Regina Gong, Librarian & OER Project ManagerLansing Community College

gongr1@lcc.edu; @drgonghttp://libguides.lcc.edu/oer

ALA Annual Conference 2017

ACRL Science and Technology Section

June 26, 2017

Effective OER Strategies: A

Community College Perspective

LCC AT A GLANCE

• Located in downtown Lansing

• Founded in 1957

• 26,000 students enrolled/year

• 230+ degree & certificate

programs

• 1st in MI to offer online degrees

• Teaching faculty 90% adjunct

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OER Project Goals

Textbook affordability

Allow faculty to reinvigorate the way they teach

• Started by a librarian + some faculty champions

• Administration support was strong

• Academic Senate resolution on OER passed in March

2015

• Embarked on extensive OER awareness campaign

• Started offering OER courses in fall 2015 semester

OER Initiative at LCC

OER Adoptions at LCC

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Courses and Sections Using OER

Courses Using OER Sections Using OER

OER Adoptions at LCC

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Faculty Using OER

Students Impacted by OER

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Students Enrolled

Textbook Costs Savings

$31,700

$54,000

$12,900

$282,500

$255,800

$74,600

$350,800

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Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Summer 2017 Fall 2017

Total Textbook Savings ($100/student)

$1,062,300 total savings

But we didn’t stop with the

swap.

Dr. Mark Kelland, Professor of Psychology• PSYC 202: Psychology of Personality

• PSYC 180: Positive Psychology

LCC Faculty Created OER

Dr. Matthew Van Cleave, Philosophy faculty

• PHIL 151: Intro to Logic and Critical Thinking

LCC Faculty Created OER Coming Soon

Spanish 121 and 122 – Elementary Spanish I and II

Open textbooks for the Fashion Program

Remix of American Yawp and OpenStax History

Lab Manuals for Human Anatomy and Chemistry

Interactive games, homework, and assignments for OpenStax Biology

OER OEPOpen educational practices/

OER-enabled pedagogy

- set of teaching and learning practices

only possible or practical when you

have permission to engage in the 5R

activities.

Strategies that work

Meet faculty individually and as a group

• Target program faculty chairs and program

coordinators

• Ask to be included in the agenda during

department meetings

• Don’t forget to bring sign up sheets!

HIST 211 - U.S. History to 1877

HIST 212 - U.S. History: 1877 to Present

ENG 121 – Composition I

Continued, ongoing professional development

• Faculty workshops through the Center for Teaching Excellence

• Open Sesame: Using Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching and Learning

• OER-Palooza: Let’s Find OER for your Course • So You’ve Chosen an OER, Now what? • Sharing and Collaborating with LCC’s Z-degree Initiative

• OER Summit at LCC

Encourage and turn OER believers into OER champions

“I see this as an issue of access to education and even an issue of justice. If education is necessary for securing certain basic human rights (as philosophers like Martha Nussbaum have argued), then lack of access to education is itself an issue of justice. Providing high quality, low-cost textbooks is one, small part of making higher education more affordable and thus more equitable and just. This open textbook is a contribution towards that end.”

Dr. Matthew Van Cleave, Professor of Philosophy

Encourage and turn OER believers as OER champions

“Our students are poor and most of them on Pell grant. When I had to escort two of my students to the food pantry, I knew I had to change my textbook to OER and I’m glad I did so maybe you should too.”

Dr. Sharon Hughes, Professor of Psychology

Communicate success college-wide

“I think this is a really great option for the poor starving student. Everybody

should have access to education and this really helps level that playing field.”

Highlight student feedback on OER

“The fact that I didn't have to pay for a textbook this semester was life-changing for

me. I'm a poor student on Pell grant.”

“textbooks are expensive that's why i don't buy them so it is good to know that LCC

is taking on this OER project. this directly benefits us students and i hope more

faculty do OER in their courses.”

Pursue partnerships within and outside of your institution

• Library

• E-Learning

• Center for Teaching Excellence

• Academic Senate

• Center for Data Science

• Student Life and Student Leadership Academy

• Open Learning Lab

In June 2016, LCC was chosen as an institutional partner of OpenStax

OER Commons Hub

www.oercommons.org/hubs/mco

• Community of practice

• Professional development

• Advocacy and connections to open

education

Membership to CCCOER

http://cccoer.orgCome In, We're Open gary simmons cc-by-

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Michigan is one of 19 #GoOPenstates who are committing to transition to using high-quality, openly licensed educational resources in their schools to transform teaching and learning.

Next Steps• More program level OER adoptions

• Work on OER degree courses starting Fall 2018

• Work with more faculty to have their own content openly licensed

• More support for adjunct faculty (stipends/grants)

• Assessment of OER efficacy

• Encourage & support faculty engagement with open education and pedagogy

• Promotion/marketing of OER courses to students

Questions?

Email: gongr1@lcc.edu or @drgong