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Finding and Adopting OER with Canvas, OpenStax, & Saylor Kate McGee, Canvas Commons, Instructure Nicole Finkbeiner, OpenStax College, Rice University Tanner Huggins, Saylor Academy Sept 9, 2015, 10:00 am PST Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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Finding and Adopting OER with Canvas, OpenStax, & Saylor
Kate McGee, Canvas Commons, Instructure
Nicole Finkbeiner, OpenStax College, Rice University
Tanner Huggins, Saylor AcademySept 9, 2015, 10:00 am PST
Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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Agenda
• Introductions• OER & CCCOER Overview• Canvas Commons• OpenStax College• Saylor Academy• Q & A
WelcomePlease introduce yourself in the chat window
Kate McGeeCanvas Commons Product
MgrInstructure
Moderator: Una DalyDirector of Curriculum Design & College Outreach
Open Education Consortium
Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate Director
Institutional RelationsOpenStax College
Tanner HugginsEducation Project
ManagerSaylor Academy
• Expand access to high- quality open materials• Support faculty choice and development• Improve student success
Community College Consortiumfor OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
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250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces
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released under an intellectual property license or public domain which permits their free use & re-purposing by others.
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Publisher : OpenStaxCollegeCreative Commons - BY
Amazon $135Bookstore $150
Digital Access - $0Hardcopy: $30-55
Canvas Commons
Kate McGeeProduct ManagerCanvas Commons
una daly
Resource Sharing with Commons
Reduce, Re-Use,
By Kate McGeeCommons Product Manager
and Re-Commons
#CanvasCommons@kate_t_mcgee
REDUCE
More time for teaching More time to for
students
Spend more time teaching...
Over 1400+ Canvas Ready Resources
Challenge #1:
Check out Commons
http://bit.ly/TryCommons
REUSE
Yourself CanvasAccountSub Accounts
Sub Accounts
Sub Accounts
Yourself CanvasAccount
Public(All Canvas)
Share Master Courses
Share Templates
Challenge #2:
Set up a training session at your Institution
Erica EllisTempe Union
RE-COMMONS
If you’ve got it
Flaunt it!
Challenge #3:
Start Sharing
commons.canvaslms.com
http://bit.ly/TryCommons
OpenStax College
Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate Director, Institutional RelationsOpenStax College
Peer-reviewed, quality OER
Nicole FinkbeinerAssociate DirectorInstitutional Relations
Foundation Support
Meeting the OER Challenge
Ease of Use • Make it EASY to find and use the materialsFree is not Enough• Establish development models to ensure qualityScope and Sequence• Develop resources to support existing curricula
Essential Learning Resources• Partner with groups that can enhance content
Our books thus far
Schools using our resources
• University of Maryland University College
• Austin Community College• California State University System• Houston Community College• Stanford University• Baylor College of Medicine• Rice University• Ivy Tech Community College System• State University of New York
1,400+ schools using OpenStax College books
Partner & Affiliate Schools
Partner & Affiliate Schools
Access on DAY ONE of Class, No Registration, Available in Many Formats
Additional Resources
• Online homework (from partners)• Online labs (from partners)• PowerPoint slides• Pronunciation guides• Solution Manuals• Test banks
Adopt/Recommend
• Adopt an OpenStax College book as the main textbook
• Recommend an OpenStax College book as an option for studying/affordability
Institutional InitiativesHow to implement OER as an institution• Faculty pilots
• Faculty support• Instructional Design/IT• Library• Incentives (not mandates)
• Institutional adoption grants
• Institutional review grants• Student organization
grants
Institutional InitiativesHow to implement OER as an institution• Expressed support from
administration• Incorporate into evaluations/tenure• OER training days/webinars
• Ask Textbook Heroes to present• Assess current structures
• Internet bandwidth, classroom spaces
• Creatively encourage faculty to look-up the cost of materials for their classes
$56 MILLION SAVED!
Saylor Academy’s OER Course Library
Tanner HugginsEducation Project Manager
una daly
• Brief Saylor Academy background• Our course creation process• Our users – students and institutions• OER options at Saylor.org• How to find and use our resources
Agenda
Saylor.org
• Our mission• Current priorities• Course development process overview
– Who builds courses?– How?– Creating a coherent narrative– Content and course standards
Our Use Cases – Students
• Intended audience– Some or no college, credit-seeking
• Current student profile– 40% full-time employees– 24% full-time students
• Credit pathways– Saylor Direct (ACE, NCCRS)– Third-party exams (UExcel, TESC, CLEP, AP)
Our Use Cases – Educators
• Source for vetted OER– Peer-reviewed by Saylor faculty– Individual resources, – Textbook replacements– Entire courses
• Institutional partnerships– Thomas Edison, Brandman, University of Memphis
Tour of Saylor.org
• Our homepage (saylor.org)• Saylor courses (learn.saylor.org)• The Saylor Bookshelf (saylor.org/books)• Our Open Course Resource Center
(saylor.org/open)
And There’s More!
• Saylor.org “legacy” courses (legacy.saylor.org)• Saylor.org GitHub repositories
(github.com/saylordotorg)• Custom searches via Google (using
“site:saylor.org”)
Questions?
• Tanner Huggins – [email protected](or more general questions at [email protected])
• Homepage: saylor.org• Course list: learn.saylor.org• Bookshelf: saylor.org/books• Open Course Resource Center: saylor.org/open• Our “legacy” courses: legacy.saylor.org
Oct 14 @ 10am PST, 1:00 pm EST
OER and AccessibilitySpeakers: BCcampus and others
October Webinar
Thank you for coming!
Contact Info:Una Daly: [email protected] Finkbeiner: [email protected]
Tanner Huggins: [email protected] McGee: [email protected]
Questions?
