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OER Adoption & Impact Strateg A facilitated discussion w/Nate Angell @LumenLearni bwtech@UMBC South Campus 21 Oct 2014 a part of the Introduction to OER Workshop sponsored by The USM Student Council USM’s Center for Academic Innovat

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Afternoon track B for team members that support faculty in academic leadership, instructional design, library, or other roles discussion facilitated by Nate Angell from the Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) workshop held on 21 Oct 2014 for the University System of Maryland at bwtech@UMBC South campus.

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OER Adoption & Impact StrategiesA facilitated discussion w/Nate Angell @LumenLearning

bwtech@UMBC South Campus21 Oct 2014

a part of the

Introduction to OER Workshopsponsored by

The USM Student CouncilUSM’s Center for Academic Innovation

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Implementing & Sustaining OER• Why• Who• What/Where• When• How

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Why OER?

• Affordability• Access• Control• Pedagogy & Learning Outcomes• Student Success

You can’t change what you don’t measure.

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OER for who(m)?

• Students• Faculty

Full-time Adjunct

• Librarians & Instructional Designers• Administrators: “The Institution”• Everyone: “Taxpayers”

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What/Where OER?

• Which departments/disciplines?• What growth model?

Coalition of the willing By course By department/school By program/degree

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OER when?

• We all live by the academic calendar• Rolling out: Take small bites• Look ahead

Obstacles Opportunities Sustainability

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OER how?

• Supporting the 5Rs of OER: Reuse, Revise, Remix, Retain, Redistribute

• Instructional design with OER• Technology requirements, including LMS

integration• To print or not to print?• Compliance: What does OER require?• OER and the Registrar: Listing, Data• OER and Cost: Materials fees, tuition

recovery, or?

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Next Steps for OER at Your Institution

• What needs to happen next on your campus to adopt and sustain OER?

• OER Community: You are not alone

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Bonus Slides

More about the implementation and sustainability of scaling OER adoption.

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Adoption Methodologies & Frameworks

• Pilot Approaches• Program Approaches• System/Community Approaches

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The Kaleidoscope Pilot

• At least 120 students Four sections, ideally 2 different

disciplines Courses selected from those with

mature solutions

• Institutional leadership participation• Training for faculty and support

through term (two 3-hour sessions)• Evaluation: success data and surveys

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The Z Degree

• An entire Associate’s degree with a $0 textbook cost and only OER

• Twenty-two courses• Z designation in the class schedule

Trained faculty Fully open licensing Continuous improvement cycle

• Student orientation prior to registration

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lumenlearning.comSource: Tidewater Community College Z degree project team

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VCCS/Kaleidoscope Model

• Collaborative faculty teams review, align, refine and augment a “course”

• Emphasis on use of high-quality existing materials

• New work licensed CC-BY• Packaged for adapting and adopting• Training and support for adapters

and adopters

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Engaging Faculty Members

• Changing Behavior• Faculty Archetypes• Course Redesign Process +• http://bit.ly/1hopUCV

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Shifting Faculty Engagement with OER

• REUSE – This is MY content• REVISE – This is a starting point for

improvement• REMIX – This is the best collection of

materials for each concept or outcome

• REDISTRIBUTION – This exists in a community of collaborators

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Faculty Approaches

BUILD ADAPT ADOPT

• Develop new materials

• Aggregate materials from high-quality OER

• Create tools and systems

• Create media• Share or publish

Similar in scope to writing a new textbook with many collaborators.

• Identify high-quality course or resource

• Create significant revision

• Remix, aggregate• Share or publish

Similar in scope to moving from traditional to fully online delivery.

• Review open course• Refine for teaching

approach• Align with syllabus• Assign and reference

Similar in scope to using a new textbook or a major new edition.

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Common Questions and Challenges

• Faculty Incentives• IP Policies +• Bookstores and Economics +• Administrative Processes• Union Negotiations +

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Faculty Incentives

• Time• Financial appreciation ($500 -

$2,000)• Recognition• Student impact data• Support

Don’t push on weight-bearing walls.

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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 cost

23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost

14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost

10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost

Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus

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There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success

100% have access to learning materials on day 1

100% own educational materials for lifelong learning

100% use all educational funding to complete

100% stay in courses for which they register

100% succeed in courses for which they register

100% persist to complete educational goals

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Economics

• No textbook required, or partner with bookstore for print fulfillment

• Lost tuition from drop/add activity• Lost bookstore revenue• Increased persistence and enrollment• Open course material fees

~90% cost reduction Predictable fee with greater success