According to the Glossary of Education Reform, equity refers to the principle of fairness in education. Inequities occur when biased or unfair policies, programs, practices, or situations contribute to a lack of equality in educational performance, results, and outcomes. The development and use of open educational resources has the potential to create equitable learning experiences for all students. Open education is deeply rooted in the belief that teachers have the freedom to develop content that meets the needs of their students.
Join us for this webinar to hear the ways in which colleges can consider issues of equity when designing and delivering OER courses and degree programs. Presenters will share how open educational resources, policies, and practices can support equity and diversity through the development of culturally relevant learning experiences that emphasize inclusion and celebrate diversity.
When: Wed, Nov 15th, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Francesca Carpenter: Associate Director, OER Degree Initiative Achieving the Dream
W. Preston Davis, EdD: Director of Instructional Services and Associate Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Daphnie Sicre, PhD: Asst. Professor, Department of Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York
1. How OER Can Support Student
Equity and Diversity
Nov 15, 2017, 11:00 am PST
Welcome to
2. Agenda
• Introductions
• CCCOER Overview
• Equity and Diversity in Theater & Speech
• Equity and OER Degrees
• Achieving the Dream’s Equity Vision
• Q & A
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3. Daphnie Sicre, PhD Faculty
Speech, Communications, Theater Arts
Borough of Manhattan College
CUNY
Francesca Carpenter,
Associate Director,
OER Degree Initiative
Achieving the Dream
Moderator: Una Daly
CCCOER, DIrector
Presenters
Preston Davis, EdD
Director Instructional Services
Extended Learning Institute
Northern Virginia Community 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 US State Consortiums & British Columbia
6. Is Open Education Promoting
Inclusive and Equitable Access to
Education?
Beyond Cost …
7. Equity and Social Justice
Preston Davis, EdD
Director Instructional Services
Extended Learning Institute
8. “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions,
as truth is of systems of thought.”
John Rawls
9. Key Principles of Social Justice
● Each person has the most extensive basic liberties
compatible with the liberties of others.
● Social and economic positions are to be to
everyone's advantage and open to all.
10. Social Justice: Equity and Diversity
• Equity assumes diversity and acknowledges the
unique individuality of each person, whereas Equality
assumes sameness and uniformity.
• Equity seeks fairness among diversity.
11. Open Ed Movement: Strength in Diversity
• Open Access Materials
• Open Courses and MOOCs
• Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Open Degree Pathways
• Open Pedagogy/Practices
• Open...
18. My text books:
For Speech-The Public Speaking Project
For Theatre-Theatrical Worlds
Great Texts but still problematic when it
comes to Equity & Representation
19. • But there is still work that needs to be done
• We need more diverse authors to tell multiple stories &
perspectives
• We need to be aware of who our audiences are
• We need accessibility, awareness & acknowledgement of OER
20. Equity & The OER Degree Initiative
Francesca Carpenter,
Associate Director, OER Degree
Initiative
21. The mission of Achieving the Dream is to lead and
support a national network of community colleges
to achieve sustainable institutional transformation
through sharing knowledge, innovative solutions,
and effective practices and policies leading to
improved outcomes for all students.
22. Achieving the Dream’s Statement on Equity
Achieving the Dream believes that access to a high quality education in an inclusive environment is
the right of all individuals and imperative for the continued advancement of a strong democracy
and workforce. Achieving the Dream also believes higher education institutions have an obligation
to work toward equity for their students. Equity is grounded in the principle of fairness. In higher
education, equity refers to ensuring that each student receives what they need to be successful
through the intentional design of the college experience.
Achieving the Dream expects colleges to dismantle the barriers facing underserved students.
Colleges must routinely scrutinize structural barriers to equity and invest in equity-minded
policies, practices, and behaviors that lead to success for all students.
24. OER Degree Initiative Equity Goal
Grantess must:
• Ensure access by and support for low income
students and students of color in their OER
degree programs
25. OER Grantee Challenges
• Availability of culturally relevant OER content
• Diverse content creators
• Awareness
• OER content that has a white American male slant
• Content that is unintentionally biased.
26. OER Grantee Success
• Self-motivated faculty willing to identify and create culturally
diverse content
• Incorporation of student voice
• Exploration and adoption of culturally responsive pedagogy
• Faculty are taking advantage of the flexibility and
adaptability of OERs to meet a range of students’ needs
27. Dec 6 Webinar:
Adjunct Faculty’s Essential Role in
OER Adoption
John Iuzzuni
Associate Director,
Adjunct Faculty Initiative
Achieving the Dream
Tom Ayers,
Associate Dean Business
Broward College
Claudine Dulaney
Adjunct Faculty
Broward College
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28. Stay in the Loop
• Upcoming Conferences
– Dream 2018, February
– OE Global 2018, April
– See our website under “Get-Involved”
• Stay in touch thru Community Email
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