Understanding and Incorporating OER in the

Classroom.

By: Ann GerrityShital Chheda

AgendaOER defined and explored

Benefits and challenges

Course Examples

Strategy Session

Questions

Education is evolving• Reaching today’s tech savvy students will

draw larger numbers to institutions utilizing innovations in education.

• Easy access to resources available online• The move toward OER is prevalent in higher

education students benefit from minimal costs for course resources.

• OER allows more freedom for instructors in developing course content.

What is OER ?Who owns the material found on OER sites?Are all OER free to instructors?What about the author’s copyright protection?

How will students benefit

from OER?

Will OER be too

hard for students to use?

for

How do I design classroom materials without published textbook resources

Does the

college have to pay for

OER access?

What is my intellectual property?

What requires licensing or permission to use?

OER are: ● Format: materials in any

medium, digital or otherwise● Conditions: that either

o reside in the public domain or

o have been released under an open license,

● Nature: which permits its free use and re-purposing by others.

What is an open license?

However, when it comes to open educational resources the most typical and common open licenses used are

Creative Commons Licenses

Creative Commons licenses(CC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeTlXtEOplA#t=47

What is a public domain?• The term of copyright for the

work has expired.

• It never had copyright protection.

• The work was explicitly donated to the public domain.

• The work is a work of the U.S. Government.

Benefiting students through OER• Lower cost for resources• Access to more quality choices• Helps preparation for course and

retention of knowledge after course

• Today’s students rely on technology

• Employer’s value proficiency in current technology

• Unique courses, designed for them, and meeting their learning needs

Benefiting faculty through OER

• Course Design Freedom • Transform learning experience• Allows for peer review• Maximizes the use and increases availability of educational materials• Raises standard of educational resources by gathering more contributors• Technology applicable to student goals• Enhances a university’s reputation as well as that of the teacher or researcher• Showcases research to widest possible audience

Challenges:• Quality Assurance

• Sustainability of OER

• Lack of public understanding in OER

• Non-revocable nature of Creative Commons licenses

Course Examples

Developed AH Public Speaking Course for Fall

• Getting Started

• Hurdles

• Opportunities

• What I learned

Getting Started•Worked with American Honors Instructional Designer – Shital Chheda

•Finding a textbook on OER website

•OER videos

•OER activities

Hurdles

• No textbook related resources

• PowerPoints, test-banks, practice tests

• Some OER activities challenging

• Close captioning/copyright

Opportunities• Student retention

• Student participation

• Time management – faculty and student

• More autonomy in developing content

What I learned…• Orientation session crucial at start of course

• OER are supplemental resources

• Discussion forums like Tech Café and Ask my Professor critical

• Showing in class how students can access OER resources

• Very supportive verbally throughout course

• OER enriched overall course experience

Format of the AH course and what worked (and didn’t) with Public Speaking face to face classes

Three classes using OER– KC (May-Jul, 2016 ) – Ann Gerrity

instructor

• May mini HS Dual Credit Course – Sabine ISD (May, 2016)

• Summer I 8 am – KC main campus (Summer I, 2016)

• Summer I 10:10 am – KC main campus(Summer I, 2016)

Student Demographics●Tech savvy millennials

●Adult Learners with little to no tech experience

●Students used to various Learning Management System

Course Differences● Pace

● Accelerated classes

● Overloaded classes

● Time constraints because of public speaking

Student goals/ objectives• Dual credit

• Workforce/certification programs

• University students taking summer core classes close to home

Questions??

Strategy Session

References:Creative Commons. (2012). http://www.creativecommons.org.

Hylen, J. (2007) Giving knowledge for free: The emergence of open educational resources. Paris, France: OECD. http://www.oecd.org/dtaoecd/35/7/48654317.pdf

Olcott, Don, Jr. “Beyond open access: leveraging OER for university teaching and learning, Distance Learning 9.3 (2012): 11+ Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 May 2016. Educause (2010): 7 things that you should know about open educational resources. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELi7061.pdfBoyoung Chae, Ph.D., Instructure training course. Open education resources. Retrieved from https://training.instructure.com/courses/1276118

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