Opening keynote at NUTN 2015 in Savannah, GA, September 21, 2015.

1. High Impact OER Adoption:
Ambitions, Practical Considerations,
and Outcomes
David Wiley, PhD
Chief Academic Officer

2. Unless otherwise noted
this presentation is licensed CC BY 4.0

3. #nutn2015
@opencontent
slideshare.net/opencontent

5. education

6. education =

7. education = sharing

8. sharing

9. what you know

10. sharing

11. feedback

12. sharing

13. encouragement

14. sharing

15. passion

16. sharing

17. yourself

18. “internet”

19. Handwriting Printing Press Internet
Copying
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
Distributing
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy

20. unprecedented capacity

21. sharing

22. education = sharing

23. unprecedented capacity

24. education

25. except, it doesn’t

31. ©

32. Copyright
Regulates
Handwriting Printing Press Internet
Copying
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
Distributing
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy

33. Internet
Enables
Copyright
Forbids

35. Open Educational Resources

36. Which “open”?

37. open ≈ free

38. free is assumed online

39. open = free + permissions

40. Open
1. Free and unfettered access
2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

41. • Make and own a copyRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs

43. retain is fundamental

44. retain is prerequisite
to revise and remix

45. • Make and own a copyRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs

46. Open
1. Free and unfettered access
2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

47. “Faux-pen”
1. Free (possibly gated) access
2. All rights reserved (or stronger)

48. Cost to
Students
Permissions
to Faculty
and Students
Commercial
Textbooks
Expensive Restrictive
Library
Resources
Free Restrictive
Open Educational
Resources
Free 5Rs

49. Open Educational Resources
1. Free and unfettered access
2. Perpetual, irrevocable 5R permissions

50. traditionally © materials
+ internet

52. openly licensed materials
+ internet

54. Internet
Enables
Open
Permits

55. OER Adoption
Replacing whatever was previously in
the “Required Materials” section of your
syllabus with OER

56. High Impact OER Adoption
Adoption that:
1. Improves student success,
2. Improves affordability, and
3. Does it at scale

57. High Impact OER Adoption
An adoption that:
1. Improves student success,
2. Improves affordability, and
3. Does it at scale

59. A Multi-Institutional Study of the
Impact of Open Textbook Adoption
on the Learning Outcomes of Post-
secondary Students
Fischer, Hilton, Robinson, and Wiley
Accepted in the Journal of Computing in
Higher Education

60. Participants
• 4909 treatment
• 11,818 control
• 50 different undergraduate courses
• 130 teachers
• 10 institutions

61. Method
Quasi-experimental design with:
• Propensity Score Matching
• Post Test Only
• Dependent variables: Completion; C or Better;
Credits Enrolled This Term; Next Term
• Independent variable: Textbook condition
• 3 covariates: including age, gender, and race

62. Propensity Score Matching

63. Results

64. Credits Taken
Semester Treatment Control Result
Fall 13.29 11.14 t (8101) = 27.81 p < .01
Winter 10.71 9.16 F(1, 6440) = 154.08, p <.01)

65. Mad, Glad, Sad, Rad:
A Framework for Evaluating the
Academic Return on Investment in
Textbooks and Other Educational
Materials
Wiley, Hilton, Fischer, and Puente
Under Review

66. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Student Success per Dollar
0 100%
$200

67. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Commercial
Student Success per Dollar
0 100%
$200

68. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Commercial
OER
Student Success per Dollar
0 100%
$200

69. Completing with C or Better
Student Success per Dollar
0 100%
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Cost
$250
$0

70. openedgroup.org/review

71. 11 Peer Reviewed Studies
http://openedgroup.org/

72. 48,623 Students
http://openedgroup.org/

73. 93% Same or Better Outcomes
http://openedgroup.org/

74. 9 Peer Reviewed Studies of
Perceptions of OER Quality
http://openedgroup.org/

75. 4,510 Professors and Students
http://openedgroup.org/

76. 50%
Same35%
Better
15%
Worse
http://openedgroup.org/

77. impact.lumenlearning.com

78. ok. but how?

79. • Simple substitutionReplace
• Objectives as TOCRealign
• Open pedagogyRethink
Kinds of OER Adoption

80. replace

82. realign

84. rethink

85. “what does open allow me to do?”

86. Disposable Assignments
Students hate doing them
You hate grading them
Huge waste of time and energy

87. Renewable Assignments
Students see value in doing them
You see value in grading them
The world is a better place at the end

88. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsFU3sAlPx4

89. PM4ID

90. PM4ID

91. Renewable Assignments
Are enabled by the open nature of OER

92. The Remix Hypothesis
Change in Student Learning
Replace Small
Realign Moderate
Rethink Large

93. High Impact OER Adoption
Adoption that:
1. Improves student success,
2. Improves affordability, and
3. Does it at scale

95. Textbook Pricing in Context
One Month Access to… Costs…
Netflix – 10k Movies / TV Episodes $7.99 / month
Spotify – 15M Songs $9.99 / month
CourseSmart – 1 Biology Textbook $19.67 / month

96. High Impact OER Adoption
Adoption that:
1. Improves student success,
2. Improves affordability, and
3. Does it at scale

97. OER-based Degree`

98. OER-based Degree
When elective and required courses
adopt OER so a student can
graduate without ever buying a
textbook

99. The Z-Degree
REMOVING TEXTBOOK COSTS AS A
BARRIER TO STUDENT SUCCESS
THROUGH AN OER-BASED CURRICULUM
Decreased cost to
graduate by 25%
Increased
pedagogical flexibility
Improved course
completion rates

100. The Tidewater Z-Degree and the
INTRO Model for Sustaining OER
Adoption
Wiley, DeMarte, Williams, and Hilton
Accepted in EPAA

101. When a student drops, it..
Slows down their graduation
Costs the institution tuition dollars
(refunds)

102. (182 * .89 * $164.35 * 3) in-state +
(182 * .11 * $358.95 * 3) out-of-state =
$101,042 annual INTRO
INTRO Model

103. VCCS Zx23`

104. 104
Process: Creating and Evaluating Plans
Resource: Project Planning Document
Vision
Why this degree program?
How is cabinet supporting the
vision?
Communication Plan
With whom?
How?
• Project management
• Broad awareness
OER Review
Full courses
Existing resources
Difficulty to create
Enrollment Plan
Courses
Current sections
Timed transition
Faculty
Metrics
Support and Faculty
Development Plan
Faculty
Program leads
Campus support staff
Institutional leaders
Develop program leads
Choose the right degree
Engage faculty effectively
Set enrollment goals

105. 105
Process: Project Communication and Coordination
Resources: Blog posts, webinar archive, project docs
VCCS & Lumen Project Leads
Project Leads Participating Faculty and Staff
Lumen Participating Faculty
VCCS Executive Sponsors
VCCS Lumen
Project Leads Staff

106. 106
Process: Team and Faculty Development
Resources: Pathways Course, Onsite Workshops

107. 107
Process: Course Creation and Adoption
Resources: Catalog, Planning Document

108. 108
Process: OER Selection and Revise/Remix
Resources: OER Collections

109. 109
Process: Sustaining and Sharing
Resources: OER course distribution, support

110. Lumen Platform Features
• Open source
• Drag and drop chapter reordering
• Word-level editing
• Collaborative editing with version control
• Creative Commons attribution management
• LMS integration (LTI + Thin CC)
• Persistence beyond semester
• Easily share / reuse content with others
• Export digital (epub) and print ($7/$35 @500)

116. Run Lumen’s Platform Yourself!
github.com/lumenlearning

117. Lumen Training, Support,
Hosting, Updating, etc.
For a fee

118. OER Office Hours
http://lumenlearning.com/office-hours/

120. In Summary…

121. High Impact OER Adoption Can…
1. Improve student success
2. Improve affordability
3. At scale

122. Q&A!
david.wiley@lumenlearning.com