The Growing Community of College OER Projects May 2015
Transcript of The Growing Community of College OER Projects May 2015
Community College OER
Projects
Paul Golisch, Paradise Valley College, AZ
Thea Alvarado & Kathryn Coleman, College of the
Canyons, CA
Todd Digby, Minnesota State College & Universities
May 13, 2015, 10:00 am PSTUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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Paul Golisch
CIO & Dean of IT
Paradise Valley College
Thea Alvarado
Faculty
College of the Canyons
Moderator: Una Daly
Director of Curriculum Design & College Outreach
Open Education Consortium
Kathryn Coleman
Faculty
College of the CanyonsTodd Digby
Systems Director of AT
MnSCU
Agenda
• CCCOER Overview
• Maricopa Millions & Oregon Update
• Sociology OER Adoption at College of the Canyons
• OER Awareness and Adoption at Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
• Q & A
• Expand access to high-
quality open materials
• Support faculty choice
and development
• Improve student success
Community College Consortium
for OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
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250+ Colleges in 21 States
& Provinces
Community College OER
Project Growth
• Open textbooks and open educational resources
• Open access mission
• Federal and state grants & legislation
• Adoption vs. creation of OER
• Focus on teaching and student learning
Maricopa Millions & More
Paul GolischAdjunct Math faculty
CIO & Dean of Information Technology
Tri-chair of Maricopa Millions Project
Course Development Progress
BIO156, CHM130, ENG091, HES100, SWU292
Pilot complete.
Peer review this
summer.
MyOpenMath in Maricopa
Mathematical Association of America
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MyOpenMath Sections in
Maricopa
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Spring 2015 184 sections
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Percent of Math Courses using
MyOpenMath in Maricopa
180, 13%
1220, 87%
Number of SectionsSpring 2015
MyOpenMath
Traditional
Current MyOpenMath Page
Potential MyOpenMath Page
classes.sis.maricopa.edu
Helping Students Find OER
Classes
What I Learned about OCCDLALongtime CCCOER Members
Efforts to Increase OER Adoption
Students Faculty
Legislators
My Sabbatical - Lumen Learning
Leadership Summit Support Research20+ Full Courses
impact.lumenlearning.com
Questions?Please use chat box
www.maricopa.edu/oer
Twitter: @MaricopaOER
Text Message I received this
week
Sociology Open Textbook
Thea Alvarado, EdDFaculty
Kathryn Coleman, MAFaculty
The Introduction to Sociology Open Source
TextbookDr. Thea S. Alvarado
Professor Katie ColemanCollege of the Canyons
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History
• Intro to Sociology text was written by Paul Hammond and Ron Cheney of Utah Valley University
• Underwent two rounds of editing and revisions by two Sociology faculty members at College of the Canyons in 2010. By 2012 two more faculty joined and made editorial contributions
• Marriage and Family text was edited and launched with the four faculty members
• Texts are updated, edited for content and relevant (local, timely) examples and pictures are added each academic year
Logistics
• Revisions are posted on department website within LMS
• Over 4,000 students have used Open Source text
• Text is provided for students on COC’s LMS (Black Board)
• Also available on collegeopentextbooks.org
OER in Sociology
• Currently three courses use OER materials en lieu of for-profit texts
1. Introduction to Sociology
2. Intimate Relationships, Marriage, and Family
3. Sociology of Aging
Sociology of Aging Course
Articles, textbook chapters, and Power Points from openstax, Merlot, Sofia, and collegeopentextbooks
Introduction to Aging
Social Theories of Aging
Social and Physical Consequences of Aging
Personality and Mental Health in Old Age
Family and Aging
Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Old Age
Living Arrangements and Social Roles
Paid and Non-Paid Roles of Productive Aging
Social Policies to Address Social Problems
Death, Dying, and Bereavement
OER Usage and Savings
• 33 Soci faculty at COC, almost half are using OER in their classes
• OER in three courses, 25 sections total
• 30-35 students in each course
• Assuming a new, for-profit text would be about $100, students have saved about $75,000 this semester
Latest research shows….
• 17% of COC faculty currently use OER materials
• 87.6% of those using OER say they are satisfied or extremely satisfied with the content
• 88.7% not currently using using OER are interested in learning more about it
Chapters for Introduction to Sociology AgingCrime and Social ControlCultureDevianceEducationFamilyPolitics and EconomyPopular Culture and MediaPopulations and UrbanizationRace and EthnicityReligionSex and GenderSocial Groups and Collective BehaviorSocial StratificationSocial TheoriesSocializationSociological BeginningsSociologists Doing ResearchThe Sociological ImaginationPlus: Glossary & Getting Through School
Advantages and Disadvantages for Students
Advantages:• It’s free!• Accessible to EVERYONE from
the first day of class• Students can save, print,
email, share files without restrictions
• There are no heavy textbooks to be carried around or forgotten
• Text can be accessed by most mobile devices, so most students have access to text all the time
Disadvantages:• Students have to print it out if
they want a paper copy
Advantages and Disadvantages for Professors
Advantages:• No orders need to go through the
bookstore
• Able to adapt the textbook to lecture, not the other way around
• Examples, photos, stats are updated to stay current
• Standardized content to begin
• Faculty become intimately familiar with content
• Chapters can be used in any order
• Student success, retention, and participation goes up
Disadvantages:• Initial time investment and
revision cycles
• Chapters can be edited by individual instructors as well, leading to a loss of standardization
• Potential loss of big publisher resources
Open Education ExcellenceEducator of 2015
Anne Marenco, PhD
Sociology Department Chair and co-author of several open textbooks. Sociology faculty members have saved COC students
millions of dollars over 5 years.
Minnesota State College OER
Todd DigbySystems Director of Academic Technology
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.
Todd Digby @todddigbySystem Director of Academic Technology
Open Textbook Initiative
Background
The Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities (MnSCU) system
• 31 institutions with 54 campuses
• 24 technical and community
colleges and seven state
universities
• 430,000 students
Background
2013 MN Legislative Performance Goal
Lower cost associated with textbooks
through the increased usage of OERs
Open textbook awareness
GRADE LEVEL, 2014 – Tracking Online Education in the United States - http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/2014Survey
Open textbook initiative
• Awareness
• Locating materials
• Quality concerns
• Faculty support
Open textbook initiative
Faculty participation by discipline
Accounting 6
Biology 20
Mathematics 19
Psychology 7
Open textbook network
open.umn.edu
Open textbook initiative
Initial results
Already Adopted 22%
Planning on Adopting 47%
Undecided 28%
Do not plan on adopting 3%
Faculty perspective“The savings is the major part for my
decision. I really like my current textbook for
Math 97 and Math 98, but the cost is
becoming too high for my students. The
textbook that I reviewed could certainly be
adapted for my needs.”“I would like to know more about
open online HW systems for
math classes, and perhaps be
involved in creating them.”
“The open textbook project is terrific. My only
concern is adopting one that doesn't have some of
the publisher online study materials.”
Next steps
• Develop a campus/departmental
workgroup that involves multiple
stakeholders across campus
• Ensure that faculty are supported
in their efforts
• Facilitate campus-based peer
review efforts
May 20 @
noon PST, 3:00 pm EST
Sharing our OER stories and questions through twitter!! Please join us.
CCCOER Advisory Tweet Up
Thank you for coming!
Contact Info:
Una Daly: [email protected]
Paul Golisch : [email protected]
Thea Alvarado: [email protected]
Kathryn Coleman: [email protected]
Todd Digby [email protected]
Questions?