Tools and Techniques for High Impact OER Adoption

Solutions that Work: Open Educational ResourcesDr. Richard SebastianDirector, OER Degree InitiativeAchieving the Dreamrsebastian@achievingthedream.org

Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted from OER 101 presentation by David Wiley.

BAD IDEAS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL

Doggles

#

4

BAD IDEAS THAT ARE UNSUCCESSFUL

Cop Rockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLm5Sn1cMyQ

#

6

GOOD IDEAS THAT ARE UNSUCCESSFUL

WebTV

#

REALLY, REALLY BAD IDEAS

Glove compartment mini-bar

#

Standard on the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, the shot glasses were magnetized on the bottom so they wouldn't tip over from your inevitably woozy driving. 10

Lawn Darts

#

11

GOOD IDEAS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL

The Sweet Spot

Open Educational Resources(OER)

13

Open Educational Resources(OER)OER are 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. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.

14

open = free + permissions

Open1. Free and unfettered access2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

16

The 5Rs

17

open free

The ENTIRE INTERNET is free19

free is assumed online

InternetEnablesCopyrightForbids

retain is fundamental

The 5Rs

retain is a prerequisite to revise and remix

23

Open Educational Resources1. Free and unfettered access2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

24

openly licensed materials+ internet

InternetEnablesOERPermits

OER AdoptionReplacing whatever was previously in the Required Materials section of your course syllabus with OER

27

High Impact OER AdoptionImproves affordabilityImproves student successInvigorates pedagogyDoes this all at scale

28

High Impact OER AdoptionImproves affordabilityImproves student success Invigorates pedagogyDoes this all at scale

29

Copyrighted graph reproduced from http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21612200-its-economics-101-why-textbooks-cost-so-much30

HandwritingPrinting PressInternetCopying a book$1000s per copy$1s per copy$0.0001s per copyDistributing a book$1000s per copy$1s per copy$0.0001s per copy

Textbook Pricing in Context

Textbook Pricing in ContextOne Month Access toCostsNetflix 20k Movies / TV Episodes$7.99 / monthSpotify 15M Songs$9.99 / monthCourseSmart 1 Biology Textbook$19.67 / month

High Impact OER AdoptionImproves affordability, Improves student success, Invigorates pedagogy, andDoes this all at scale

33

There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success

60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost 35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost 31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost

2012 Florida Virtual Campus student survey

Recent research (conducted by the Florida Virtual Campus) quantifies the ways high textbook costs affect student persistence and success. More than 60% of students report not having purchase textbooks at some point due to the costNearly a quarter (23%) of students regularly go without textbooks due to their costDue to the high cost of textbooks:35% of students report taking fewer courses31% report not registering for a course14% have dropped a course10% have withdrawn from a courseLink to research source: http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Exec_Sum_Student_Txtbk_Survey.pdf

34

A Multi-Institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-secondary Students

Fischer, Hilton, Robinson, and Wiley

Journal of Computing in Higher Education (2015)

Participants4909 treatment11,818 control50 different undergraduate courses 130 teachers10 institutions

MethodQuasi-experimental design with:Propensity score matched groupsDependent variables: Completion; C or Better; Credits Enrolled This Term; Credits Enrolled Next TermIndependent variable: Textbook condition3 covariates: age, gender, and race

Journal of Computing in Higher Education (2015)

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12528-015-9101-x16,000+ students 38

Credits TakenSemesterOER UsersOthersResultFall13.2911.14t (8101) = 27.81 p < .01 Winter10.719.16F(1, 6440) = 154.08, p