Finding and Adopting OER with Canvas, OpenStax, & Saylor

Kate McGee, Canvas Commons, Instructure

Nicole Finkbeiner, OpenStax College, Rice University

Tanner Huggins, Saylor AcademySept 9, 2015, 10:00 am PST

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Agenda

• Introductions• OER & CCCOER Overview• Canvas Commons• OpenStax College• Saylor Academy• Q & A

WelcomePlease introduce yourself in the chat window

Kate McGeeCanvas Commons Product

MgrInstructure

Moderator: Una DalyDirector of Curriculum Design & College Outreach

Open Education Consortium

Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate Director

Institutional RelationsOpenStax College

Tanner HugginsEducation Project

ManagerSaylor Academy

• Expand access to high- quality open materials• Support faculty choice and development• Improve student success

Community College Consortiumfor OER (CCCOER)

http://oerconsortium.org

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250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces

Open Educational ResourcesTeaching, learning, & research resources

released under an intellectual property license or public domain which permits their free use & re-purposing by others.

Cost Savings

Publisher: Wiley & SonsAll Rights Reserved

Publisher : OpenStaxCollegeCreative Commons - BY

Amazon $135Bookstore $150

Digital Access - $0Hardcopy: $30-55

Canvas Commons

Kate McGeeProduct ManagerCanvas Commons

Resource Sharing with Commons

Reduce, Re-Use,

By Kate McGeeCommons Product Manager

and Re-Commons

#CanvasCommons@kate_t_mcgee

REDUCE

More time for teaching More time to for

students

Spend more time teaching...

Over 1400+ Canvas Ready Resources

Challenge #1:

Check out Commons

http://bit.ly/TryCommons

REUSE

Yourself CanvasAccountSub Accounts

Sub Accounts

Sub Accounts

Yourself CanvasAccount

Public(All Canvas)

Share Master Courses

Share Templates

Challenge #2:

Set up a training session at your Institution

Erica EllisTempe Union

RE-COMMONS

If you’ve got it

Flaunt it!

Challenge #3:

Start Sharing

commons.canvaslms.com

http://bit.ly/TryCommons

OpenStax College

Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate Director, Institutional RelationsOpenStax College

Peer-reviewed, quality OER

Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate DirectorInstitutional Relations

Foundation Support

Meeting the OER Challenge

Ease of Use • Make it EASY to find and use the materialsFree is not Enough• Establish development models to ensure qualityScope and Sequence• Develop resources to support existing curricula

Essential Learning Resources• Partner with groups that can enhance content

Our books thus far

Schools using our resources

• University of Maryland University College

• Austin Community College• California State University System• Houston Community College• Stanford University• Baylor College of Medicine• Rice University• Ivy Tech Community College System• State University of New York

1,400+ schools using OpenStax College books

Partner & Affiliate Schools

Partner & Affiliate Schools

Access on DAY ONE of Class, No Registration, Available in Many Formats

Additional Resources

• Online homework (from partners)• Online labs (from partners)• PowerPoint slides• Pronunciation guides• Solution Manuals• Test banks

Adopt/Recommend

• Adopt an OpenStax College book as the main textbook

• Recommend an OpenStax College book as an option for studying/affordability

Institutional InitiativesHow to implement OER as an institution• Faculty pilots

• Faculty support• Instructional Design/IT• Library• Incentives (not mandates)

• Institutional adoption grants

• Institutional review grants• Student organization

grants

Institutional InitiativesHow to implement OER as an institution• Expressed support from

administration• Incorporate into evaluations/tenure• OER training days/webinars

• Ask Textbook Heroes to present• Assess current structures

• Internet bandwidth, classroom spaces

• Creatively encourage faculty to look-up the cost of materials for their classes

$56 MILLION SAVED!

Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate Director,

Institutional Relationsnicolef@rice.edu

713-348-2972

Saylor Academy’s OER Course Library

Tanner HugginsEducation Project Manager

• Brief Saylor Academy background• Our course creation process• Our users – students and institutions• OER options at Saylor.org• How to find and use our resources

Agenda

Saylor.org

• Our mission• Current priorities• Course development process overview

– Who builds courses?– How?– Creating a coherent narrative– Content and course standards

Our Use Cases – Students

• Intended audience– Some or no college, credit-seeking

• Current student profile– 40% full-time employees– 24% full-time students

• Credit pathways– Saylor Direct (ACE, NCCRS)– Third-party exams (UExcel, TESC, CLEP, AP)

Our Use Cases – Educators

• Source for vetted OER– Peer-reviewed by Saylor faculty– Individual resources, – Textbook replacements– Entire courses

• Institutional partnerships– Thomas Edison, Brandman, University of Memphis

Tour of Saylor.org

• Our homepage (saylor.org)• Saylor courses (learn.saylor.org)• The Saylor Bookshelf (saylor.org/books)• Our Open Course Resource Center

(saylor.org/open)

And There’s More!

• Saylor.org “legacy” courses (legacy.saylor.org)• Saylor.org GitHub repositories

(github.com/saylordotorg)• Custom searches via Google (using

“site:saylor.org”)

Questions?

• Tanner Huggins – tanner.huggins@saylor.org(or more general questions at contact@saylor.org)

• Homepage: saylor.org• Course list: learn.saylor.org• Bookshelf: saylor.org/books• Open Course Resource Center: saylor.org/open• Our “legacy” courses: legacy.saylor.org

Oct 14 @ 10am PST, 1:00 pm EST

OER and AccessibilitySpeakers: BCcampus and others

October Webinar

Thank you for coming!

Contact Info:Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.orgNicole Finkbeiner: nicolef@rice.edu

Tanner Huggins: tanner.huggins@saylor.orgKate McGee: kmcgee@instructure.com

Questions?