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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

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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.

Questions?If you think of some later, feel free to email me at

klynch8@sunyrockland.edu