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Getting Started with Open Educational Resources 3 -2 -18 Dr. Page Wolf College of Lake County February 20, 2021 1

College of Lake County’s Path to Using OER What exactly is (are? ) OER? Our process Our challenges Our next steps February 20, 2021 2

It started with this guy… Cable Green, Director of Global Learning Creative Commons Keynote, January 2014 February 20, 2021 3

The Power of Open: The Learning, Business & Policy Case for OER January 2014 Orientation Week Keynote Dr. Cable Green Director of Global Learning cable@creativecommons. org @cgreen February 20, 2021 4

What are Open Education Resources? OER are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re -purposing by others. Cc by Cable Green February 20, 2021 5

Creative Commons February 20, 2021 6 Image source: http: //education-copyright. org/creative-commons/

Makes it easy to share: 5 Rs February 20, 2021 7 Credit: Nicole Allen, SPARC / See www. opencontent. org for full definition.

Why use OER? At the course level: • • OER provides faculty with more choices for their courses OER allows for permission free editing and adaptation OER prevents faculty from being locked into a particular platform or system Eliminate textbook cost as a barrier to student success! CC licensed open textbooks are one solution to enable creativity, customizability, keep materials up to date, and make learning materials more affordable! February 20, 2021 8 CC BY: Open. Stax College

February 20, 2021 9 (Article): University Business: College textbook forecast: Radical change ahead http: //www. universitybusiness. com/article/college-textbook-forecast-radical-change-ahead

February 20, 2021 10 Source http: //www. gao. gov/products/GAO-13 -368

There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success 67% do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost 48% take fewer courses due to textbook cost 46% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost 38% regularly go without textbooks due to cost 26% have dropped a course due to textbook cost 20% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost Source: 2017 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus February 20, 2021 11 www. projectkaleidoscope. org

The Vision 100% of students have 100% free, digital access to all materials on day 1 Drive student success by designing, adopting, measuring and improving OER-based courses February 20, 2021 12 www. projectkaleidoscope. org

How are students supposed to learn with materials they can’t afford and are not buying? February 20, 2021 13

$342 MILLION+ SAVED! February 20, 2021 14 CC BY: Open. Stax College

February 20, 2021 15 CC BY: Open. Stax College

So…what about CLC? • • Focus on high enrollment classes? Focus on high cost textbooks? Focus on OER Degree? Focus on OER in general or just no/low cost textbook alternatives? • OVERALL GOAL—Lesson/eliminate textbook costs for students February 20, 2021 16

Faculty Approaches BUILD Similar to writing a new text • Develop or aggregate new materials • Create media • Share or publish ADAPT Similar to moving from traditional to online delivery • Identify high quality course or resource • Create significant revision • Remix/aggregate ADOPT Similar to using a new text or major new edition • Review open course or text • Refine for teaching approach • Align with syllabus February 20, 2021 17

Concerns • Confusion--Open Textbooks vs. e. Text vs. lecture notes/websites vs. Library Database articles (all of these are low/no cost alternatives) • Time--looking for sources, creating from scratch • Logistics--will students read online or prefer print copy, will courses transfer • Textbook publishers--dominant names in field, bells and whistles, common textbook policy February 20, 2021 18

CLC Top 10 High Enrollment Courses COURSE Total Seats 2010 -14 Highest book cost Textbook spending English Comp I 16, 552 $194 $802, 772 Intro to Psych 14, 801 $101 $373, 725 Fundamentals of Speech 11, 281 $151 $425, 858 English Comp II 9, 614 $219 $526, 367 Basic Algebra 9, 291 $127 $294, 989 Intro to Sociology 7, 821 $83 $162, 286 Intermediate Algebra 7, 214 $127 $229, 045 Intro to Business 5, 324 $88 $117, 128 Principles of Bio 4, 244 $135 $143, 235 Intro to Ethics 4, 159 $174 $180, 917 February 20, 2021 19

Missed Opportunities, But… Achieving the Dream Grant: Open Education Degree Initiative • Readiness Assessment (Areas of Strength, Areas to Strengthen) • Examination of our current classes and how things fit into an A. A. Degree • Continued update, resources, advice from CCCOER February 20, 2021 20

Another (second time’s a charm)… Openstax Institutional Partnership Program • Consulting on OER efforts • Development of customized strategic plan How to Implement OER as an Institution • • • Show Support Train Incentivize Try it Testimonials February 20, 2021 21

Where Are We Now? • Money for release time for course development and exploration • Business and Social Science Division $1, 000 challenge to reduce textbook costs (OER or publisher deals) Foundation Grants Departmental initiatives • Communication with Bookstore • Process for identifying OER & zero cost in requisition Bookstore Discussions • Identification of low cost classes in People. Soft when students register • SGA participation in informal student surveys and OER promotion Gold Star Classes Student Involvement • Examination of current courses in AA Pathways Degree OER Degree • Designated point person/OER Clearinghouse • Designated OER librarian TLETC as Resource/OER Taskforce February 20, 2021 22

OER Taskforce Fall 2016—Development of OER Strategic Plan CLC OER Vision Statement CLC strives to be an innovative educational institution offering exceptional learning opportunities by increasing access to learning materials through the use of OER February 20, 2021 23

Goal 1 Develop guiding principles through the development of standards and guidelines for the OER initiative at CLC Goal 2 Identify barriers to OER use and develop corresponding resources to address these barriers Goal 3 Begin with specific courses and then create specific full OER degree pathways Goal 4 Support the sustainability of OER across CLC through the creation of an OER support team February 20, 2021 24

OER Taskforce Spring 2017—Focusing on the Specifics • Development of OER Intake Form • Examination of Current Funding Model for OER Development • Identification of Where CLC Currently Stands • Development of Plan to Effectively Capture Data Spring 2018—Plan in action • Identify faculty champions • Promote, promote! February 20, 2021 25

Feedback from CLC faculty Developing OER takes time! Search time, reading through materials, development of text, updating Release time is vital for those developing materials Process of publishing to provide print option to students Bookstore Print services They want to focus on content, not logistics Need OER Point person Faculty Development, Librarian, Tech Support materials February 20, 2021 26

Get Students Involved • Open. Textbook. Alliance. org • Student PIRGs: https: //studentpirgs. org/campaigns/sp/maketextbooks-affordable • http: //nmc. libguides. com/freeandopen • https: //freethetextbooks. org/ February 20, 2021 27

Incredibly Helpful Resources February 20, 2021 30

Open Education Consortium/Community College Consortium for OER • http: //oeconsortium. org (become a member!) • https: //www. cccoer. org/ (the BEST site for resources) February 20, 2021 31

https: //research. cehd. umn. edu/otn/ February 20, 2021 32

Helpful Resources from Other Schools February 20, 2021 33

EDUCATE YOURSELF! • • Open Washington MOOC P 2 PU (Peer to Peer University) MOOC Tidewater Pathways CCCOER Webinar Archive February 20, 2021 35

Open Education Week https: //www. openeducationweek. org/ February 20, 2021 36