Open Educational Resources billowsky@cccOnlineEd.org @DrBSI Introduction to Open Educational Resources Barbara Illowsky, PhD October 28, 2016 billowsky@cccOnlineEd.org @DrBSI Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

Education is a renewable resource It can enrich both those who receive it and those who give it. It can be shared multiple times without being depleted. New generations can build on it and increase its value.

CCC Tuition and Fees $46/unit Approximately $1500/year for full-time students

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5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Market Failure 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf Source: Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf

Student Impact 1/2 take fewer or different classes Survey of 2039 students at 156 campuses across 33 states 1/2 take fewer or different classes 2/3 choose to not buy textbook 9.5/10 concerned about grades Source: Fixing the Broken Textbook Market, 2014

How to Provide? • Access to textbook on first day of class Free online, low- cost print option Faculty control of content

The public should have full legal rights to customize, copy, and contextualize learning materials for which the public has paid.

www.hewlett.org Updated: OER are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

Open Educational Resources (OER) http://www.speakinglatino.com/being-free-in-spanish-the-difference-between-gratis-and-libre/

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Comparison OpenStax College: Online & download: free Hardcopy: < $30 Used at over 200 colleges; transfers to CSU & UC http://openstaxcollege.org

One course, one OER text, one college*: Estimated student savings of Savings over 9 years One course, one OER text, one college*: Estimated student savings of ≈ $3,000,000+ Elementary Statistics using Collaborative Statistics at De Anza College since 2008-09 academic year Elementary Statistics using Introductory Statistics at De Anza College since January 2014

How do I find “decent” OER? Librarians are your BEST FRIENDS! A few main repositories Colleagues – both in and out of discipline Conferences – both discipline and OER Listservs – oerconsortium.org; sparc-liboer@arl.org Reviewed content Create content to supplement

Where to Find Peer Reviewed OER? Difference between Referral Lists and Repositories of Open Textbooks. Curated content and peer reviews and ranking and ratings.

http://www.cool4ed.org/ The three State of California Higher Education Systems are working together to provide you easy access to quality FREE and OPEN eTextbooks that everyone and anyone can use for teaching and learning.

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https://www.skillscommons.org/ Repository for TAACCCT grants: Career focused

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