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Getting Started with OER Western Technical College Ellen Range [email protected] Linda VanSistine-Yost [email protected] Student Learning Librarians
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Getting Started withOER
Western Technical College
Ellen Range
Linda VanSistine-Yost
Student Learning Librarians
OBJECTIVES
Define and explainOpen Educational Resources (OER) and Affordable Educational Resources (AER)
Identifyresources and ways to get started with implementing OER and AER in online courses at Western
What?
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OER?OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others.
OER are educational materials that can be freely downloaded, edited, and shared to better serve all students.
Creative Commons adaptation of the traditionally used UNESCO OER definition: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources
Definition crafted by OER Commons: a coalition of North American open education advocates working on OER communication: [email protected]
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Affordable Educational Resources is a broader, more all-
encompassing term than OER. AER materials include using
library resources (database resources, LibGuides, and
physical materials); free content on the web; low-cost
textbook options; or other materials that reduce or
eliminate the cost of educational resources for students.
AER materials may have a more restrictive license, which
prohibits revising and remixing. Classes using materials
that total $40 or less may be designated as low-cost,
regardless of the materials’ license.
AER?AFFORDABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
The OER and low-cost (AER) designations are based on two different (but related) pieces of information: cost (yellow) and open copyright license (red). This diagram helps illustrate the relationship.
Open Educational Resources - OER Venn Diagram by Lane Community College is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Why?
Who?GETTINGSTARTEDWITH OER
WHY OER?
▸ A large 2016 survey of students showed that nearly 67% did not buy the required textbook which resulted in poor (37.6%) or failing grades (19.8%).
▸ 45% of students did not register for a course, 48% took fewer courses, 26.1% dropped the course, and 20.7 because of the cost of required textbooks.
▸ OER levels the economic playing field. Students have access to course materials from Day 1, which supports equity and inclusion.
▸ Students find OER materials easier to navigate, more relevant to real world experiences, and better related to course competencies.
▸ OER results in improved grades and retention.
▸ OER gives faculty the ability to customize course materials.
2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey from Florida Virtual Campus. See https://www.cccoer.org/learn/
Participant Experiences and Financial Impacts: Findings from Year 2 of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative
OER Shown to Improve Grades, Not Just Cut Costs. Report on 2018 research by Colvard, Watson, and Park.
For Further Reading:
OPEN DOORS for OER at WESTERN?
Financial challenges for Western students are real:
▸ 56% of Western students experienced at least one form of basic needs insecurity in the past year (according to the 2019 Real College survey)
▸ 45% of Western students indicate that it is very likely or likely that lack of finances would cause them to withdraw from class or Western.
Current strategic and institutional emphasis on:
▸ Poverty-informed practices
▸ 21st century teaching and learning practices
▸ Work-based and community-based learning experiences
For the full reports and to learn more, visit the Data Corner on the Planning and Organizational Excellence Sharepoint site andexplore Western’s Experience 2025 Strategic Plan at https://www.westerntc.edu/experience-2025-strategic-plan
“OPEN” – The 5 Rs▸ Retain - make, own, and control a copy of the resource (e.g.,
download and keep your own copy)
▸ Revise - edit, adapt, and modify your copy of the resource (e.g., translate into another language)
▸ Remix - combine your original or revised copy of the resource with other existing material to create something new (e.g., make a mashup)
▸ Reuse - use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource publicly (e.g., on a website, in a presentation, in a class)
▸ Redistribute - share copies of your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource with others (e.g., post a copy
online or give one to a friend)“5 R Activities” were created by David Wiley and published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license at http://opencontent.org/definition/.
COPYRIGHTAND
OER/AER
COPYRIGHT BASICS▸ Copyright laws grant a set of exclusive rights to creators.
▸ The purpose of copyright is to foster creativity in society, protect the best interest of creators, and preserve the integrity of creative works.
▸ Only the creator (copyright holder) has permission to duplicate, perform, communicate to the public, make adaptations and arrangements of their works.
▸ Copyright exists from the moment a work is created in some tangible medium (literary and artistic works, etc.)
▸ Copyright does not need to be registered unless the creator want the copyright to be part of the public record.
▸ Copyright protection lasts a long time, in general the life of the creator plus 70 years.
Copyright description adapted from “Copyright Basics” from Creative Commons, https://certificates.creativecommons.org/cccertedu/chapter/2-1-copyright-basics/, Used with permission thanks to a CC-BY-4.0 license.
LICENSES
Look for “free to use” indicators.
▹ Public Domain (government resources, etc.)
▹ Creative Commons (CC) licenses
“Creative Commons license spectrum” is by Shaddim; original CC license symbols by Creative Commons. Available on Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-4.0.
How?
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OER are more than TEXTBOOKS
Images, Videos, Learning Objects, Simulations, & Study Materials
WISC-ONLINE
SkillsCommons
OER Commons
Articles, Reports, & Data
Government Works, Projects, and Sites
PLOS ONE
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Textbooks, Workbooks, Manuals, etc.
Open Textbook Library
OpenStax
LibreTexts
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FINDING OER
OASISMERLOTMason OER Metafinder
OER Commons Skills CommonsOpen Textbook LibraryOpenStaxLibreTexts
WISC-ONLINEAsk your librarians for help!
LICENSES
Look for “free to use” indicators.
▹ Public Domain (government resources, etc.)
▹ Creative Commons (CC) licenses
“Creative Commons license spectrum” is by Shaddim; original CC license symbols by Creative Commons. Available on Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-4.0.
GIVING ATTRIBUTION
General Format
T - Title
A - Author
S - Source
L - License
Discipline Format
For APA, MLA, AMA Styles, follow conventions for citation and attribution.
Don’t forget: You can ask your librarians for help!
TASLFORMATFig. 961: Front view of cartilages of larynx, trachea, and bronchi, Henry Gray, Anatomy of the Human Body found on Bartleby.com, in the public domain.
T – Fig. 961: Front view of cartilages of larynx, trachea, and bronchi
A – Henry Gray
S – Anatomy of the Human Body, found on Bartleby.com
L – Public Domain
TASLExample
"Human Biology fig. 1.45 - Olfactory receptors - no labels" by Patrick J. Lynch, license: CC BY. Source: book ‘Human Biology’, https://textbookequity.org/Textbooks/HumanBiologyCK12.pdf.
APA Example
Section of the grey matter of a spinal cord stained with toluidine blue.
This field shows the cell body of a large motor neuron surrounded by the nuclei of several neuroglia cells. Among the latter the following cells can be identified: an astrocyte (As), oligodendrocytes (O) and microglia (Mi).
In the cell body of the neurone the large central nucleus (N) is overshadowed by the basophilic Nissl bodies. These Nissl bodies are more easily seen in the dendrites (arrows).
The lightly stained axon hillock at the site of emergence of the axon (Ax) is free of Nissl bodies
Stain: Toluidine blueMagnification: ×900
Image and text from Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli & Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai (2013, September 13). 4.3 Neuron. Light-Microscopic Histology Atlas. http://audilab.bme.mcgill.ca/HA/html/nrv_3_E.html. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada
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https://westerntc.libguides.com/OER
Western Library’s OER Resource Guide:
CREDIT
Portions of this presentation were modeled after the “Student Success with Affordable Resources” course developed and led by Vince Mussehl for Chippewa Valley Technical College. The course was made possible thanks to funding from Open RN grant from the Department of Education and used with permission thanks to a Creative Commons Attribution license.
The template for our slides today is the Arviragus template from SlidesCarnival. It is free to use and modify thanks to a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Western Technical College
Ellen [email protected]
Linda [email protected]
Student Learning Librarians
Ask a Librarian!We’re happy to help!
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