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

Agenda

• Introductions• CCCOER Overview• Lansing Community College• Northwestern Michigan College• Discussion• Stay in the Loop• Q & A

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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

• Expand awareness & access to high-

quality OER

• Support faculty choice & development

• Improve student success

CCCOER Mission

Members in 25 U.S. States 8 Statewide Consortiums & British Columbia

CCCOER Members in MI

• Michigan Colleges Online (MCO)• Bay College• Lansing Community College• Northwestern Michigan College

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

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

OER Usage & Savings• Fall 2016

• 14 colleges reported • 120 courses• $1,523,200 savings

• Winter/Spring 2017• 14 colleges reported• 116 courses• $1,197,800 savings

• Summer 2017• 11 colleges reported• 73 courses• $382,500 savings $3,103,500

OER for Advertising

Tina Ulrich, Library Director Elizabeth Sonnabend, Adjunct

Faculty

Northwestern Michigan College

• Traverse City, Michigan• Community college• Serves a large rural area• 3262 FTE

How

Librarians

Can HelpTina Ulrich

Library Director

Northwestern Michigan College

tulrich@nmc.edu

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

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.

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.

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

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

• Specific examples of NMC’s

librarians helping faculty adopt

OER

Abnormal Psychology

http://nmc.libguides.com/psy250mccord/welcome

World Cultures

http://nmc.libguides.com/worldcultures/readings

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Technical Writing

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http://nmc.libguides.com/oer/englishoer

United States History

Alfred Jacob Miller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Introduction to College Reading & Writing

• Spreadsheet listing topics covered

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Principles of Advertising

http://nmc.libguides.com/advertising/madmen

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MyLifeInPlastic.com | Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic

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

An

Instructor’s

PerspectiveElizabeth Sonnabend

Business/Marketing Adjunct

Northwestern Michigan College

esonnabend@nmc.edu

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

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

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

Professional Resources from Professional

Organizations

Pros of Using OER

•Online text provides basic concepts while I can pull in non-

traditional resources

Pros of Using OER

•Saves students money

Pros of Using OER

•Forced me out of the box

•Allowed me to adapt more to different learning styles

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

What would I do differently?

•Assignments are still writing heavy

•I’d write more myself

•Use more industry articles

Regina Gong, Librarian & OER Project

Manager

Dr. Sharon Hughes, Professor of

Psychology

OER for Psychology

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

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+

Photo by Autumn Mott on Unsplash

Time for change

https://flic.kr/p/dBfmng

Switching to OER

What did we do to make it happen?

•OER Librarian helped in finding materials

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/

What did we do to make it happen?

•OER Librarian helped in finding materials

•Faculty buy-in and involvement in the process

•Rubric development

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

https://openstax.org/

• Process of changing

textbooks (in general)

• Some faculty were not

that enthusiastic with

the switch

• Obtaining hard copies

for faculty

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

Evaluation and Feedback

“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:

“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:

“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:

Photo by Aidan Bartos on Unsplash

$ 1,081,700

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

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 EmailImage: pixabay.com

http://cccoer.org

Oct 25 Webinar

“Open in Order to Share … “

How Open Access Repositories Support Institutional OER Adoption

Oct 23-27

Contact Info:Regina Gong: gongr1@lcc.edu; @drgong

Tina Ulrich: tulrich@nmc.edu; @tjulrich

Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org; @unatdaly

Thank you!