AI and OER Open Educational Resources Initiative OERI Resources
AI’s Role in Revolutionizing Open Educational Resources (OER)
ASCCC-OERI Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER)
Authoring Open Textbooks
Breaking Down Barriers: Advancing Open Education through the Power of AI and OER
CCCOER Community College Consortium for OER
CCCOER: Finding OER
Centering DEI in OER through Instructional Design and Equity Consultation
Community College Consortium for OER: Community of Practice for Open Education
Community College Consortium OER
Community of Online Research Assignments
Creation: OER Creation & Management, Copyright, Licensing, and CC101, Instructional Design and Ed Tech for OER, Open Pedagogy
Curating OER Content through AI and Chat GPT
Efficacy of Open Textbook Adoption on Learning Performances and Course Withdrawal Rates: A Meta-Analysis
Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER)
Faculty Guide to Evaluating Open Education Resources
Ferris State University Library OER Resources
FLOE Project
¬¬Framework for Reviewing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER)
Generative AI in OER Development
Generative AI, Synthetic Contents, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Open Educational Practices (OEP): A New Front in the Openness Landscape
GSU Open Educational Resources (OER): What is OER
How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process
Iowa State University OER Starter Kit
iRubric: Evaluating OER Rubric
JCCC Open Access Guideline
JCCC Scholar Space
Kansas Board of Regents OER
LibreTexts Commons
MASON OER Metafinder (MOM)
MERLOT Content Builder
Merlot Faculty Development Community Portal
Merlot OER Search
MERLOT_Peer_Review_Information.htm
Missouri A&OER Conference
Missouri A&OER Conference 2024: OER 101
MIT OpenCourseWare Educator
MO A*OA 2024 Conference
MOBIUS OER Resources
OASIS OER Metafinder
OATCJ: Open Access Teaching Case Journal
OER Commons
OER Commons Higher Education Open-Textbooks
OER @ JCCC Guide
OER Review Rubric: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
OER Tools: Documentation for Instructors
One Size Does Not Fit All: Making Open Textbooks More Accessible 2021 MO A&OER Symposium 2021
Open Author OER Commons
Open Case Studies
Open Course Library
Open Dialogues: Open Education & Accessibility
Open Education & AI: Future Trends Forum
Open Education Conference 2024
Open Education Consortium: Addressing Accessibility Issues
Open Education Network Certificate in Open Education Librarianship
Open Education Network Faculty Incentives
Open Education SPARC*
Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit
OpenStax
Open SUNY Textbooks
Open Textbook Library
Open Washington OER Network: OER Stories
Park University OER Guide
Reasons to Use Open Educational Resources: Open Education Consortium
Regional Leaders in Open Education Network
Regional Leaders OER Resources
Regional Leaders of Open Education (RLOE) Program
Rubrics for Evaluating Open Education Resource (OER) Objects
Skills Commons OER Repository
SPARC Open Education Leadership Program
SPARC* Open Education Pedagogy Worksheet
SPARC* Open Education Primer An Introduction to Open Educational Resources, Practices and Policy for Academic Libraries
Strategic Plan Template
SUNY OER Sustainability
The 5-Ps of Jumpstarting Open Assessment Creation with Generative AI
The OER Starter Kit Workbook
The Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit
Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI
UNM AI OER Faculty Pilot Project
Virginia Clinton-Lisell MO A&OER Conference 2024 Keynote
Virginia Clinton-Lisell's MO A&OER 2024 Conference Keynote Address
What are OERs and Why Use Them?
Why Open Education Matters
Open Education Resources
Overview
This resource provides an overview of Open Education and Open Education Resources (OERs).
Presentation Overview
Welcome to Learning More About Open Education & OERs
- Open Education & OERs Defined
- Reasons to Use OERs
- Finding OERs: OER Metafinders & Repositories
- Finding OERs: Textbooks, Courseware, Assignments, Case Studies, Open Data, etc.
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) & Evaluating OERs
- Supporting Faculty and Institutional OER Efforts
- My Work with OERs
- Creating OERs: Opportunities for Teaching & Learning
- On the Horizon: AI and OERs
- Learn More: Community College OER Community of Practice, KBOR and JCCC Resources
- Learn More: Professional Development Opportunities
- Discussion
Open Education and OERs Defined
Video source TEDxNYED, David Wiley, 03/06/10: https://youtu.be/Rb0syrgsH6M?si=Fu7a3W5xXpFYBWaF
"Open Education encompasses educational resources, tools and practices that can be freely and fully used in the digital environment without legal, financial or technical barriers. The meaning of “open” is typically defined in terms of users being able to freely exercise the five “R” rights: retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute."
Open Education's three pillars include:
- Open Educational Resources (OER) - what we will focus on today
- Open Educational Practices (OEP)
- Open Educational Policy
Open Education:
- allows for continuous quality improvement
- gives educators and learners control over content
- supports try academic freedom
OERs are:
“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge” (Hewlett Foundation, n.d.)."
Information taken from the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program https://sparcopen.org/our-work/open-education-leadership-program/ Copied and communicated under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License,
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Reasons to Use OERs
- From 2008-2018, the average net price (including tuition and fees, room and board, and books and supplies) of public four-year institutions has risen by 24%.
- This increase disproportionately affects students and families of color. For Black and Hispanic households, this net price accounts for at least 25% of the median household income in 36 states.
- Students spend over $3 billion in financial aid on textbooks each year.
- High textbook costs cause adverse student behavior, including:
- 64% of students reported not purchasing the required textbook due to cost
- 43% reported taking fewer courses
- 41% reported choosing not to register for a specific course
- 41% reported dropping a course
- 36% reported earning a poor grade in a course
- The high cost of course materials disproportionately affects food-insecure students. 82% of students who reported missing a meal also reported not buying a textbook.
- At Park, 88% of full-time, first-time students receive some kind of financial aid, but only 41% of their average financial aid is met, and the average student debt at graduation is $18,103.
Studies from 2005-2020 indicate:
- No statistically significant difference in test scores between sections of a class that use OERs vs. commercial textbooks
- Classrooms using OERs saw a greater improvement in national test scores
- Classes with OERs saw lower failure and withdrawal rates than classes with traditional textbooks
OERs "equalize" students' engagement and performance, meaning they lead to a lower standard deviation in page views, on-time assignment submissions, attendance, and
Video OER | Katie Gosa | TEDxUTA https://youtu.be/dUgqdSOD9bg?si=YE74o9eZBhR-_wSh
Scholarship on OER Benefits
Degrees of Open: Keynote for the MO A&OER 2024 Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LGoOd4Zhg
Clinton, V., & Khan, S. (2019). Efficacy of Open Textbook Adoption on Learning Performance and Course Withdrawal Rates: A Meta-Analysis. AERA Open, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419872212
Barnes, C. A., Vine, S., & Nadeau, R. (2024). Assessing textbook affordability before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of student and faculty surveys. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50(2), N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102864
Finding OERs: OER Metafinders & Repositories
Finding OERs: Textbooks, Courseware, Assignments, Case Studies, Open Data, etc.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) & Evaluating OERs
Video “Open Dialogues: Open education and accessibility” by CTLT, University of British Columbia [Youtube] is licensed CC BY 4.0.
Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER) by Nikki Anderson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License,
Doing the Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Educational Resources Copyright © by Heather Blicher, Valencia Scott, Stephanie Lenox, Abbey Gaterud, Michaela Willi Hooper, Veronica Vold is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER) by Nikki Anderson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License,
Floe Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License
Faculty OER Toolkit by Shannon Moist is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Supporting Faculty and Institutional OER Efforts
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://www.openwa.org/module-1/
Faculty Incentives to Incorporate OERs into their Course Design
Video: Open Education Network Faculty Incentives https://oer.suny.edu/oer-sustainability/
Creating a Sustainable Campus-Wide OER Program
My Experience with OERs
Creating OERs: Opportunities for Teaching & Learning
The OER Starter Kit Workbook by Abbey K. Elder & Stacy Katz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Creating OERs in the Classroom with Students
Open Education Conference Access, Outcomes, & Engagement: Student-Centred Collaboration as a Values-Based Approach to OER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLsUGPTCIII
On the Horizon: OERs & AI
University of New Mexico AI-Enhanced OER Development Faculty Pilot Project
CCOER Community College Consortium for OER Community of Practice
AAI and OER: Defining Education. Open Education GLOBAL 2024 https://youtu.be/nl08elC-yy8?si=5WTqllhAttd2Lx1G
How do we respond to generative AI in education? 2023 Bryan Alexander https://youtu.be/ItFKi8JPUEk?si=M5K-v1OzK5WD9HXH
Mills, Bali, & Eaton. (2023). How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. 46(1). https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/article/view/843/597
McNulty, Rebecca; Dubach, Lily; and Paradiso, James R., "The 5-Ps of Jumpstarting Open Assessment Creation with Generative AI" (2023). Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 1229.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1229
Tila, D. and Levy, D. (2023) Curating OER Content through AI and ChatGPT. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11, 510-527. doi: 10.4236/jss.2023.1112035.
Learn More: Community College OER COP, KBOR, and JCCC
Learn More: Professional Development Opportunities
Discussion
Discussion
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