Regina Gong, Librarian & OER Project Manager

Lansing Community College

gongr1@lcc.edu; @drgong

http://libguides.lcc.edu/oer

Open Education Conference 2017

Anaheim, CA

October 11, 2017

Community + a plan = 18,000+ new

students impacted in one year

LCC AT A GLANCE

• Located in downtown Lansing

• Founded in 1957

• 26,000 students enrolled/year

• Teaching faculty 90% adjuncts

• Faculty started using OER in fall

2015 semester

• No grants/stipends/incentives

were offered

Textbook affordability

Allow faculty exploration and innovation in finding new,

better, and less costly ways to deliver quality learning

materials to students

OER Initiative Goals

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

BIOL 127 – Cell Biology

BIOL 128 – Organismal Biology

BIOL 270 - Human Genetics

PSYC 200 – Intro to PsychologySOCL 120 – Introduction to Sociology

ECON 201 –Microeconomics

ECON 201 – Macroeconomics

BIOL 127 – Cell Biology

BIOL 128 – Organismal Biology

BIOL 270 - Human Genetics

PSYC 200 – Intro to Psychology

ECON 201 –Microeconomics

ECON 201 – Macroeconomics

BIOL 201– Human Anatomy MATH 106 – Math Literacy with Review BIOL 121 – Biol Foundations for

Physiology

PHYS 200 – Intro Physics

w/Applications

Strategies that work

•Meet faculty individually and as a group

•Continued, ongoing professional development

•Encourage and turn OER believers into OER champions in your campuses

“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, 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

OER Textbook Author “Intro to Logic and Critical Thinking”

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=457

“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

Adopted OpenStax Psychology

•Meet faculty individually and as a group

•Continued, ongoing professional development

•Encourage and turn OER believers into OER champions

•Communicate success college-wide

•Pursue partnerships and collaborations within & outside of your institution

OER Adoptions Summary

Next Steps• OER Award Program at LCC – $500K allocation

• Encourage & support faculty engagement with open education and pedagogy

• Promote/market OER courses to students

• Impact assessment beyond cost savings