Discovery and Adoption of High-Quality OER, De Anza College

Una Daly, Community College Outreach DirectorOpenCourseWare Consortium

Una Daly, Community College Outreach DirectorOpenCourseWare Consortium

Discovery and Adoption of High Quality OER

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Today’s Agenda

• Discovery & Adoption of OER– 10:30-10:50

• Finding OER in teams– 11:10-11:30

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Community College Consortium

for OER

Dr. Martha Kanter

U.S. Undersecretary of Education

• Founded at Foothill-DeAnza College District in 2007

• Joined OCW Consortium 2011• Growth to 200+ colleges in North

America

Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

200+ Community & Technical Colleges

What are Open Educational Resources?

U.S. Dept. of Education

– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others.

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cc-by donkyhotey/flickr

adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license

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Save Costs & Empower FacultyTraditional Textbook

New Hardback from$213.00

Free: online, pdf, ePubPrinted copy from $49.75

OpenStax College

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Steps to Adopt Open Educational Resources

1. Discover & Select

1. Adopt & Use

2. Advocacy & Training

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San Miguel stairs creative commons licensed by larry&flo 2007

Step 1: Discover & Select

•Review selection criteria

•How to find OER?

•Find an OER adopter community

How to Adopt an Open Textbook -- Adopt & Use Section 888

Image: capl@washjeff.edu cc-by-nc-sa

Establishing Selection Criteria• Quality of content, pedagogy• Alignment with course objectives• Reading & writing level• Cultural relevancy• Author’s credentials• Clarity of material• Ancillaries• Articulation• Format of materials

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Discover OERRepositories & Listing Sites

How to Adopt an Open Textbook

Peer reviewed, highest-enrolled open courses You can download and use for teaching. All content is stored in Google docs making it

easy to access, browse and download.

Washington State Board Community & Technical Colleges

Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed

Open Course Library

Connexions

• Collections of learning modules• Searchable by subject areas• Organizations may endorse content• ePub, PDF, web, Print on Demand• Registered users may author & publish

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OpenStax College

Ultimate Goal – High-quality books for top 20+ courses. All books licensed

Spring 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Fall 2013

Adapted from David Harrison CCCOER webinar cc-by 13

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MERLOT

• Open textbook list by category (2200+)• Some peer reviews, accessibility reviews • Open licenses vary• Registered users may create personal

collections and comment.

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College Open Textbooks

• Open textbook list by subject (750+)

• Peer reviews (150)• Accessibility reviews (100)• Licenses vary

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CK-12

• Math and science open textbooks, interactive lessons, online study help.

• Curated STEM content targeted at middle school and advanced placement.

• Standards aligned• Registered users may adapt materials

Finding OER in Teams

• Work with partner(s) and visit one or more – opencourselibrary.org– cnx.org– openstaxcollege.org– taste.merlot.org/opentextbooks– collegeopentextbooks.org– orangegrovetexts.com– ck12.org– oercommons.org

• Share your findings17

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Steps to Adopt Open Educational Resources

1. Discover & Select

1. Adopt & Use

2. Advocacy & Training

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San Miguel stairs creative commons licensed by larry&flo 2007

Step 2: Adopt and Use• Announce to the

stakeholders• How will students

access it?• How soon must title

be available?• Add other open

resources?

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FREE PUPPIES

WIREDSTEVE CC-BY-NC-SA

Student Access to Textbooks

• Classroom/Lab usage– Print, PDF, online, mobile

• Students still want print copies

• Repository access– Copy to LMS– Link to materials

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Steps to Adopt Open Educational Resources

1. Discover & Select

2. Adopt & Use

3. Advocacy & Training

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San Miguel stairs creative commons licensed by larry&flo 2007

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• Promote open practices

and policies

• Help faculty find OER

• Get student input

• Openly license your work

• Join an open education community

Step 3: Advocacy & Training

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Join the Open Community

• Become a member of the leading open education organization worldwide:

• Contact info:– unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

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