OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

WHY OER?

•  OER textbooks and materials maximize student access •  The first words in district strategic goals

•  “1. Maximize student access…”

OER = COLLABORATION

•  Common vision: committed to having open source textbooks for most courses

•  Instructors pilot textbooks to assess suitability, quality and need for resources

•  We work together to find and develop support resources

HOW ARE WE USING IT?

•  Traditional textbook(s) •  Group activities •  Worksheets •  Videos •  Websites •  Self-assessments

SPECIALIZE CONTENT

• Readings •  Chapters •  Excerpts •  news articles

• Videos •  Instructor-created • Student

Contributions

INSTRUCTOR-EDITED TEXTBOOK

Boundless Text https://www.boundless.com/

$29.99 vs. $100

Add/Removed Chapters • Customize Chapters • Customize Sections • Focus materials

INSTRUCTOR-INSERTED CHAPTERS

Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/

Free

Pull from multiple disciplines

Some resources

OER AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Source: California Career Cafe. Available at http://www.cacareercafe.com/start/interests/.

Source: O-Net. Available at http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip

Source: University of Minnesota Career Services. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxmMkgPmaQ&t=6s

ACCESS

•  Example: Students in MATH 116 (Algebra) no longer worry about…. •  “Can I pay for my textbooks?” •  “Can I pass this class without buying the

book?” •  “How will I study for the first few weeks

without the book…” •  “I have a disability…”

•  Everyone has ACCESS and EQUITY is increased

HOW ARE WE CREATING OER?

•  How we provide “access” needs to be expanded •  New Technology!

•  Example: Online Biol 107 (General Biology) •  Youtube OER Lecture videos

that I have recorded •  Publically available to the

world!

“ACCESS” IN THE 21ST CENTURY

•  OER Lecture Videos have increased access for my students •  Anyone able to attend just the lab is able to get a similar

quality education as face-to-face through my lectures and course

•  Everyone benefits (ESOL, hearing impaired, etc.)

•  My OER lecture video have increased access to students across the world! •  One video has ~1000 views!

•  Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC) OER Cultural Anthropology textbook

•  3 year project

•  Editorial board

•  Each chapter has different author/s

•  Publication date est. Fall 2017

•  Creative Commons license

•  Many chapters •  Authors are teaching

anthropologists

•  Several well-known authors

•  Additional material in appendices

MULTIPLE AUTHORS –DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

Adopt an OER textbook

Use a variety of resources

Create OER yourself