MCO OER Initiative Kirtland Community College January 2019

Today’s Agenda Define OER Benefits of OER Highlight legislation – both federal and state What is happening in Michigan – the MCO OER Initiative

What is an OER?

What is an OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OER range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

The 5R Permissions of OER Make and own copies Retain Use in a wide range of ways Reuse Adapt, modify and improve Revise Combine two or more Remix Share with others Redistribute

What is an Open License?

Creative Commons Copyright licenses and tools to give creators a simple standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their work. Source – Creativecommons.org CC BY Attribution CC BY-SA Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-ND Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC-SA Attribution – NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-ND Attribution – NonCommercial-NoDerivs Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. Not more restrictive NON Commerical - Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works and remixes based on it only for non-commercial purposes. No Derivative Works (ND) -Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works and remixes based on it.

Benefits of OER Student savings/reducing barriers Empowering faculty Personalized/contextualized learning opportunities Equity for all

The Best Reason Student Success – Completion Passing with a C- or better grade Course grade Enrollment Intensity in current term Enrollment Intensity in next term Source: A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Lane Fischer , John Hilton III, T. Jared Robinson, David A. Wiley. http://tinyurl.com/q2dp6na

OER – OEC Global

OER - CCCOER

Federal Efforts TAACCCT Grants - http://www.skillscommons.org/ Open digital library for workforce training materials US Department of Education Regulation - all products from federal grants are open licensed Open, Public, Electronic & Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act – December 22, 2018 FY18 Omnibus Bill $5 million for Open Textbooks grants – granted to LibreTexts FY 19 $5 million for Open Textbooks projects Improved implementation Multiple grantees Stronger open licensing requirements Requires federal agencies to publish government data in machine-readable and open formats and use open licenses. In addition to assuring that government data is available to the public by default, the OPEN Government Data Act directs agencies to support innovative uses of government data, adopt consistent data practices across government, and develop best practices for Open Data. It also provides much-needed clarity on important foundational policy elements, such as providing clear definitions of covered data and open licenses.

State Efforts Establish an OER Grant Program Maryland – (2017) Appropriated $100,000 for faculty grants to support and promote adoption of OER. North Dakota – Appropriated $110,000 for OER training in 2015 with an estimated savings to students of $2 million. Texas – (2017) Established an OER grant program to encourage faculty to adopt/adapt OER. New York – FY18 State Budget – appropriations of $8 million to provide OER to students at SUNY and CUNY. Colleges and universities to use funding to target high-enrollment courses. California AB 798 (2015) – Creates the OER Adoption Incentive Fund for the accelerated adoption of OER. From SPARCOPEN.org State Policy Tracking

State Efforts Require OER Designation in Course Schedules Washington – HB 1375 (2017) Provide the following information to students during registration: Cost of any required text/materials Whether the course uses OER Oregon – HB 2871 (2015) Requires public community colleges and universities to prominently designate course materials exclusively consist of open or free textbooks or other low-cost/no-cost course materials. Texas – SB 810 (2017) Requires each institution of higher education to compile a course schedule that indicates whether the textbook required is an OER. (includes by section) From SPARCOPEN.org State Policy Tracking

State Efforts Creation of an OER Task Force or Council Colorado SB 258 (2017) – Established a council to review and evaluate OER adoption at each institution of higher education and identify options for and obstacles for increasing use of OER. Louisiana HCR 80 (2016) – Established the Virtual Library Study Commission to look at and make recommendations regarding the development of statewide virtual library to include OER. Connecticut HB 6117 (2015) – Established a task force to assess the use of OER and to promote the use of OER with analysis of student cost savings and best practices. From SPARCOPEN.org State Policy Tracking

Are there any state efforts in Michigan?

Michigan is one of 20 GoOpen states focused on adopting and implementing a statewide technology strategy that includes the use of openly licensed resources as a central component. They have created a statewide repository for openly licensed materials and are committed to supporting school districts and educators transitioning to the use of openly-licensed educational resources in the schools.

MCO OER Initiative Goals: Improving student success Lowering costs for students Increasing inter-institutional faculty collaboration

MCO OER Initiative Statewide Steering Committee Representation from all 28 community colleges Meets every 6 – 8 weeks Activities to support Initiative Goals

MCO Repository Hosted by OER Commons Connection to over 70,000 resources Each college has a group designation Authoring tools Faculty can set up accounts

Within a Hub, anyone can search the resources that have been curated into collections. Search also includes resources that are saved to Groups highlighted on a Hub. https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/mco

Working with the team at OER Commons, the MCO Repository has content collections curated specifically for our faculty and staff. Additionally, unique keywords can be used to further populate a Collection. Search a Hub

Search a Hub Anyone can look at another Group’s collections. Get ideas about resources that are in use by others. Find resources that are newly added to Groups of interest. Access your Group via your LMS We offer LTI access to a Group so all your curated resources are easily added to your LMS. Search a Hub Within the MCO Repository each college is organized as a Group - a community of practice on OER Commons where members can curate resources, organize them, collaborate on authoring, and hold discussions using the Discussion board.

Tutorials are available for faculty wanting to create an OER, along with guidance for group managers and anyone wanting to save and share in the repository.

Professional Development Offered webinars on the following topics: Creative Commons Open Author Training Repository Group Manager Training Hub Administrator Training Hub Curation Training Best Practices for Faculty Involvement How to Create an OER Initiative on Campus Discipline-specific Faculty Conversations

OER Usage & Savings Academic Year Number of Colleges Number of Courses Estimated Savings 2016-17 14 colleges 304 $3,103,500 2017-18 15 colleges 515 $5,292,600 Fall 2018 16 colleges 288 $3,175,200

OER Usage

OER Usage Fall 2018 OER Usage Report Bay College Mid Michigan College Delta College Mott Community College Gogebic Community College Muskegon Community College Grand Rapids Community College Northwestern Michigan College Jackson College St Clair County Community College Kellogg Community College Schoolcraft College Kirtland Community College Washtenaw Community College Lansing Community College West Shore Community College

OER Usage Biology Anatomy & Physiology US History Chemistry Sociology Physics Psychology

Faculty Grants Adopt – an existing open textbook 4 projects Adapt – remix an existing open textbook or ancillary resources 5 projects Develop – create a new ancillary resource or open textbook. 3 projects

Convenings – MI OER Summit 2017 – Kellogg Community College The Power of Open 2018 – St. Clair County Community College Interrogating Access: Privacy, Equity & Open Education

Mark Your Calendars 2019 MI OER Summit October 18, 2019 Hosted by ? Call for Venue Proposals https://goo.gl/forms/7ep0vnmeopfBsYJi2

Questions? How do I get started?

Ronda Edwards Executive Director redwards@mcca.org