120.00 $140.00 $160.00 $180.00 Lumen's Candela Math Pearson's MyMathLab Mercy College: Cost Dollars per student per course
- 30. The Vision 100% of students have free, digital access to all materials on day 1 Improve student success using OER- based courses that increase affordability, broaden access, and apply continuous quality improvement to course design
- 31. Reality Two: Content is a Commodity
- 32. Who wrote the opera, “Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk” and why does it matter?
- 33. $100’s of millions of dollars invested by private foundations Billions of dollars invested by the U.S. government Pale in comparison to personal investments by teachers and experts who care
- 34. Reality Three: Digital Favors Scale www.lumenlearning.com
- 35. Blockbuster Local Newspaper Tower Records Borders Netflix Huffington Post iTunes Amazon
- 36. Reality Four: In Ecosystems, Diversity = Sustainability www.lumenlearning.com
- 38. www.lumenlearning.com Faculty Approaches BUILD ADAPT ADOPT • Develop new materials • Aggregate materials from high-quality OER • Create tools and systems • Create media • Share or publish Similar in scope to writing a new textbook with many collaborators. • Identify high-quality course or resource • Create significant revision • Remix, aggregate • Share or publish Similar in scope to moving from traditional to fully online delivery. • Review open course • Refine for teaching approach • Align with syllabus • Assign and reference Similar in scope to using a new textbook or a major new edition.
- 39. www.lumenlearning.com The True Opportunity 1. Eliminate the content paywall 2. Improve learning design 3. Turbocharge the commons
- 40. www.lumenlearning.com Eliminate the Content Paywall 100% of students have free, digital access to all materials on day 1 Content is learning infrastructure. Fund sustaining activities (5 – 10%) through institutional budget or small material fee.
- 41. www.lumenlearning.com Improve Learning Design Learning Outcomes Learning Experiences Assessment Text Video Interactives Graphics Formative assessment Examples and case studies Writing prompts Discussion Experimentation Exams Projects Assignments
- 43. www.lumenlearning.com Turbocharge the Commons Textbooks Textbooks Homework platform Video supports Hosting and feature enhancements
- 44. www.lumenlearning.com Turbocharge the Commons Textbooks Textbooks Homework platform Video supports Hosting and feature enhancements
- 45. www.lumenlearning.com The True Opportunity 1. Eliminate the content paywall - Cost 2. Improve learning design - Quality 3. Turbocharge the commons - Access
Editor's Notes
- CC licensedphoto http://www.flickr.com/photos/62693815@N03/6277209256/
- Linkto research source: http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Exec_Sum_Student_Txtbk_Survey.pdf