Open Education at

Keene State College

Affordability,Engagement,

Impact

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How Open Education Works for KSC

• Drives down the costs of higher education: OER

• Engages our students with their fields and communities: Open Pedagogy

• Increases public access to scholarly research and demonstrates the value of the university to taxpayers: Open Access

Drive Down Costs• s

Book Costs Move Off the Charts

• 56% of students pay more than $300 per semester

• 20% pay more than $500 per semester (that’s equal to 9% of tuition at KSC!)

• Students worry more about paying for books than they worry about paying for college.

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Effects of Textbook Prices

• 67% did not purchase a required textbook

• 38% earned a poor grade• 20% failed a course• 48% occasionally or

frequently take fewer courses

• 26% dropped a course• 21% withdrew from a

course2016 Survey of 22,000 students,

Florida Virtual Campus, comprised of the 12 universities and 28 colleges in the Florida state system.

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Engage Students with theirFields and Communities

Open Pedagogy:building networks

for ongoing learning

Public Engagement

• Connected & Networked (students link with scholarly and professional communities)

• Learner-Driven (students design assignments)

• Contributory (students publish work outside of class parameters)

• Open to the Public (knowledge is freely shared when appropriate)

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Increase Public Access to Research & Make a Case for

Taxpayer Support of KSC

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USNH Open Education Initiative:Keene’s Team

National First Movers

• Maricopa Millions ($7.5 million in 4 yrs)• Tidewater Community College Z-Degree• UMASS-Amherst OER Initiative• California State Legislature OER Library• Oregon House Bill 2871• Achieving the Dream

Achieving the Dream

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Degree Initiative grantees, technical assistance, community of practice, and research partners as well as initiative funders convene to lay the groundwork to boost college access and completion, particularly for underserved students, by engaging faculty in the redesign of courses and degree programs through the replacement of proprietary textbooks with open educational resources.

OR Bill (Became Law July 2015)

UNH 2015 Pilot

• $30,000 investment;• Saved up to $149,407 in textbook costs over

1,040 students with only 9 faculty involved;• Exam scores in OER sections remained the

same or, in most cases, increased;• Students and faculty overwhelmingly rated

the quality as high or higher than traditional materials.

The USNH Open Education Initiative:Scaling & Branding ATI

2015• Focus ATI on Open Education

2016 • 45 faculty design Open Ed projects• USNH ATSC presents initiative @ OpenEd16

2016-7 • Implementation of Open Ed projects & evaluation

2017 • January system-wide Open Ed event• Spring USNH Open Ed Project Showcase• Evaluation of Open Ed Initiative

Keene State College: Now Positioned as System Leader

Faculty Champion & Faculty Open Ped Learning CommunityInformed & Dedicated Academic Technology Director

Department-Level OER InitiativesEmerging Speakers’ Series with National Impact

Pilot of Domain of One’s OwnEmerging Student-Led OER Initiative

Support from ISP DirectorSupport from Library

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Think about how KSC can:

• increase access to public higher education (OER)

• engage learners with the publics beyond the classroom (Open Pedagogy)

• maximize our public impact as a scholars (Open Access)

This is the case for public education.