Santa Ana Open Math Forum

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An Introduction to Open

David LippmanMath content and MyOpenMath lead, Lumen Learning

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Agenda

• What is “open”?• Take a look at a course and at MyOpenMath• Considerations when evaluating open

materials• Overview of all the courses available• A deeper intro to MyOpenMath• Approaching adopting open materials

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Before we start…

Are you trying sell me something?

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3 types of “free”

1) YOU are the product

Ex: Facebook, Google, Twitter

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2) Free for now

Ex: FlatWorldKnowledge, Alleyoop, Ning, Wikispaces

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3) “Freemium” models

Ex: Dropbox, Prezi, MyOpenMath

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Candela Math OER Servicesfrom Lumen Learning

Free and Open • Open textbooks, video resources• Algorithmically generated online homework• Unlimited student practice• Instant feedback and scoring• Fully functional learning management system

Candela OER Services

• Faculty training• Best practices for implementation• Online and phone support for faculty• Content and learning analytics• Data-driven recommendations to improve OER• LMS integration• Service-level agreement for uptime, response time,

backups• Long-term access to course data

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Education is Sharing

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Ideas are Nonrivalrous

Physical expressions are not

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Expressions Are Different

• To give a book you must give it away

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When expressions are digital

They become nonrivalrous

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Unprecedented Capacity

to share as never before

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Except we can’t

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What the Internet Enables

Copyright Forbids

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Use copyright to enforce sharing

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OER: The 4R PermissionsSharing and creativity are inherent in OER:

•Use the content in its unaltered form

Reuse

•Adapt, adjust, modify, improve, or alter the content

Revise

•Combine the original or revised content with other OER to create something new

Remix

•Share copies of the original content, revisions or remixes with others

Redistribute

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Open ≠ Digital

Open ≠ Free

OPEN

DIGITALFREE

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“Open”

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Textbooks

Open Courses

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Open Source Software

Free as in “free beer”

Free as in “free speech”

Collaboration

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The Promise of Open

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From http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/the-college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-is-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/

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Textbook Costs

$900 / year

Online access codes

Time-bombed eBooks

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The Direct Relationship Between Textbook Costs and Student Success

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

Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus

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Food Machine

CC-BY, http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvander/

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Learning Machine

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Why Open (not cost)

Copy = no broken linksCopy = no surprise changes

Open = right to make changes

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In Education

Free of costImproved access

CustomizationQuality improvement

Collaboration

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In Education

AffordabilityFaculty Control

Peer Collaboration

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The Vision

100% of students have

free, digital access to all materials on day 1

And, continual access for review and remediation throughout their college experience

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Examples of OEROpen textbooks

WorkbooksHandouts

WorksheetsActivities

Videosetc.

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Open Courseware

Reading assignmentsSometimes videos / notesHomework assignments

Assessments

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OER to Improve Student Success

1. Eliminate textbook cost as a barrier2. Analytics-driven enhancement of course

designs and materials3. Connect to a global collaborative community

to share learning and investment

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Students Use OER and

Assessments

Improve OER + Assessment

Design

Assessment and

Behavioral Student

Data

Determine OER

Effectiveness

Predict and Intervene with

At-Risk Students

Continuous Improvement

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We considered about two dozen texts in our adoption process […] Once the finalists were selected, it became clear that the Lippman/Rasmussen text was equal or superior to the others in quality and far outpaced them in cost. The vote of our full-time faculty was, in fact, unanimous.

MAA Review by Mike Kenyon, Green River Community College, 10/15/2012

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Considerations

Role and purpose of text materials

Approach

Suitability to your outcomes

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Considerations

License Freedoms

Printability

Practical Remixability

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Open LicensesCreative Commons

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Courses

• Arithmetic• Prealgebra• Beginning and Intermediate Algebra (x2)• College Algebra / Precalculus (x2)• Trigonometry• Business Calculus• Calculus 1 (second coming soon)• Math for Liberal Arts / Quantitative Reasoning

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A brief history of MyOpenMath

Started as WAMAP 8 years ago

Didn’t want students to have to pay for codes

Open source platformAlso powers myQuantway, xyzHomework, and a number of college-specific installs

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A brief history of MyOpenMath

Faculty creating content because it is useful to them

Collaborative community

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Demo

Course page viewDiscussion forumsAssessment viewGradebookItem analysisCopy a courseRearrange contentAdd/remove questionsMass change dates

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Customizing courses

Start with the outcomes

Get detailed if they’re not already

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Customizing courses

Select your primary content based on

Outcomes alignment

Approach

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Customizing courses

Rearrange content if needed

Remove unneeded content

Identify gaps

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Customizing courses

Pull from other courses

Find text material, build homework from the libraries

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Why NOT use open educational resources?

1. Quality of materials and systems2. Time to transition3. Support4. Sustainability

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Candela Math OER Servicesfrom Lumen Learning

Free and Open • Open textbooks, video resources• Algorithmically generated online homework• Unlimited student practice• Instant feedback and scoring• Fully functional learning management system

Candela OER Services

• Faculty training• Best practices for implementation• Online and phone support for faculty• Content and learning analytics• Data-driven recommendations to improve OER• LMS integration• Service-level agreement for uptime, response time,

backups• Long-term access to course data

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Spring Pilot

• One course for one academic term• Support to create course with curated open

content and problem sets• Training in use of the MyOpenMath system• Support and uptime guarantees• Content analytics and improvement

recommendations• Pilot evaluation report

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Questions?

David [email protected]

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