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This document discusses strategies for adopting open educational resources (OER) to improve student access, affordability, and success. It provides an overview of OER, outlines several benefits such as reduced costs and increased customization, and shares examples of successful OER implementations at other colleges. Specific strategies presented include identifying high-enrollment "sweet spot" courses, developing full OER degree programs, starting with small pilots and expanding based on results, and engaging students. The document concludes with a discussion of how an organization called Lumen Learning supports large-scale OER adoption through customized course materials, personalized learning tools, and degree programs consisting entirely of OER options.
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- 1. Improving Access, Affordability andStudent Success with Open Educational Resources
- 2. 2 Improving Access, Affordabilityand Student Success with Open Educational Resources Josh Baron, Open Education Ambassador, Lumen Learning
- 3. 3 Improving Access, Affordabilityand Student Success with Open Educational Resources • Setting the Context: Why Adopt OER? • What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? • Demonstration: OER Adoption in the Wild • Strategies and Impact from the Real World • Discussion: OER Adoption and Frostburg State’s Strategic GoalsQ & A as we go...
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- 7. 7 Textbook cost impactsstudent success Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus 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to textbook cost 23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost 14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost 10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost
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- 9. 9 Open Educational Resources(OER) Any kind of teaching materials (e.g., textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, images, videos, readings, quiz items, assignments, grading rubrics, etc.) In the public domain or licensed to allow: 1. Free and unfettered access to anyone, and 2. Free permission to engage in the “5R activities”: Retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute
- 10. 1 0 • Makeand own a copyRetain • Use in a wide range of waysReuse • Adapt, modify, and improveRevise • Combine two or moreRemix • Share with othersRedistribute The 5Rs
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- 12. 1 2 By GiffinFrancoeur - https://www.emaze.com/@AIZOWOCR/Creative-Commons!
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- 14. 1 4 Demo: 5Rin Action
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- 16. Cost to Students Permissions to Faculty andStudents Commercial Textbooks Expensive Restrictive Library Resources Free Restrictive Open Educational Resources Free 5Rs David Wiley, Why Should You Offer an OER Degree Program?
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- 18. 11 Peer ReviewedStudies http://openedgroup.org/
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- 20. 93% Same orBetter Outcomes http://openedgroup.org/
- 21. 9 Peer ReviewedStudies of Perceptions of OER Quality http://openedgroup.org/
- 22. 4,510 Professors andStudents http://openedgroup.org/
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- 25. WARNING: Ethical Dilemma ComingYour Way!
- 26. Strategies and Impactfrom the Real World
- 27. Strategy #1: Identifya “Sweet Spot” for OER Pick a “sweet spot” course for OER redesign. Use OER to create a course designed expressly for your students’ needs. Shift all sections to OER in short order. Showcase success with regards to cost savings and impact on student success ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Awareness Faculty buy-in Islands and isolation Growing beyond a toehold Bookstore Departmental support Administrative support ✓ ✓ Overcome These Obstacles ✓ ✓ ✓
- 28. 2 8 Monroe CommunityCollege Complete OER Migration & Customization of a High-impact Course Goals: • Reduce cost to students • Increase access to essential content • Make content more relevant, useful Process: • Project led by library • Significant localization: “College Success at Monroe CC” • Print required, with full course catalog embedded Results • Full adoption of OER for all sections of College Success • Enrolled all underprepared first-year students • Retention up 15% • Cost to students down to $18 from $141 • Free digital + low-cost print book
- 29. 2 9 First YearExperience (ORIE 305) Towson University
- 30. 3 0 Strategy #2 MakeOER part of a broader strategic initiative around affordability, access, success Examples: • OER degree programs • Departmental differentiation and branding • Developmental education makeover ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Awareness Faculty buy-in Islands and isolation Growing beyond a toehold Bookstore Departmental support Administrative support ✓ ✓ Overcome These Obstacles ✓ ✓ ✓
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- 32. 3 2 Would studentslike 12% off per year? $3,280 $3,280 $1,424 $1,464 $700 $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 Textbooks OER Traditional vs. Z-Degree at Towson State Tuition Fees Textbooks 12% Reduction in Student Cost PER SEMESTER
- 33. 3 3 Strategy #3 Startwith a small-scale adoption but commit to consider expanding if metrics are good. • Track before/after metrics • Engage departmental leadership to follow up ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Awareness Faculty buy-in Islands and isolation Growing beyond a toehold Bookstore Departmental support Administrative support ✓ Overcome These Obstacles ✓ ✓
- 34. 3 4 Mercy College Gradualexpansion from small pilot 64% 48% 69% 53% 74% 60% 77% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% FALL TERM SPRING TERM YEAR # STUDENTS 2011 697 2012 695 2013 640 2011 486 2012 513 2013 457 2014 418 No OER All OER All OER Some OER All OER All OER All OER Passing rates up 29%! Adapted from work of Zsuzsa Komeni-Fejes
- 35. Core Curriculum Courseswith OER • ENGL 102, Writing for a Liberal Education • ECON 205, Statistics for Business and Economics • MATH 105, Mathematical Ideas • MATH 106, Intro to Contemporary Math • MATH 109, Transition to Algebra for Applications • MATH 111, Finite Mathematics • MATH 119, Pre-Calculus • MATH 231, Basic Statistics • MATH 273, Calculus I • MATH 274, Calculus II • ENGL 231, American Literature to 1865 • ENGL 232, American Literature since 1865 • HIST 145, History of the U.S. to the Civil War • HIST 146, History of the U.S. since the Civil War • POSC 103, American National Government • MUSC 105, Music Theory for Non-Majors • ARTH 221, Survey of Western Art I • COMM 131, Fundamental of Speech Communication • ENGL 221, British Literature to 1798 • ECON 201, Microeconomic Principles • ECON 202, Macroeconomic Principles • PSYC 101, Introduction to Psychology • SOCI 101, Introduction to Sociology • BIOL 120, Principles of Biology • CHEM 131+ 131L, General Chemistry • CHEM 132 + 132L, General Chemistry II • GEOL 121, Physical Geology • PHYS 211, General Physics I Non-Calculus Based
- 36. 3 6 Strategy #4 Getstudent government involved in addressing textbook cost. Students care passionately about textbook cost. Help them tune into what OER can do, and enlist them to help mobilize support. • Contact Student PIRGs, SPARC • Fund OER pilots • Lobby for course fee to replace textbooks ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Awareness Faculty buy-in Islands and isolation Growing beyond a toehold Bookstore Departmental support Administrative support ✓ ✓ Overcome These Obstacles ✓
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- 38. Benefits of OERfor the System Students… • Are more likely to use the resources: 56% of students surveyed used traditional textbooks 2-3 times per month or less. 57% students in the MOST initiative used their materials 2-3 times per week or more often. • Believe the OER to be the same or better quality than traditional resources: 66% students surveyed said quality was about the same, 27% students surveyed said it was better. • Prefer a course with OER over a course using traditional textbooks: 65% of students surveyed, given the choice between a course that uses OER and one that uses traditional textbooks, where all other variables are the same, would prefer the course with OER. • Are likely to enroll in other courses using OER: 88% students surveyed said they were likely to enroll in another course that uses OER. In addition to those direct benefits, indirect benefits of OER adoption have included: • Student Access: Ensuring all students have full access to all learning materials from day 1 of class to help them be prepared and successful. • Faculty Control of Learning Materials: Giving faculty full control over the amount, order, and content of learning materials. • Faculty Collaboration: Collaboration with like-minded faculty also working with OER.
- 39. Lumen Learning andSupporting OER Adoption at Scale
- 40. 4 0 About LumenLearning Focus: Improve student success using OER FOUNDERS: David Wiley & Kim Thanos MISSION: Scale effective use of OER and personalized learning • Improve access and quality • Impact disadvantaged learners • Create next generation OER APPROACH: Model Openness • Respect and built community • Continuous improvement • Openly license and share (CC-BY) Formed in 2012 Based in Portland, OR 80+ institutional clients 27 team members Support from Hewlett, Gates & Shuttleworth Foundations Facts
- 41. 4 1 Benefits ofworking with Lumen Learning Learning Design Technology Content Support
- 42. 4 2 What doesthis really mean? Learning Design Technology Content Support Curated, updated content License clearance & attribution Ancillaries Alignment with outcomes Data-driven continuous improvement Faculty-student connection LMS integration Editing tools (5R’s) Export to PDF and EPUB Personalized learning capabilities Faculty dashboard with recommendations
- 43. 4 3 Lumen-Supported OERCourses Candela Courses Waymaker Courses OER Degree Programs Complete digital courses: customizable OER replace traditional textbooks Complete OER courses with personalized learning tools and pedagogy OER options for all required courses and electives in full degree programs
- 44. 4 4 Candela Courses Agreat starting point for adopting, adapting and collaborating Complete customization (5R’s) Curated (best prior work of peers) Quiz question banks and sample assessments Seamless LMS delivery Faculty and tech support $10 per student enrollment 65+ high-enrollment college subjects
- 45. 4 5 Waymaker Courses OERcourses with a personalized learning approach all features of Candela courses plus: mastery learning individualized feedback learner agency & metacognition faculty-student connection $25 per student enrollment Expanding course list
- 46. 4 6 Discussion andQ&A Strategic Goals and Intersections with OER Adoption