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Want to Join the OER Movement at EPCC?

Dr. Julie PenleyAssociate Vice President of Instruction & Student Success / Interim Vice President for Research & Accountability

Lorely AmbrizNW Librarian/Assistant Professor

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Overview

• What is OER?

• The ATD OER Grant (Texas Consortium)

• How to find resources

• How to license content

• Questions?

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What is OER?

• Open Educational Resources:• Open public domain; often using one of the Creative Commons

notations (e.g., CC-BY)

• Educational meant to be used for teaching, learning, or research

• Resources any materials for educational purposes, including

• Learning content (e.g., textbook, readings)

• Learning applications (e.g., simulations, games)

• Learning assessments (e.g., quizzes, test banks)

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• Make and own a copyRetain

• Use in a wide range of waysReuse

• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise

• Combine two or moreRemix

• Share with othersRedistribute

The 5R Activities

"5Rs image" by David Wiley, Lumen Learning is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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open ≈ free

open = free + permissions

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OER Technology & Pedagogy vs Content

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Attributions. The Future of OER. (2016, November 08). Retrieved August 14, 2017, from https://www.futuoer.org/the-future-of-

oer/

“The real potential for OER to improve education is in its open license. In contrast to ‘all rights reserved’ copyright, OER are licensed to allow anyone, anywhere, anytime to reuse, repurpose and redistribute the content…Using the full potential of OER by intentionally leveraging the open licenses is called open educational practice (OEP, or sometimes Open Pedagogy).”

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Understanding Creative Commons Licenses

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How to Search for CC BY Content

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What is OER (cont’d)?

• Advantages of OER:

• Generally digital (online), providing nimble access and personalization

• Low-cost or free to use

• Can be updated quickly

• Developed by content experts, vetted by content expert

• Challenges of OER:

• May require modifications for adoption

• Can become dated if not updated regularly

• May not meet accessibility requirements (ADA)

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OER at EPCC

• Achieving the Dream (AtD) grant Texas Consortium

• Alamo Colleges

• Austin Community College

• El Paso Community College

• San Jacinto College

• These colleges’ faculty will be developinga total of 25 courses over 3 yearscomprised of OER materials. For each course:

• 1 school identifies a faculty to develop the materials

• Other 3 schools each identify a faculty reviewer

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OER at EPCC (cont’d)

• Communication (6): ENGL 1301, SPCH 1315

• Mathematics (3): MATH 1314

• Life & Physical Sciences (6): BIOL 1306, CHEM 1311, PHYS 1301, PHYS 1302

• Language, Philosophy, & Culture (3): PHIL 1301, PHIL 2306

• Create Arts (3): MUSI 1306

• History (6): HIST 1302, HIST 1302

• Government (6): GOVT 2305, GOVT 2306

• Social & Behavioral Science (3): ECON 2301, ECON 2302, SOCI 1301

• Component Area Option (6): EDUC 1300, ENGL 1302

• Other courses: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, ENGL 2311, MATH 1332 (CHEM 1305, MATH 1332)

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Current Status of OER Work

• 11 courses were taught in Spring2017 by EPCC faculty using OER materials :

• CHEM 1311/1111

• ENGL 1301

• GOVT 2305

• HIST 1301 and HIST 1302

• MATH 1314

• MUSI 1306

• PHYS 1301/1101 and PHYS 1302/1102

• SOCI 1301

• SPCH 1315

• 3 courses were developed in Spring/Summer2017 by EPCC faculty for OER delivery:

• ENGL 2311

• PHIL 1301

• PHIL 2306

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Fall 2017

• Faculty will use materials developed in Spring/Summer 2017 in their courses • EPCC developments: ENGL 2311, PHIL 1301, PHIL 2306

• Other schools’ developments: BIOL 1306/1106 BIOL 2401ECON 2301 ECON 2302EDUC 1300 MATH 1332

• Spring 2018:• BIOL 2402 scheduled to be developed (ACC)

• EPCC reviewer to be identified to use the materials in Fall 2018

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About OER @ EPCCwww.epcc.edu/AVPInstructionAndStudentSuccess/Pages/OpenEducationalResources.aspx

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EPCC OER LibGuidehttp://epcc.libguides.com/OER

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OER Mini Grant

Designing with OER (DOER) Fellows

• The Designing with OER (DOER) Fellows Program is modeled on the Open Education Group’s successful work with its OER Research Fellows Program.

• The DOER Fellows Program invites instructional designers to partner with subject matter experts to apply for small grants, supporting the creation of renewable assignments based on the principles of OER-Enabled Pedagogy and designed to be used with specific open educational resources.

• Applications for the DOER Fellows Program are due by midnight Friday, September 15, 2017. Apply for the DOER Fellows Program at http://bit.ly/doer-fellows.

• Grant deliverables will include three complete renewable assignments

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How You Can Get Involved

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Finding OER Materials

Lorely Ambriz, Minerva Laveaga, and Manuela Gomez

Wednesday August 16, 2017 2:00 –2:50pm

Valle Verde Campus Room A2326

Reusing, Copyrighting, and Sharing your own OER Materials

Lorely Ambriz and Dr. Melissa Esmacher

Thursday August 17, 2017 9:00 – 9:50am

Valle Verde Campus Room A2325

More OER Workshops

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Questions?

Dr. Julie PenleyAssociate Vice President of Instruction & Student Success / Interim Vice President for Research & Accountability jpenley@epcc.edu

(915) 831-6375Office: ASC, A-626

Lorely AmbrizNW Librarian/Assistant Professorlambriz@epcc.edu

(915) 831-8886Office: NW L102

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