Open Education:

What does the research say?

Mary BurgessExecutive Director, BCcampus

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Open Educational Resources

“higher education shall be equally accessible to all”

What are Open Educational Resources?

• Open Textbooks

• Videos

• Course materials

• Lesson plans

• Software

• Games

• Simulations

• Wikis

• Blogs

• Adaptive tests

The Hewlett Foundation defines OER as

“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 and re-purposing by

others. OER include …..used to support access to knowledge”.

The 5 R’s of Open

• Make and own a copy, even digitalRetain

• Use in a wide range of ways, your choiceReuse

• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise

• Combine two or moreRemix

Redistribute

http://lumenlearning.com/announcement-5r-open-course-design-framework/

• Share with others

Faculty have full legal rights to

customize & contextualize Open

Textbooks to fit their pedagogical

needs

Quality of resources

When you think about quality of

educational resources, there is only

one criterion that matters….

To what degree do those materials

support learning?

OER and Student Achievement

11 peer reviewed studies48k students

http://openedgroup.org/

95% Same or Better Outcomes

http://openedgroup.org/

Student persistence and success

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

54% Not purchase the required textbook

30% Earn a poor grade

27% Take fewer courses

26% Not register for a specific course

17% Drop or withdraw from a course

Jhangiani & Jhangiani (in press)

Survey of post-secondary students in BC

Face to Face Online/Hybrid

Outcome

Drop rate % Control: 2.3Treatment: 1.8

Control: 4Treatment: 1.4

Withdrawal % Control: 9.9Treatment: 8.1

Control: 13.7Treatment: 13.1

Grade > C % Control: 68Treatment: 73.7

Control: 65.5Treatment: 69.8

Throughput (combo of above) %

Control: 59.8Treatment 66.4

Control: 54.2Treatment: 59.8

Treatment group used OER

Articulation and transfer

There is not a single case of a BC student being unable to get transfer credit due to OER use.

We believe educators should be able to select

whatever resources they feel are best for the

students they are teaching.

Characteristics of OER

• Written by content experts

• Peer-reviewed

• Go through a strict editorial process

• Include ancillaries (PowerPoints, test banks, solution

manuals, etc.)

• Audio files

• Videos

• PowerPoint slides

• Solution Manuals

• Test banks

• Online homework (from partners)

• 3D Images

2000+ additional resources in BC’s collection

open.bccampus.ca