1. Nicole Finkbeiner Rice University’s OpenStax
Kat Flies, Central New Mexico Community College
Adam Croom, University of Oklahoma
Creating successful OER
institutional initiatives with
big impact
2. MEASURE OUTCOMES, NOT ACTIONS
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Outcomes. Measure success by these!
• # of faculty using OER
• # of students impacted by OER
• $ amount of savings to students
• Student success (grades, completion, etc.)
Actions that contribute to, but don’t equal success
• Holding a meeting
• Having a workshop
• # of people who attended meeting/workshop
• Having a display
6. HAVE A LEADER, INCLUDE EVERYONE
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• Faculty
• Administrators
• Librarians
• Instructional Support
• Bookstore
• Disability Services
• Students
• …everyone!
14. 2015-2015 increase in impact with
OpenStax at partner schools:
35,239 additional students impacted
$3.47 million additional savings
15. Steps Toward a Successful
OER Initiative
at
Central New Mexico
Community College
“Changing Lives,
Building Community”
16. CNM
• Largest undergraduate institution in New Mexico:
• ± 27,000 students across multiple campuses
• Most students belong to a minority group:
• ± half of our students are Hispanic
• Avg student age = 27 years
• 1,100 faculty:
• 350 FT : 750 PT
• NM has 20 % poverty rate:
• average income in mid 40K’s
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17. I Learn about Free Textbooks
• From colleagues:
• They call my attention to the OpenStax
website.
• They report on their experience piloting
OpenStax books at faculty meeting.
• By attending OpenStax Conference at
Rice University
18. 2014 OpenStax Conference (CNX)
• Dean and VP of Academic Affairs support and fund my
request to attend CNX Conference.
• Debates on:
• Cost of textbooks, student debts, student dropout
• Sustainability of OER and its challenges
• Challenges of implementing OER
• Presentations on:
• Research on how students study and learn
• OER software based on this research
19. • I recommend the OpenStax A&P books to my
students as:
• a second textbook
• a more portable book
• an easily accessible and searchable book
• I use OpenStax images in my lecture
presentations
I Introduce My Students to Free Textbooks
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20. CNM invites OpenStax
• Faculty recommend to our VP of
Academic Affairs and President that we
invite OpenStax to CNM
• OpenStax presents on Faculty Focus Day
• VP appoints me as contact person for
OpenStax and other OER
21. I become OER Leader
• I create OER lists for all faculty:
• For as many subjects as possible
• Update list every few months
• Peaks faculty’s interest
• OpenStax in Library:
• OpenStax books are added to our Digital Library
• Librarians help inform students of free OpenStax textbooks
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22. Educate Faculty about CC Licenses
• Faculty had many inquiries about Creative Commons
licenses:
• Faculty member offers workshop on how to access and
use CC BY content.
• Librarian presents on various copyright types on Faculty
Focus Day.
• Librarian becomes appointed Copyright Specialist
and, to this day, continues to educate faculty
about copyrights. Crucial!
23. • iPad Workshops:
• Provide perfect opportunities to introduce faculty to
free digital textbooks.
• Mobile device use is rampant!!
• Students and faculty expect easy access to
textbooks and other resources via mobile phones,
tablets and laptops.
OER and Mobile Devices
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24. I Educate Administration
• Important to inform/educate all levels of
administration about OER:
• Distance Learning Director
• Chairs' Council
• Deans’ Council
• All VPs
• College President
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25. Campus Bookstore
• Check in with your bookstore
and its legalities.
• You may need help from other
colleges to learn best
procedure.
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26. President's Message
• President clearly announces to all
faculty that college officially supports
use of OER in courses and why.
• Stresses that use of OER is optional
for faculty.
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Spread the Word!
• Offer interview about OER Initiative to:
• College Paper
• Marketing Department:
• Request for interview to be published on public college website
• Educate parents/grandparents/friends about
OER:
• Provide OpenStax link as well as other OER links.
28. Make Adoption Easier
• Encourage faculty to become reviewers and
editors:
• If a colleague has reviewed a book, we tend to be
more open to adopt that book.
• Our Faculty Senate has adjusted instructions
for textbook adoption to be OER inclusive.
29. Lead by Example!
• Our adoption rate increased from 2.5
% to 12.2 % in less than 1 year!
• Number of our adoptions is still going
up, especially in sciences.
• > 20 faculty in > 30 courses
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30. Join the Global OER Initiative
• Because of the OER initiative at CNM:
• textbooks are instantaneously available to
students and on any mobile device
• our students have saved thousands of dollars
• Our goal is to continue doing so…
• You can too!
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