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Affordable Learning Solutions
James Glapa-GrossklagCollege of the Canyons
Gerard Hanley & Brett ChristieCSU Academic Technology Services
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Session Overview & Outcomes
• Introduction to Open Educational Resourceso What are the motivations to use OER?o What are the challenges to using OER?o How can you learn more about OER?
• Affordable Learning Solutionso Raising OER awareness at your campuso Engaging your campus in OER useo Ways your faculty can author OER
“OPEN” DOORS• Open Educational Resources (OER)
– Wide range of “size and shapes”• OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Open TextBooks • Open Access Journals• Open Source (Software Code)
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PhET Interactive SimulationsCopyright © 2004-2009 Univ of Colorado. Some rights reserved.Visit http://phet.colorado.edu
Open Educational Resources:
SimulationsAnimations
TutorialsPresentations
Drill and PracticeePortfolios
AssessmentsCollections
etc
OpenCourseWare
Open Textbooks
Open Textbooks
Open Textbooks
Why is OPEN Important?
Openness enables us to build upon other people’s work, materials, expertise with appropriate attribution.– Openness enables academic
initiatives to leverage the “Academic Way”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsimmonsonca/3285952133/
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OER DefinedDigitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2007
Also see William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education-program/open-educational-resources
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OER Attributes
• For education/teaching/learning• Access is Free (no cost) • Digital (and often online) enable free
distribution of resource• “Liberally Licensed” – free from restrictions
on use/re-use/modifications/redistribution
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Why Engage in OER?
Institutional Mission
“The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and …. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge ….”
Open Access – California Community Colleges
Reduce Student Costs
Student spends $180 on a textbook for a course and $30 on a textbook supplement• SUBTOTAL = $210
CCC Class• 3 units• Current cost per unit = $36• Cost of class itself = $108
The textbook and supplement represent 76% of the overall cost of the course!
Leverage Taxpayer FundingEnglish Composition I
• 55,000+ enrollments / year• x $100 textbook
• = $5.5+ Million every yearSource: Cable Green, The Obviousness of Open Policy (2011)
Scale Education
1/3 of the world’s population is under 15
158 million enrolled in higher education today
263 million by 2025
How to accommodate 105 million more students?
Build 4 major universities every week for the next 15 years?
Source: Sir John Daniel, President & DEO of the Commonwealth of Learning
Who Is Engaged in OER?
P2PU
Freedom/Permission to Use Content• Traditional Copyright - All Rights
Reserved• Acceptable Use Policies
– Locally defined rights of use• Creative Commons License
– http://creativecommons.org– Some Rights Reserved and Some
Rights Given
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Web Image from Creative Commons
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CC License Conditions
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/6/62/Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf
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Issues and Challenges• O’erwhelming!• Quality Assurance• Technical Requirements and Standards• Sustainability• Evidence of Impact• Policy
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Finding & Using OER w/ Technologies
• MERLOT Discovery and Federated Search• • LMS building blocks and Portal Integration
– MERLOT web services is part of Moodle 2.X– MERLOT/OER Finder is part of NOOK Study app
• Content Development Integration
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Quality Assurance• Peer Reviews• Community Annotations
– User Comments & Ratings– “Citations” – Endorsements
• Authoritative Sources
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•Open file formats•Open Source Software•Metadata Standards and Packaging
Technical Standards in OER
• Access to free content - Affordability• Integration of OER use into Institutional Initiatives- Local relevance of course redesign• Retention and promotion recognition
• MERLOT’s peer review process• Accreditation Standards – Institutional drivers for change
Policies for Guiding and Recognizing OER Use
http://www.sreb.org/view/docs/view_search/&keyword=1317
Why Accessibility Now?
• It’s the federal and state law.• The digital revolution is occurring and if
we do not make accessibility a requirement now, we will “enable” the institutionalization of another “Digital Divide” & another “Achievement Gap” for people with disabilities.
• Every Person Makes A Difference
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Sharing How-To Stories
Making Progress at Your Institution
• Works best as integrated efforto Executive Leadership, Library, Bookstore, Faculty
Senate, Academic Technology, Faculty Development
• Involves many decisions and activitieso Library integration, training, and supporto Bookstore commitment and communication
to faculty, staff, and studentso Academic technology expertise (e.g., IDs)o Faculty development programming related
to effective use and authoring of OER
ALS Implementation and Sustainabiity
ALS Website Resources
Planning Next Steps
• Your campus status?
• What has been useful today?
• What questions remain?
• What is your next task so OER possibilities reach more of your faculty and students?
• How will you proceed to accomplish this?
• What allies can you enlist?
• What obstacles will you need to overcome?
Contact Information
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean
Educational Technology, Learning Resources, & Distance Learning
College of the Canyons
Gerard Hanley, Senior Director
CSU Academic Technology Services
Brett Christie
CSU Academic Technology Services
