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Washington Canvas Users Group Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative in Canvas David Lippman Ronda NeugebauerTRANSCRIPT
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Kaleidoscope Open Course InitiativeWashington Canvas Users Group ~ 27 March 2014
Ronda Neugebauer!Lumen Learning Faculty Success Lead
Kaleidoscope Founding Member
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David Lippman!Lumen Learning Math Lead
MyOpenMath Founder/Developer
Kim Thanos, M.B.A. David Wiley, Ph.D.
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Tuition is Very Political
Textbook adoptions are less political
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Textbook Costs
$1200 per year = 39% tuition 65% did not buy textbooks 31% choose not to register
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uspirg.org openaccesstextbooks.org
Targets barriers to academic success using technology solutions
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Use open educational resources (OER) to eliminate textbook cost barrier
and improve student success
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
(1) Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, videos, readings, exams
(2) Are free for anyone to access, and (3) Include free permission to engage in “5Rs”
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
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• Make and own copies Retain
• Use in a wide range of ways Reuse
• Adapt, modify, improve Revise
• Combine two or more Remix
• Share with others Redistribute
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The 5Rs
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Attribute? Commercial use? Share alike?Permission:
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OER
Course Developers ~ 30+ Courses
Discipline Teams Accounting Art Biology Business Chemistry Earth Science Economics Educ: Intro Teaching Eng Comp I & II Geography
Info Systems Marketing Math Music Online Learning Poli Sci Psychology Sociology Speech US History
Defining the Roles Faculty! Collaborative Course Developer Course Adopter
Lumen! Support Faculty Collaborations Ensure Accessibility Share with Community
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Course Development Support
Professional development • Mining and vetting OER • Identify and fill gaps in content • 5Rs: retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute Open Course Framework Design • Backwards design • Customization • Accessibility compliance
Mercy College -‐ (Wallace Algebra) Percentage passing with C or be"er
63.60% 68.90%
48.40%
60.18% 55.91%
64.50%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
Fall 2011 No OER
Fall 2012 OER
Spring 2011 No OER
Spring 2013 OER
Total No OER
Total OER
n=2,842 including pilot
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US History – LTI Textbook h"ps://lumen.instructure.com/courses/204135
Psychology – Text In Canvas h"ps://lumen.instructure.com/courses/204120
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Increasing learning by: lowering costs
enabling and supporting faculty
