Invited talk about Open Educational Practices at Utah State University on September 19, 2017

1. OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
@thatpsychprof
Serving SOCIAL JUSTICE &
PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION with
University Teaching Fellow & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Open Education Advisor, BCcampus
Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching
Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.

3. Higher education
replicates and reinforces
existing power structures

5. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
The cost barrier kept
2.4 million
low and moderate-income college-qualified
high school graduates from completing
college in the previous decade.

6. http://www.sheeo.org
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US Higher Education Funding - $/FTE
State Funding Tuition Revenue

7. $1,000
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State Funding Tuition Revenue
http://www.sheeo.org

8. Cost of attendance = $19,560
at $7.25/hour (minimum wage)
= 2,698 hours
(52 hours/week)

10. http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data

19. What can YOU do?
• Survey your student body
• #textbookbroke campaign
• Presentations
• Utilize visuals, create displays
• Speak directly to faculty & admin
• Suggest that faculty review a textbook
• Showcase examples
• Form a student-led OER group
• Connect. Collaborate.

20. Buy used (if possible)
Resell (if possible)
Buy online
Rent
Shared purchase
(Inter)library loans
Photocopy
International edition
Old edition

21. – University of Minnesota student
“I figured French hadn't
changed that much”

25. 66.5% Do not purchase a req'd textbook
47.6% Take fewer courses
45.5% Do not register for a specific course
37.6% Earn a poor grade
26.1% Drop a course
19.8% Fail a course
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Florida Virtual Campus. (2016). 2016 student textbook and course materials survey. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

26. 1

27. Revise Remix
Retain Redistribute
Reuse

29. rijksmuseum.nl

30. ted.com
ed.ted.com

31. phet.colorado.edu

32. gutenberg.org

34. open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

35. Fischer et al. (2015)
• Quasi-experimental design
• Propensity-score matched groups
• 16,727 students taking 15 courses at 10 institutions
• OER students:
– Lower withdrawal rates
– More likely to pass with a C- or better
– Enrolled in more courses (current & subsequent semesters)
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson T. J., & Wiley, D. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the
impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students.
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172. doi:10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x

36. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Commercial
OER
Student Success per Dollar
0 100%
$400

37. I would not have bought the text book for
this course because it's an elective. I
would have possibly walked away with a
C, now I might actually get an A-
It is easily accessible and convenient.
Material is easy to understand and follow
I personally really like the convenience of having the
complete set of chapters on my computer and even
accessible from my phone if I need it. I like that I don't
have to lug around another text book
It's free and it's a great money saver

39. Cost savings
Access
Outcomes
Adapt, update, & remix
Enrolment
Persistence
Completion

41. It’s not only about
access to knowledge.
It’s about access to
knowledge
creation.

43. …it turns them into ‘containers’ to be ‘filled’ by the teacher. The more
completely she fills the receptacles, the better a teacher she is. The more
meekly the receptacles permit themselves to be filled, the better students
they are.
Education thus becomes the act of depositing, in which the students are
the depositories and the teacher is the depositor.
In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by
those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they
consider to know nothing.
Paulo Freire, 1970, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

46. The LMS is a piece of administrative software. There’s that
word “management” in there that sort of gives it away . . .
that this software that purports to address questions about
teaching and learning but that really works to “manage” and
administer, in turn often circumscribing pedagogical
possibilities.
Audrey Watters, 2014, Un-fathomable: The Hidden History of Ed-Tech

49. People are fulfilled to the extent that they create
their world (which is a human world), and create it
with their transforming labor.
Paulo Freire, 1970, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

52. 22,000
37,000+
97%
Students who have taken on
Wikipedia assignments since 2010
New articles that students have
created
Instructors who say they will, or
plan to, teach with Wikipedia again

54. PM4ID

59. Why have students
answer questions when
they can write them?

60. Students
Topics
Questions
35
10
1400

64. Researchers in
developing countries
can see your work
More exposure for
your work
Practitioners can
apply your findings
Higher citation rates
Your research can
Influence policy
The public can access
your findings
Compliant with grant
rules
Taxpayers get value
for money
CC-BY Danny Kingsley & Sarah Brown

67. Engaged pedagogy does not seek simply to empower
students. Any classroom that employs a holistic model of
learning will also be a place where teachers grow, and
are empowered by the process.
bell hooks, 1994, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

69. @thatpsychprof
rajiv@kpu.ca
slideshare.net/thatpsychprofWWW