This document summarizes a presentation about faculty and librarians selecting high-quality open educational resources (OER). It discusses how Lansing Community College and Northwestern Michigan College worked with their librarians and faculty to adopt OER in order to save students money on textbooks. Both colleges saw over $1 million in student savings through adopting OER. The presentation discusses the process of selecting and adopting OER, challenges faced, and future plans to continue expanding the use of OER.
CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER Together
1. Faculty & Librarians Selecting High
Quality OER
Regina Gong & Dr. Sharon Hughes, Lansing
Community College
Tina Ulrich & Elizabeth Sonnabend, Northwestern
Michigan College
Sept 27, 2017, 11:00 am PST
Welcome to
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• CCCOER Overview
• Lansing Community College
• Northwestern Michigan College
• Discussion
• Stay in the Loop
• Q & A
Image Front Page Attribution:
Pixabay.com
3. Presenters
Moderator: Regina Gong,
Librarian & OER Project Mgr
Lansing Community College
Tina Ulrich
Library Director
Northwestern Michigan
College
Dr. Sharon Hughes
Professor
Lansing Community College
Elizabeth Sonnabend
Adjunct Faculty
Northwestern Michigan
College
4. • Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
• Support faculty choice & development
• Improve student success
CCCOER Mission
5. Members in 25 U.S. States
8 Statewide Consortiums & British Columbia
6. CCCOER Members in MI
• Michigan Colleges Online (MCO)
• Bay College
• Lansing Community College
• Northwestern Michigan College
7. MCO OER Initiative
Goals:
• Improving student success
• Lowering costs for students
• Increasing inter-institutional faculty collaboration
8. MCO OER Initiative
• Statewide Steering Committee
• Representation from all 28 community colleges
• Meets every 6 – 8 weeks
• Activities to support Initiative Goals
9. What we do for MI community
colleges:
• MCO repository hosted by OER Commons –
https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/mco
• Grants for faculty
• Training and professional development
• Statewide community of practice
14. So what’s this got to do with librarians?
"I Love Your Glasses" by Musgo Dumio_Momio is licensed
under CC BY-SA 4.0
15. Why is OER part of the library’s mission?
• We are committed to access.
• We know how to share.
• We are familiar with the publishing industry.
• We understand copyright and know its pitfalls.
16. Why is OER part of the library’s mission?
• We have experience with the content of college
coursework.
• We work closely with both faculty and students.
• We know how to find things.
• We know how to make sure others can find things.
17. What librarians can do
• Help identify existing OER textbooks
• Collect and do initial vetting of supplementary materials
• Use advanced search skills and experience to find exactly
what you need
• Give options for access and curation
• Advise on issues of copyright and fair use
• Advise on use of the Creative Commons licenses
• Articulate the guiding principles of the open movement
18. What librarians cannot do
• Be completely knowledgeable in your subject area
• Make the final call on the quality of a resource
• Choose your textbook
• Choose your pedagogical approach
• Interfere with your academic freedom
31. Thank you!
By Tina Ulrich. Licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 international license.
Tina Ulrich, Library Director
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI 49686
231.995.1063
tulrich@nmc.edu
33. Why did I choose to use OER?
•I have a college student too
•Teaches students how to learn
•My field changes rapidly--textbooks are out of date almost
immediately
•Allows my online class to be fully online--it can be taken from
anywhere student can connect
34. How did I switch?
•Pilot program with librarian and EMT support
•Researched free textbooks and resources
• Library provided a lot of resources
•Used school’s access to trade publications
•Used video resources--both web, PBS, and library
•Found sites where instructors share lessons
35. Lib Guide
Offers me a way to offer resources
a textbook traditionally would
The lib guide links to award
winning ads--both print and TV.
It also provides students with
resources for researching the topic
of advertising
39. Pros of Using OER
•Forced me out of the box
•Allowed me to adapt more to different learning styles
40. Cons of Using OER
•Not a lot to be honest--most can be easily overcome
•Have to keep resources/links up to date
•Some students are more comfortable with a textbook
•Free textbooks often lack assignments and case studies
41. What would I do differently?
•Assignments are still writing heavy
•I’d write more myself
•Use more industry articles
42. Regina Gong, Librarian & OER Project
Manager
Dr. Sharon Hughes, Professor of
Psychology
OER for Psychology
43. LCC AT A GLANCE
• Located in downtown Lansing
• Founded in 1957
• 26,000 students enrolled/year
• 230+ degree & certificate
programs
• 1st in MI to offer online degrees
• Teaching faculty 90% adjuncts
44. Psychology Program at LCC
• One of largest programs on campus
• 12 different courses
• 27 faculty members
• PSYC200: Introduction to Psychology
• 35 sections ;1,028 students enrolled (fall 2017 semester)
• Prior textbook costs $200+
47. What did we do to make it happen?
•OER Librarian helped in finding materials
48. OER Reviewed by Faculty
1. Psychology (OpenStax) -
https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology
2. Introduction to Psychology -
http://www.saylor.org/books/#PtoZ
3. Introduction to Psychology (BC Campus OpenEd) -
http://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Psychology
4. NOBA Project - http://nobaproject.com/
5. Introduction to Psychology (University of Minnesota Open
Textbook Library) - http://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/
49. What did we do to make it happen?
•OER Librarian helped in finding materials
•Faculty buy-in and involvement in the process
•Rubric development
50.
51.
52. What did we do to make it happen?
•OER Librarian helped in finding materials
•Faculty buy-in and involvement in the process
•Rubric development and process
•Narrowing our choice & faculty agreement
64. “I think this is a really great option for the poor
starving student. Everybody should have
access to education and this really helps level
that playing field.”
Here’s what our students say about OER:
65. “I've always been bitter about buying a
textbook that I only need to use maybe 700
words (total) throughout the semester. This is
so much better.”
Here’s what our students say about OER:
66. “College is expensive enough as it is. Lots of
kids don't bother or can't afford purchasing
new $150 books for every class and it ends
up hurting their grade. Free textbooks are
good for everyone.”
Here’s what our students say about OER:
68. Photo by Tiago Aguiar on Unsplash
• Faculty OER award application opens October 2nd , 2017 --
$500K total
• Z-Degrees in Psychology, Certificate in Foreign Language by
2018
• Assessment & Efficacy Studies – COUP Framework ;
Disseminate research studies from Regina’s Open Education
Group Research Fellowship 2017-2018 Award
• OER Course Designation in Student Registration System
Our Road Ahead
69. Stay in the Loop
• Upcoming Conferences
– Open Ed 2017: October 11-13
– OE Global 2018: TU Delft, Netherlands
•Proposals due Oct 23
– See our website under “Get-Involved”
• Stay in touch thru Community Email
Image: pixabay.com
http://cccoer.org
70. Oct 25 Webinar
“Open in Order to Share … “
How Open Access Repositories Support
Institutional OER Adoption
Oct 23-27
71. Contact Info:
Regina Gong: gongr1@lcc.edu; @drgong
Tina Ulrich: tulrich@nmc.edu; @tjulrich
Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org; @unatdaly
Thank you!