Using Open Educational Resources to Expand Access and Support Innovation

AACC 2013April 22, 2013, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Our panelistsJames Glapa-GrossklagDean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons (CA)

James SousaMathematics Faculty, Phoenix College (AZ)

Lisa StormAdministration of Justice Faculty, Hartnell College (CA)

Wm. Preston DavisDirector of Instructional Services, Northern Virginia Community College (VA)

OpenCourseWare Mission“Advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of

free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.”

Over 250 institutions in 46 Countries

Growth 2003-2013

Community College Consortium for OER

Dr. Martha Kanter

U.S. Undersecretary of Education

• Founded at Foothill-DeAnza College District in 2007

• Joined OCW Consortium 2011

• Growth to 200+ colleges in North America

Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

200+ Community & Technical College

Many Flavors of Open

• Open Educational Resources aka OER• OpenCourseWare aka OCW• Open Textbooks • Open Access Journals• Open Source (Code)

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What are Open Educational Resources?

U.S. Dept. of Education

– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others.

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What is an Open License?

• Free: Free to access online, free to print

• Open: Shared, usable and re-usable: licensing that is less restrictive than standard copyright

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Creative Commons licensing

• Works with existing copyright law

• Promotes sharing

• Internationally recognized

• Author/creator can specify re-uses

Why Practice Openness?

Institutional Mission

“The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and …. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge ….”

The Community College Mission

Leverage taxpayer funding

English Composition I

• 55,000+ enrollments / year• x $100 textbook

• = $5.5+ Million every year

Source: Cable Green, The Obviousness of Open Policy (2011)

OER MATH IN MARICOPA: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO SAVE STUDENTS MONEY

AND INCREASE ACCESS

Dr. Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale Community CollegePaul Golisch, Paradise Valley Community CollegeJames Sousa, Phoenix College

Math OER Materials

Complete Courses

Videos eBooks

Online Assessment/L

MS(MathAS)

Supplementary

Materials/Activities

Module Section

Module Section Homework

Benefits of OER Materials

OER math courses in MCCCD

Scottsdale Community College Six courses Arithmetic thru Pre-Calculus Over 42 faculty (inc. adjuncts)

Phoenix College Five courses Arithmetic thru Trigonometry 6-8 faculty so far

Paradise Valley Community College Four courses Arithmetic thru College Algebra 5-7 faculty so far

MCCCD District-wide Developmental Education Modular Redesign Project

PC Student Survey – MAT09X Fall’12

SCC Student Survey

910 students surveyed during Fall 2012 semester

78.1% feel the open materials support adequately the work that they do outside of class

SCC Student Survey

910 students surveyed during Fall 2012 semester

76.2% would recommend the open materials to their classmates

OER @College of the Canyons

• Playlists• Open Textbooks• Local repository

OER Playlists

We gratefully acknowledge the support of a U.S. Department of Education FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education) Special Focus grant

What is a Playlist?

Introductory text, learning outcomes, unit objectives, etc.

Website with text/articles

MediaTransition text

Another website article/text

Transition text

Open Textbooks

• Water Technology

• Sociology• Statistics

= $250,000 student savings per year

Local Repository

• Equella• 0 520 objects in 3 years• Pros• Cons

Lessons Learned

• Times change• Technology changes• People change

Improving access to education and educational resources

Lisa StormAdministration of Justice Faculty

Community Colleges have strength in numbers

• We can promote open and affordable education and educational resources

• This will provide competition to the publishers who are currently in crisis

• Publishers will need to reduce prices and increase the quality of textbooks to compete

• One way to promote is to create informational web pages linking to the campus homepage

• New: CA legislation on open educational resources, MOOCs

Hartnell College

• Currently uses open or affordable educational resources for the following courses:

• Statistics• Analytic Geometry and Calculus• Pre-Algebra• Introduction to Sociology• Criminal Law• Legal Environment of Business• Introduction to Computer Science

Benefits of promoting open and affordable education

• For my courses in Criminal Law and Legal Environment of Business, students have saved approximately $157,000.00!

• When students can afford to purchase educational resources, student success and retention rates will increase

• The effort to enhance student access and success can be reported during the accreditation process

Flat World Knowledge publishing

• Over 100 textbooks available in a variety of core subjects

• Focuses on e-textbooks and supplements• All textbooks peer-reviewed and professionally

edited and illustrated• All textbooks can be easily modified (including

adding in material) by the instructor at any time• Prices begin at $19.95• Flatworldknowledge.com

MOOCs and education

• California Governor Jerry Brown promotes research on MOOCs and so does the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

• My MOOC in U.S. Criminal Law• American Council on Education (ACE)

recommends credit for five MOOCs

OER-Based General Education Certificate Program at NOVA

Wm. Preston Davis, Ed.D. Director of Instructional Services Northern Virginia Community College

NOVA’s OER-Based General Education Certificate Project

The Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Extended Learning Institute (ELI) was awarded a CIF Grant from the VCCS to create and offer a series of online general education course options utilizing free, high-quality Open Educational Resources instead of traditional textbooks and other costly course materials.

Goals of This ProjectOffer Twelve (12) textbook-free courses Fall 2013;Create greater awareness of OER at NOVA; Help faculty to identify existing OER and/or

create new OER content to improve teaching and learning;

Make education more accessible and affordable for all learners at NOVA and throughout the VCCS by doing away with the requirement for students to purchase and rely on expensive textbooks for these courses.

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Courses SelectedWe selected high-impact courses for a broad population

English – ENG 111, 112,125Math – MTH 151Science – PHY 201, 202History – HIS 121, 122Humanities/Fine Arts – ART 101, 102Social/Behavioral Sciences – HIS 262Student Development – SDV 100

These courses can be completed as an entire certificate program or individually

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Faculty CommitmentThe faculty participating in the OER project were carefully selected based on:

A history of providing high quality and innovative instruction;

A clear understanding and application of sound online teaching pedagogy;

And demonstrated knowledge of and prior use of some open course content.

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Project Resources

Faculty are provided stipends to redesign the courses using OER instead of traditional textbooks.

ELI resources (Librarian, Instructional Designers) are provided to assist in course design and development.

All course material developed for this project will be shared throughout the VCCS and licensed Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons license.

Costs of Course Textbooks ENG 111 – $140/105 ENG 112 – $93/70 ENG 125 – $89/67 MTH 151 – $263/226 PHY 101 – $269/201 PHY 102 - $244/183 HIS 121 - $109/82 HIS 122 – $109/82 ART 101 – $226/169 ART 102 – $226/169 HIS 262 – N/A (new course) SDV 100 – $77/58

TOTAL: $1,845 (all new) / $1,412 (used if available)(average cost for textbooks = $185 new)

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Significant Cost SavingsA student completing the entire OER-

Based Gen Ed Certificate will save $1845 over the cost of the traditional textbook-based course.

Offering one 30 student section of each course (12 courses) in Fall 2013 would save NOVA students a total of $55,350 that semester.

Offering five sections of each of each course (150 students per course) would save NOVA students a total of $276,750!

Anticipated OutcomesThis project will be promoted to students

at NOVA as both a Certificate Program and individual course options.

These courses will be more affordable and accessible to community college students.

Student demand for these courses will drive future course development.

Total savings per student $1,845.First semester impact $55,350.

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How to Get Involved?

Join the CCCOER advisory listParticipate in our community of interestAttend our free monthly webinarsVisit our website to find resources Invite us to conduct faculty trainingBecome a member of the OCWC

oerconsortium.org james.glapa-grossklag@canyons.edu

unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org