Open Educational
Resources
Wanda Barker
Director, SREB Education Technology and
Multi-State Cooperative Programs
Overview
What is OER?
Why OER?
Creative Commons Licenses
OER – changing education
State Examples
Locate Resources
Policy Considerations
What is OER?
Public Domain
intellectual property rights expired
forfeited or expressly waived
not applicable
Released with Creative Commons License
Sliding scale for using, reusing, adapting, sharing
Can be any type of teaching material
CC By: Cable Green
OER Commons
Do the Math – Substitute One OER Book
Appx. Number FT/PT
College Students
Multiplied by
Average savings per book
Savings
17,500,000
x 128
2,240,000,000
U.S. Department of Education, 2017
How Is OER Changing Education?
Increases Equity – access for all
Provides access to up-to-date, relevant content
Provides ability to copy and distribute to anyone
Saves money – for students and schools
Allows repurposing of Financial Aid
Provides students access to resources from day one
Empowers faculty to customize free resources
How is OER Possible?
Creative Commons Licenses
CC By: Cable
Green, OER
Commons
CC By: Cable Green
OER Commons
The OER Five Rs
Re
tain
Reuse
Rem
ix
Revis
e
Re
dis
trib
ute
Who Uses These Resources?
K-12Community
and Technical Colleges
Universities
University of Maryland University College
Click to View University of Maryland University
College: Open Educational Resources Initiative
video (link to YouTube)
Technical College System of Georgia
Georgia Virtual Technical Connection
Just getting started
First course offerings:
• 13 of the 22 colleges adopted the first OER course
• Approximate student savings of over $640,000 in
textbook costs
• Expansion to more courses underway
University System of Georgia
Affordable Learning GeorgiaStudent Savings on Textbook Costs
Since funded inception FY 2014-2015, all ALG
programs have saved a total projected $31.8 million
dollars on textbook costs, affecting 259,509 students.
For more details:
http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/about/reports
Rounds 3-5: Satisfaction
Rounds 3-5: Changes in Learning
Outcomes
Rounds 3-5: Changes in Retention
North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (K-12)
Legislation for transition from textbooks to digital resources Request for Proposals for Open Education Resource Service
• Vendor will provide curated OER materials
• Cloud service, integrate with Canvas and other LMSs
• Aligned with NC curriculum standards
• Scalable for 115 LEAs and 1.5 million students
• Include professional development services
• Use NC teachers in curation and alignment
Where Can I Find OER?
Merlot
Boundless
Saylor Academy
MIT OpenCourseWare
OpenStax
Open Textbook LibraryOER Commons
CK-12
What Subjects?
CK-12 Usage Map
What OER Policies do states need?
• Allow for OER adoption – and encourage it
• Recognize curricular innovation, contribution in
tenure review and performance evaluations
• Provide training on locating, editing, using OER
• Provide technical support
• For most federal grants, use Creative Commons
licenses for grant materials
For more information:
http://www.sreb.org/educational-technology-cooperative
Questions?
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