OER at UH Mānoa
Open Access Week 2014
William G. ChismarDean of Outreach College
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
October 21, 2014
How much do our students spend on textbooks?
1. Identified 50 highest enrolled courses
2. Identified required textbooks & prices
3. Did the math for the cost for 50 courses
4. Estimated the total cost of textbooks for all courses
UH Mānoa total cost of textbooks:
$25M-$30M per semester!
At UH Mānoa, textbooks in summer cost $2M-$3M!
Subject Number Title Crds Enrollment Cost of Books/Student Total Cost of Books
CHEM 162 & Lab General Chemistry II 4 174 $286.75 $49,894.50
ENG 100 Composition I 3 130 $64.50 $8,385.00
PHYS 151 & Lab College Physics 4 120 $167.25 $20,070.00
CHEM 161 & Lab General Chemistry I 4 116 $287.95 $33,402.20
CHEM 273 & Lab Organic Chemistry II 4 113 $259.25 $29,295.25
BUS 313 Econ & Fin Envir of Global Bus 3 99 $115.15 $11,399.85
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing 3 97 $155.10 $15,044.70
HWST 107 Hawaii: Center of the Pacific 3 97 $0.00 $0.00
PHYS 170 & Lab General Physics I 4 88 $109.75 $9,658.00
BIOL 275 & Lab Cell and Molecular Biology 4 83 $193.85 $16,089.55
CHEM 272 & Lab Organic Chemistry I 5 75 $151.35 $11,351.25
BUS 314 Business Finance 3 74 $265.15 $19,621.10
MATH 241 Calculus I 4 74 $131.45 $9,727.30
FAMR 340 Intimacy, Marriages & Families 3 71 $167.80 $11,913.80
FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition 3 69 $109.25 $7,538.25
ANTH 151 Emerging Humanity 3 69 $199.70 $13,779.30
MATH 140 Precalculus 3 69 $138.20 $9,535.80
Where does this money come from?
Where does it go?
Textbook costs negatively impact student success
65% of students said they did not buy a textbook because of cost
94% of students who did not buy a textbook were concerned that it would hurt their grade
48% of students said the cost of textbooks impacted how many and which classes they took each semester
Source: U.S. PIRG Education Fund & The Student PIRGS, January 2014
OER entails both financialand academic issues
1. Cost of textbooks2. Improved student success
• Every students has materials on day one
• Choice of courses not a function of cost
3. Academic innovation• Greater variety of course materials• Students participate in evaluating &
developing OER
OER is more than just free textbooks
Free +
Retain
Redistribute
Remix
Revise
Reuse
Legal Rights to:
Attribution
ShareAlike
NonCommercial
NoDerivatives
Creative CommonsLicensing
Most Free
Least Free
UH Mānoa is approaching OER in stages
Two targeted semester
s
Summer 2015 Fall 2016
Building set of faculty leaders
Identification
Providing needed
resources
Linking to college
priorities
Pedagogic innovation
Faculty reward
structure
Why are we promoting OER for Summer Session?
Now with
Free
Textbooks!
Great, so what else can OER do for Summer Session?
Academic Leadership
Caring for
StudentsAcademic Innovation
Build summer
session’s reputation
for…
Sounds good, but how ambitious should we be?
Randall Munroe
UH Mānoa’s OER effort has be broadened
Information Technology Services
Outreach CollegeUHM Library
Institutional Commitment
Faculty Leaders
OER Repository
OER & Course Development
Quality Control & Assessment
Public Relations
Institutional Commitment
• Support from IT Services
• OER librarian within Outreach College
• Cooperation of UH Press
• OER Website• ID of target
courses & faculty
• Invitations to participate
• Faculty retreats
• Engagement with OER community
Faculty Leaders
OER Repository
UH OER Architecture
UH OER Repository
OER Website
Laulima
Google DocsPrivate
Workspaces
Faculty
OthersStudents
Institutional Commitment
Faculty Leaders
OER Repository
OER & Course Development
Adopt
Similar in scope to
using a new textbook
Adapt
Similar in scope to creating online course
materials
Build
Similar in scope to
writing a new textbook with
many collaborators
SUMMER 201
4
• Hire OER librarian• Design OER repository & website• Begin faculty discussions
Fall/Spring
2014-15
• Implement OER repository & website
• ID courses for Summer 2015• Conduct faculty retreats/training
Summer
2015
• UHM Goal: 25+ OER courses offered
• Assessment process in place• Faculty projects for Fall 2016
Big challenge: the view of teaching as presenting content
Chronicle of Higher Education, May 19, 2014
The strategic value is in the teaching,
not in the content.
Institutional Commitment
Faculty Leaders
OER Repository
OER & Course Development
Quality Control & Assessment
Public Relations
GOOD NEWS
Adopting OER may not be easy, but it can have some
big payoffs!
Randall Munroe