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This is a presentation written by James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean of Distance Learning Programs and Training at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, CA. He and I co-presented it at our FLEX (Professional Development) week on August 17, 2009.
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Expanding Access: The Case for
Open Educational Resources
FLEX Workshop #4F
James Glapa-Grossklag and John Makevich
August 17, 2009
Topics What are Open
Educational Resources? Benefits and Challenges COC’s Repository What Can You Do?
What Are Open Educational Resources?
Digitized Content Teaching & Learning Materials Readily Available Usable and re-usable Low-Cost or No-Cost Public Domain/Open Source/
Creative Commons
What Drives OER? Innovation by faculty Ease of access by faculty and students Reduced cost of materials to students Legal requirements Survey results
92% of 48 responding said they are likely or very likely to use OER if such materials were readily accessible.
72% of 48 responding said they are interested in helping to produce or identify OER
--Spring 2007 Survey of COC faculty
89 colleges
from AZ, C
A,
FL, IA, M
D, NV,
NY, OH, T
X,
WA, Canada
OER as a Movement
Tools for Locating, Organizing,and Delivering Open Textbooks
Benefits
Lower Barriers to Education
Expand Access
Benefits
Gives faculty tools for freedom from
publishers’ dictates about learning
content and delivery
Challenges
Resistance to change Limited supply of high
quality content in some disciplines
Digital DivideWorkload
Current Projects University Transfer Planning (Michelle LaBrie) Land Surveying (Regina Blasberg) Physical Geography (Vincent Devlahovich) Introduction to Library Media Tech, video podcast (Ron
Karlin) Welding Lab photos (Tim Baber) Oceanography and Geology, audio podcasts (John Makevich) Distance Learning orientation, video podcasts (Michelle
LaBrie, John Makevich, and Renee Drake)
Implementation: Equella Content-management system Stores all file types Federated searches Can customize sorting and organization of
materials Photo library “Playlists” of content General subject search
What Can You Do? Learn More at Workshops and Roundtables Contribute Content Adopt Content Create Content
For More Information• See COC Library’s OER website:
www.canyons.edu/offices/library/OnlineEducationalResources.asp
• See COC’s OER repository:http://oer.canyons.edu
• Contact: Leslie Bretall, James Glapa-Grossklag,or John Makevich
• Thanks to Dr. Van Hook, Jim Temple, Mike Gunther,Chad Estrella, and the pilot faculty user group
