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WHY OPEN MATTERS
Dr. Katie Lynch, SUNY Rockland Community CollegePresented to the CSCU Community
March 1, 2019
INTRODUCTIONSBA Dartmouth College
MA & PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor of English and Chair of Honors at SUNY Rockland Community College
Began working with OERs in 2016
Trained “OER Faculty Champion” (SUNY OER Services)
Who is joining us today? Librarians? Faculty? Staff? Administrators? Students?
MY THESISOpen educational resources are a perfect fit with CSCU’s mission.
OERs allow instructors more flexibility in their teaching methods, which in turn leads to innovative and transformative pedagogy that, through low/no-cost course text solutions, fosters student success and supports a curriculum through which students come to realize their full potential.
CSCU'S MISSIONThe Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) contribute to the creation of knowledge and the economic growth of the state of Connecticut by providing affordable, innovative, and rigorous programs. Our learning environments transform students and facilitate an ever increasing number of individuals to achieve their personal and career goals.
AGENDAWhat are OERs?
Why might you wish to use them?
● Cost
● Access
● Pedagogy
What professional development opportunities
exist to support OER work?
OER: A DEFINITION
“Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have
been released under an intellectual property license that permits repurposing
by others.” – Hewlett Foundation
SUNY OER COURSES
The majority of materials in this section resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual property
license that permits repurposing by others.
MAJORITY = 51%
THE 5 R’S OF OER
LENS #1: Cost
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that textbook prices have
increased by 88% in the past decade, compared to a 63%
increase in college tuition and fees.
Year Price of eggs
1980 $0.90
2013 $1.73
$2.25$2.93
$5.18
$7.31
= $0.90
Rent cost: $23.99
Access code: + $32.17
Per student cost: = $56.16
Students in class: x 20
= $1123.20
Section cost = $1123.20
Sections across campus: x 10
Campus investment per
semester : = $11,232
Per campus cost: $11,232
Campuses in CSCU: x 17
CSCU investment per semester :
= $190,944
SUNY’S OER SAVINGS• “In the current academic year [2017-2018], OER has replaced textbooks in
more than 4,000 course sections with enrollments totaling nearly 100,000students, saving more than a combined total of $12.3 million.”
• "The use of OER throughout SUNY holds the promise of significant financial savings for our students while also empowering our faculty to provide a more individualized student experience with customizable content…Thank you to the librarians and staff throughout SUNY and CUNY who have made this important project a reality.” – SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson
Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-8-million-open-educational-resources-initiative-suny-and-cuny-cut-high
LENS #2: Access
Textbook cost impacts student successSource: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus
60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost
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PERCENTAGE OF BUFFALO STATE STUDENTS (2015) WHO:
21
Textbook cost impacts student successSource: student survey by Florida Virtual Campus (2012) & Buffalo State (2015)
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"We have students showing up hungry. Of course there are problems affording textbooks."
- Ryan Hersha, English Faculty, Corning Community College
LENS #3: Pedagogy
From MIT Open
Courseware, Physical
Chemistry Syllabus
From MIT OpenCoursewareIntroduction to Biology Syllabus
"If you build your course around a textbook, switching is hard, but if you build your course and fit in the text as a resource, it’s not that hard."
- C. Edward Watson,Assoc. Vice President for Quality, Advocacy, and LEAP Initiatives
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Intermediate Algebra• Retention rate prior to OER: 63%• Retention rate after OER: 78%• Saved students $206K-277K
Intro to Psychology • Passing with C or better prior to
OER: 50%• Passing with C or better after
OER: 71%
OERS ARE NOT A PANACEA, BUT THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND WE CAN PROVE IT.Achieving the Dream reported on October 10, 2018 that “a new study examining implementation of one of the nation’s largest efforts to expand the use of Open Education Resources (OER) in colleges found significant benefits to instruction and student learning experiences as well as student savings a result of OER.”
“[T]he study revealed that low-income students are using these resources to cover college tuition, personal expenses like rent and child care, learning materials, and courses that can help them stay in school.”https://www.achievingthedream.org/press_release/17506/new-study-reveals-that-oer-courses-and-degrees-benefit-student-
retention-and-completion-improve-faculty-engagement-and-result-in-cost-savings-for-students
SUNY OER Community Course Experience
http://commons.suny.edu/sunyoercommunitycourse/
STAY TUNED… OUR NEXT SESSION WILL ADDRESS THE CONCEPT OF
“OPEN PEDAGOGY,” IN WHICH STUDENTS BECOME CO-CREATORS, CO-EDITORS, AND CO-CURATORS OF OPEN
CONTENT.
