The Nitty Gritty of OER Adoption
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Webinar delivered to the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium on the partnership between Ed Map and The American Women's College at Bay Path University to scale adoption of open educational resources (OERs). Strategic and operational approaches are shared, along with lessons learned. Speakers were Mark Christiansen, Jeremy Anderson, and Jessica Egan.
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The Nitty Gritty of OER Adoption
- 1. The Nitty Gritty of OER Implementation I Know OER, Now How Do I Implement It?
- 2. Welcome! So glad you joined us today.
- 3. Who we are A quick intro Mark Christensen Ed.D. Professional Development Ed Map ● Helps institutions navigate the changing landscape of course materials www.edmap.com Jeremy Anderson Deputy Chief of Academic and Administrative Technology The American Woman’s College ● Carries out a mission to expand access to high-quality higher education Jessica Egan Assistant Director of Instructional Design, Adjunct Faculty The American Woman’s College ● Manages day to day operations for Instructional Design efforts
- 4. Move to digital in order to improve the learning experience and lower costs.
- 5. OER Benefits Increase access and help decrease costs. ● Meets modern demand ● Engaging content ● Improved outcomes Providing students with cost-effective choices Supports different learning styles Content on or before first day of class
- 6. The Larger View Student Success Reduce costs by making the shift Multi-verse of course materials FIPSE Grant
- 7. OER Resources Mapping Curation Phase 1 Curation Phase 3 Curation Phase 2 Adaptive Course Design Process
- 8. Mapping ALIGNMENT ● Program Outcomes ● Course Outcomes ● Lesson Objectives ● Granular Concepts CONCEPT MAPPING ● Concept Connections ○ Pre/post reqs ○ Coreqs ○ Cross-curricular ● Weekly Connections ● Cross-Course Connections
- 9. ● Curation Subject Matter Experts (CSME) ● Bay Path University Librarians ● EdMap ● Lumen ● OpenStax OER Resources
- 10. Project Teams ● Program Director - project management, content quality check, assessment ● Course Builder - accessibility, ongoing training, LMS & adaptive builds ● Curating Subject Matter Experts (CSME) - content curation Small Victories ● Required curation training, including OER modules and assignments ● Content template ingestion ● Project plans ● Curation feedback form ● QA & builds embedded in timeline Content Curation Phases
- 11. The Full Cycle
- 12. 35-45 hrs/project A resource that lists available course materials along with cost, list of supplementary materials, and reviews by other faculty members [would be nice].” “ Scalability
- 13. 1OER librarian “My biggest hindrance to switching to more open books and OERs is simply the amount of time it takes to find all of these resources on my own.” Scalability
- 14. Cooperative Process Willingness to work together. ● Build success with a pilot ● Discover what is unique ● The right folks in the room Pick a program | Use your current materials list | With your LMS & SIS Adaptive learning platform Biblio Matrix with granular mapping Content requirements: 20 min | no overlap | 2 pieces and 2 different modalities Attention to different learning styles Phone calls with TAWC and actual Ed Map curator | No “middle man”
- 16. The next steps
- 17. Summary Keep these tips in mind. 1. OER meets modern demands 2. A small step is moving forward 3. Stakeholders are champions 4. Discovery drives change 5. Always celebrate your wins!
- 18. ThankJeremy Anderson jeanderson@baypath.edu Jessica Egan jegan@baypath.edu Mark Christensen, Ed. D. mchristensen@edmap.com you!
Editor's Notes
- JESSICA Hello everyone. Thank you for attending our webinar: “I Know OER, Now How Do I Implement It? The Nitty Gritty of OER Implementation” Today we will explore... The benefits of using OER materials in the classroom has become a longstanding discussion. Now, let’s go beyond talking about OER hypothetically and take the deep dive into implementation. This Presentation demonstrates building an effective institutional model of OER. From grant writing, operational logistics & content curation, to cost and scalability. Participants will engage with hands-on scenarios to prototype OER implementation models for hypothetical courses, leaving the session with working plans for project teams, roles, cost models, and timelines to meet their institutional goals.
- MARK So welcome. We have a good group of Administrators, Librarians, Instructional Designers, Instructional Technologists, and Faculty on the webinar today. We are glad you could join us!
- JEREMY I’m happy to introduce our panel today…. I’m Jeremy Anderson, Deputy Chief of Academic and Admin Tech at TAWC at BPU. In my role, I oversee instructional design, online support, analytics, and infrastructure. Jessica Egan is TAWC’s assistant director of ID. She works closely with academics and her course builders to develop courses around digital OER. Mark Christensen is joining us from OER curation partner Ed Map where he oversees professional development. Together we’re going to bring from 10000 foot view down to the details of how TAWC has worked with Ed Map and other providers to accelerate OER adoption. A few quick things before we dive in. Please feel free to comment in the chat feature. A few times during the webinar we will stop to offer polling questions. Also, we will be recording this for you. For future reference.
- MARK Let’s level set on why the move to digital. A few things… The American Woman’s College aspired to move to digital in order to lower costs and improve the learning experience. Making a paradigm shift in education requires forward thinking. The ability to navigate the multi-verse of course material options available and leverage internal and external partnerships makes a significant difference. That’s just what The American Women’s College at Bay Path University did… They knew open educational resources (OER) would be a key factor. That’s when they turned to CURATE by Ed Map™, a consultative course materials service.
- MARK Benefits: OER - Open Educational Resources OER can offer drastic savings in the cost of education. Students who may not be able to afford expensive textbooks or other course materials will definitely appreciate the affordable option when taking a course with OER. Engaging Content OER supports different learning styles. Going beyond the traditional textbook opens access to immersive, engaging digital content like: video, interactive text, audio downloads And let’s not forget mobile access! Briging dynamic course materials to where students are -their devices. Improved learning Outcomes Providing course materials on or even before the start of class supports success. Having the opportunity to start class prepared. This leads to class completion and ultimately degree completion. And of course it provides an opportunity to offer students fresh and relevant content. Having access to recent information in a course ensures students are learning the latest concepts, terms, and vocabulary that are relevant to the subject.
- JEREMY Structuring an effective institutional model of OER implementation at every level of the process. From leveraging a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) First in the World (FITW) grant, determining operational logistics, managing content curation, to overseeing cost and scalability. Learning outcomes from the demonstration portion will include: tips for grant writing, identifying institutional stakeholders, determining content quality and sustainability, and analysis of cost model variations.
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- JEREMY Investment to get a single course into OER can be taxing. Organize outcomes Scour web for resources that match all outcomes Organize, curate, build Find supplemental materials, quiz questions, etc. This is one of the major concerns and complaints of faculty who decide to go to OER.
- JEREMY Most institutions haven’t caught up to the OER movement when considering the supports available to faculty to defray the time spent curating, designing, and transitioning Libraries have stepped into the void on many campuses. There are one or two librarians who are “OER” gurus. This is the case at BPU. “We don’t have the resources or subject expertise to take on dozens of projects at once.” This is not sustainable given the increasing awareness of OER and desire to switch. One example of a model is taking place at CTU where part-time subject matter experts are trained on OER curation and work with librarians and academics. TAWC has been using an approach wherein we team a Program Director and SME team with Ed Map. Mark is going to tell you a bit more about how we worked out this partnership to scale.
- MARK Pilot to see helpful went well - 2 courses Moved on to a bigger agreement - 20 courses Discovered because they have adaptive learning platform (Realizit) we change their deliverable format Originally biblio was annotated and mapped to learning objectives but need to change the a new format which was a biblio MATRIX with much more granular mapping (the matrix does not include annotation) Discovered the same the format had to be different the content had to be different Content was different required had to be consumed in less than 20 minutes (lessons 20 minutes long) Didn’t want content to “overlap” Wanted each content to unique For each learning outcome had to have 2 pieces of content and 2 different modalities of learning (podcast, reading) learn the same info in different ways We phone call between Bay Path and the actual Ed Map Curater (Actual curate go on the call - no middle man) Now in a 25 course agreement
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- JESSICA & JEREMY Cost benefit analysis Content management System LMS (structure to all this OER)
- So to summarizes. Keep these tips in mind: LO’s organized Knowing how you want to use the content (have your use case) What is your modality Rigor -
- Thank you again for joining us today. Please reach out if you have any further questions. We are happy to help! Oh, And if you’re interested. Take a moment and read the American Woman’s College spotlight story we provided for you. A great way to learn more. Thanks again! Bye