OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES in Geology Shelley Jaye Northern

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES in Geology Shelley Jaye Northern Virginia Community College

Textbook Costs are High

Billions per year on textbooks: US Undergraduate Institutions 2013 Undergrad FTE Textbook Costs Public 2 Y 1, 039 4, 583, 271 $3, 208, 289, 700 Public 4 Y 695 5, 957, 927 $4, 170, 548, 900 Nonprofit 2 Y 167 46, 247 $32, 372, 900 Nonprofit 4 Y 1, 417 2, 679, 418 $1, 875, 592, 600 3, 318 13, 266, 863 $9, 286, 804, 100 UG FTE: IPEDS 2013 undergraduate FTE for accredited institutions of higher learning. Projected Annual Textbook Costs: $700 average annual materials costs per undergraduate FTE.

$250 M/year on textbooks: VA public/nonprofits 2013 Undergrad FTE Projected Annual Textbook Costs 26 2 Y Institutions 125, 228 $87, 659, 600 54 4 Y Institutions 237, 691 $166, 383, 700 362, 919 $254, 043, 300 UG FTE: IPEDS 2013 undergraduate FTE for accredited institutions of higher learning. Projected Annual Textbook Costs: $700 average annual materials costs per undergraduate FTE.

Textbook Pricing in Context One Month Access to… Costs… Netflix: 20 k Movies/TV Episodes $7. 99/month Spotify: 15 M Songs $9. 99/month NVCC B&N Physical Geology Text & Lab $31. 00/month

The direct connection between cost & success http: //www. openaccesstextbooks. org/pdf/2012_Exec_Sum_Student_Txtbk_Survey. pdf

The OER Vision

OER: Open Educational Resources are 5 R Open: openly-licensed to support “ 5 R Benefits” to Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, & Redistribute materials. Educational: developed for educational use. Resources: materials of all kinds that support teaching & learning, including textbooks, ancillary materials, assessments, labs, & more. http: //lumenlearning. com/about-oer/

Makes It Easy to Share: 5 Rs

Use copyright to enforce sharing

Creative commons licensing https: //creativecommons. org/

Open Educational Resources in Geology • Lumen Learning open textbook in Physical Geology: https: //courses. lumenlearning. com/geo/ – Originally derived from: https: //commons. wvc. edu/rdawes/g 101 ocl/G 101 OCLindex. html

Open Educational Resources in Geology • Another fully open Physical Geology textbook: • https: //opentextbc. ca/geology/

Open Educational Resources in Geology • Geo. Science Videos by David Mc. Connell & Jennifer Dixon (NC State) • https: //www. youtube. com/channel/UCt. Qf. Vk 8 PDy. HU 6 e 9 q_1 c. EY 0 Q • Assessment Resources and Class Outlines: • https: //geosciencevideos. wordpress. com/

Open Educational Resources in Geology • “Earth Rocks!” Physical Geology and Oceanography videos by Katryn Wiese (City College of San Francisco) – https: //www. youtube. com/channel/UCBEwi. Ho 71 8 r. NAek. Zrqjj. Dj. Q/featured • IRIS: Incorporated Research for Seismology – Good animations: https: //www. iris. edu/hq/#_ – Earthquake Browser: looking at real time earthquake data in 3 D – https: //ds. iris. edu/ieb/

Open Educational Resources in Geology • Earth Science videos by Mike Sammartano • https: //www. youtube. com/user/mikesammar tano/videos? flow=grid&sort=p&view=0 ***Topographic Map Skills***

Open Educational Resources in Geology • Lab Manual in Physical Geology by: Charles Merguerian, Hofstra University • http: //people. hofstra. edu/charles_merguerian/P ublications/Pubs. Pdf/CMJBB 2010_HUGeol 01 Man ual. pdf Note: The material on this page and subpages are protected by copyright statutes and can not be used for any commercial purpose unless you cut me in! Educators are free to use any and all of these materials for instructional purposes with proper acknowledgement [© 2010]

Using OER and Flipping Your Physical Geology Classroom • OER reading posted to Blackboard • OER geoscience videos with pre-class quizzes posted to Blackboard • Students come to class prepared to engage in… • Labs, labs… • Lab basics from Hofstra Physical Geology Lab Manual • Lab exercises developed over my years of teaching with a lot of ideas coming from submissions to the Science Education Resource Center – “Teach the Earth”: http: //serc. carleton. edu/teachearth/index. html

Using OER and Flipping Your Physical Geology Classroom • In-work and future plans:

Results • Began using OER in GOL 105 & GOL 106 in Spring 2016 • Sections consistently fill quickly • Student survey on OER and Flipping Classroom • Data and outcomes at next Science Peer Group