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: [email protected] 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?
How to Adopt an Open Textbook -- Adopt & Use Section 191919
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:– [email protected]
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