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Open Education

ResourcesFree? For Real? What Are They and What is the Library’s Role?

Indiana Library Federation - Virtual Exchange, January 31, 2018

Jan Woodall, Director of Libraries, Ivy Tech Community College

Definition

Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under a copyright license that permits anyone to freely use and repurpose them. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, journal articles, and any other tools or materials used to support learning.

Lumen Learning The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Image: Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License

The 5 R’s

Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content

Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)

Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)

Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)

Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)

Creative Commons LicenseTitle Image Description

Attribution CC BY

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the

work, even commercially, as long as they credit the creator for the

original creation. This is the most flexible and accommodating of the

available Creative Commons licenses. Recommended for maximum

dissemination and use of licensed materials.

Attribution-

NoDerivs CC BY-ND

This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial,

as long as the licensed work is passed along unchanged and in whole,

with credit to the creator.

Attribution-

NonCommercial CC BY-NC

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-

commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge

the creator and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their

derivative works on the same terms.

Attribution-

ShareAlike CC BY-SA

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the work even for

commercial purposes, as long as they credit the creator and license all

new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared

to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works

based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also

allow commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is

recommended for materials that would benefit from incorporating

content from Wikipedia and similarly licensed projects.

Attribution-

NonCommercial-

ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-

commercially, as long as they credit the creator and license their new

creations under the identical terms.

Attribution-

NonCommercial-

NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

This license is the most restrictive of the six main licenses, only

allowing others to download your works and share them with others as

long as they credit the creator, but they can’t change them in any way

or use them commercially.

License Text and Icons by Creative Commons Organization and is licensed under a Creative Commons

Attribution 4.0 License.

Our Story: Phase One

Identified Need: Increased cost of textbooks hindering students

Social Science Committee – POLS 101

Used Subscription based content – released 2013

Content pulled from subscription - redeveloped content as true OER

Released 2014 – Certified by Quality Matters, peer review process

Saved students $100,000

Our Story: Phase Two

English Curriculum Committee

Hired developer 2013 to develop course

Developer had no repository – searched for materials to satisfy

course requirements

One year later – course released

Savings - $168,000 (2016)

Our Story: Phase Three

ASAP (Associate Accelerated Program) – students

dropping out for cost of textbooks

Director obtained grant to fund creation of OERs

Enabled Lumen Learning partnership

OERs became mandatory choice for online courses

Results

Student Savings

Spring 2016: 1,567

Summer 2016: 1,161

Fall 2016: 3,243

Spring 2017: 2,952

TOTAL Enrollments: 8,923

TOTAL Textbook Savings (based on

$100/text): $892,300

Open Material Selection Fee

Students charged $10 OMSF (access

fee)

Lumen ($5) – Faculty Stipends ($5)

$44,615 collected

Ensures sustainability, expansion

What are the benefits of OERs?

Consider Students, Faculty, Administration, Bookstore, Others.

Benefits: Students

Cost Savings

Access

Relevant

Buy-in, ownership

Success

Take more classes

Finish on timeIMAGE: Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License

Benefits: Faculty

More academic freedom

Flexibility

Make changes to materials as needed

Empowerment

Localize materials – culturally sensitive emphasis

Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License.

Benefits: Administration

Marketing tool

Higher student retention

Higher completion rates

Change in drop rates

Students register for more classes

Increased institution revenueImage: Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License.

Benefits

Bookstore

On-Demand-Printing services

Partnerships with publishers/commercial repositories (Cengage, Follett)

Improves image - cooperating with lower cost initiatives

Image: Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License

What are some barriers to OERs?What solutions will overcome barriers?

Barriers Solutions

Not accepted – new teaching method

Faculty Buy-in – not trustworthy

Change – faculty set in ways

Promotion – faculty unaware

Quality – not credible

Hard to find

Time commitment – faculty busy!

Funding – not free to create

Sustainability - updates

Technology – access, skill

Training – what, who, when?

Have a plan – start small, focus on key courses

Faculty Champions – word of mouth

Recruit Students

Promotion, Promotion, Promotion

Administrative support

Middle Management

Create quality assurance of content

Provide training – make it relevant, accessible

Support faculty, courses

How are OERs sustained?

Sustainability

Funding (freely available, costs to create) - Grants, Fees

Content – updates, maintenance

Technology – student access, computer skills, new platforms

Images: Openclipart Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License

What is the Role for the Librarian?

Librarian Role

TrainingWorkshops, Webinars, Camp

ChampionDepartmental meetings, Surveys, Petitions, Displays

Copyright/Licensing ExpertsCC Certification Course

Research/RepositoriesLibGuides, Listservs, Consortiums

Resources

Creative Commons

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER)

Ivy Tech Open Education Resources

Lumen Learning website

Lumen Learning Pathway Course: Adopting Open Education Resources in the Classroom

OER Commons

Open Education Consortium

Open Textbook Library

Open Stax

Tidewater CC

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