high impact oer adoption: ambitions, practical considerations, and outcomes

High Impact OER Adoption: Ambitions, Practical

Considerations, and Outcomes

David Wiley, PhDChief Academic Officer

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education

education =

education = sharing

sharing

what you know

sharing

feedback

sharing

encouragement

sharing

passion

sharing

yourself

“internet”

Handwriting Printing Press Internet

Copying a book

$1000s per copy

$1s per copy $0.0001s per copy

Distributing a book

$1000s per copy

$1s per copy $0.0001s per copy

unprecedented capacity

sharing

education = sharing

unprecedented capacity

education

except, it doesn’t

©

CopyrightRegulates

Handwriting Printing Press Internet

Copying a book

$1000s per copy

$1s per copy $0.0001s per copy

Distributing a book

$1000s per copy

$1s per copy $0.0001s per copy

InternetEnables

CopyrightForbids

Open Educational Resources

Which “open”?

open ≈ free

free is assumed online

open = free + permissions

Open

1. Free and unfettered access

2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

• Make and own a copyRetain• Use in a wide range of waysReuse• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise• Combine two or moreRemix• Share with othersRedistribute

The 5Rs

retain is fundamental

retain is prerequisite

to revise and remix

• Make and own a copyRetain• Use in a wide range of waysReuse• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise• Combine two or moreRemix• Share with othersRedistribute

The 5Rs

Open

1. Free and unfettered access

2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

“Faux-pen”

1. Free (possibly gated) access

2. All rights reserved (or stronger)

Cost to Students

Permissions to Faculty

and Students

Commercial Textbooks Expensive Restrictive

Library Resources Free Restrictive

Open Educational Resources Free 5Rs

Open Educational Resources

1. Free and unfettered access

2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

traditionally © materials+ internet

openly licensed materials+ internet

InternetEnables

OpenPermits

OER Adoption

Replacing whatever was previously in the “Required Materials” section of your syllabus with OER

High Impact OER Adoption

Adoption that:1. Improves student success,2. Improves affordability, and3. Does it at scale

High Impact OER Adoption

An adoption that:1. Improves student success,2. Improves affordability, and3. Does it at scale

A Multi-Institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-secondary Students

Fischer, Hilton, Robinson, and Wiley

Accepted in the Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Participants

• 4909 treatment• 11,818 control• 50 different undergraduate courses • 130 teachers• 10 institutions

Method

Quasi-experimental design with:• Propensity Score Matching• Post Test Only• Dependent variables: Completion; C or Better;

Credits Enrolled This Term; Next Term• Independent variable: Textbook condition• 3 covariates: including age, gender, and race

Propensity Score Matching

Results

Credits TakenSemester Treatment Control Result

Fall 13.29 11.14 t (8101) = 27.81 p < .01

Winter 10.71 9.16 F(1, 6440) = 154.08, p <.01)

Mad, Glad, Sad, Rad: A Framework for Evaluating the Academic Return on Investment in Textbooks and Other Educational Materials

Wiley, Hilton, Fischer, and Puente

Under Review

“Mad” “Glad”

“Sad” “Rad”

Cost

Completing with C or Better

Student Success per Dollar

0 100%

$200

“Mad” “Glad”

“Sad” “Rad”

Cost

Completing with C or Better

Commercial

Student Success per Dollar

0 100%

$200

“Mad” “Glad”

“Sad” “Rad”

Cost

Completing with C or Better

Commercial

OER

Student Success per Dollar

0 100%

$200

Completing with C or Better

Student Success per Dollar

0 100%

40 50 60 70 80 90 1000

50

100

150

200

250

Cost

$250

$0

openedgroup.org/review

11 Peer Reviewed Studies

http://openedgroup.org/

48,623 Students

http://openedgroup.org/

93% Same or Better Outcomes

http://openedgroup.org/

9 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality

http://openedgroup.org/

4,510 Professors and Students

http://openedgroup.org/

50%Same35%

Better

15%Worse

http://openedgroup.org/

impact.lumenlearning.com

ok. but how?

• Simple substitutionReplace• Objectives as TOCRealign• Open pedagogy Rethink

Kinds of OER Adoption

replace

realign

rethink

“what does open allow me to do?”

Disposable Assignments

Students hate doing themYou hate grading themHuge waste of time and energy

Renewable Assignments

Students see value in doing themYou see value in grading themThe world is a better place at the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsFU3sAlPx4

PM4ID

PM4ID

Renewable Assignments

Are enabled by the open nature of OER

The Remix Hypothesis

Change in Student Learning

Replace Small

Realign Moderate

Rethink Large

High Impact OER Adoption

Adoption that:1. Improves student success,2. Improves affordability, and3. Does it at scale

Textbook Pricing in Context

One Month Access to… Costs…Netflix – 10k Movies / TV Episodes $7.99 / monthSpotify – 15M Songs $9.99 / month

CourseSmart – 1 Biology Textbook $19.67 / month

High Impact OER Adoption

Adoption that:1. Improves student success,2. Improves affordability, and3. Does it at scale

OER-based Degree`

OER-based Degree

When elective and required courses adopt OER so a student can graduate without ever buying a textbook

The Z-DegreeREMOVING TEXTBOOK COSTS AS A BARRIER TO STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH AN OER-BASED CURRICULUM

Decreased cost to graduate by 25%

Increased pedagogical flexibility

Improved course completion rates

The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO Model for Sustaining OER Adoption

Wiley, DeMarte, Williams, and Hilton

Accepted in EPAA

When a student drops, it..

Slows down their graduation

Costs the institution tuition dollars(refunds)

(182 * .89 * $164.35 * 3) in-state + (182 * .11 * $358.95 * 3) out-of-state = $101,042 annual INTRO

INTRO Model

VCCS Zx23`

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Process: Creating and Evaluating PlansResource: Project Planning Document

Vision

Why this degree program?

How is cabinet supporting the vision?

Communication Plan

With whom?How?• Project management• Broad awareness

OER Review

Full coursesExisting resourcesDifficulty to create

Enrollment Plan

CoursesCurrent sectionsTimed transitionFaculty Metrics

Support and Faculty Development Plan

FacultyProgram leadsCampus support staffInstitutional leaders

Develop program leads

Choose the right degree

Engage faculty effectively

Set enrollment goals

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Process: Project Communication and CoordinationResources: Blog posts, webinar archive, project docs

VCCS & Lumen Project Leads

Project Leads Participating Faculty and Staff

Lumen Participating Faculty

VCCS Executive Sponsors

VCCS Lumen

Project Leads Staff

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Process: Team and Faculty DevelopmentResources: Pathways Course, Onsite Workshops

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Process: Course Creation and AdoptionResources: Catalog, Planning Document

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Process: OER Selection and Revise/RemixResources: OER Collections

109

Process: Sustaining and SharingResources: OER course distribution, support

Lumen Platform Features

• Open source• Drag and drop chapter reordering• Word-level editing• Collaborative editing with version control • Creative Commons attribution management• LMS integration (LTI + Thin CC) • Persistence beyond semester• Easily share / reuse content with others• Export digital (epub) and print ($7/$35 @500)

Run Lumen’s Platform Yourself!

github.com/lumenlearning

Lumen Training, Support, Hosting, Updating, etc.

For a fee

OER Office Hours

http://lumenlearning.com/office-hours/

In Summary…

High Impact OER Adoption Can…

1. Improve student success2. Improve affordability3. At scale

Q&A!

david.wiley@lumenlearning.com