Open Educational Resources at Mizzou Grace Atkins MU Libraries, User Engagement Celebration of Teaching, University of Missouri May 16, 2016 #MizzouOER

OER Update Overview What are Open Educational Resources? Why use and/or create OERs? Where can I find OER support on campus? #MizzouOER

What is OER? “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.” William and Flora Hewlett Foundation http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education/open-educational-resources #MizzouOER

OER Progress at Mizzou 2014-2015 Mizzou Team at SEC Workshop #MizzouOER

Missouri Students Association University of Missouri 54-29 A JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INVESTIGATION OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AT SEC UNIVERSITIES http://msa.missouri.edu/54-29-a-joint-resolution-supporting-the-investigation-of- open-educational-resources-at-sec-universities/ #MizzouOER

$1,225+ average student budget per year for textbooks and supplies Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets College Board 2014-2015 #MizzouOER

48% of all students surveyed said that the cost of textbooks impacted how many/which classes they took each semester “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market” by U.S. PIRG Educational Fund, January 2014 #MizzouOER

65% of students said that they had decided against buying a textbook because it was too expensive “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market” by U.S. PIRG Educational Fund, January 2014 #MizzouOER

EQUITY In a lot of ways open education is about saving students money on textbooks, which helps institutions to meet equity of access missions. However, open education is also about increasing student achievement, inspiring passion among faculty, and building better connections between students and the materials that they use to meet their educational goals." - Jensen & West's "Open educational resources and the higher education environment" #MizzouOER

OER Enhances Academic Freedom Distribute Commercial use allowed Remix Only attribution required Tweak Build upon #MizzouOER

Wiley’s 5 Rs of Openness #MizzouOER Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, revisions, or remixes This material was created by David Wiley and published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license at: http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221 #MizzouOER

Instructor Obstacles Awareness Discovery Quality Time Support GOING DIGITAL: Faculty Perspectives on Digital and OER Course Materials 2016 Independent College Bookstore Association #MizzouOER

OER Survey – Results #MizzouOER Are you familiar with or have you used OER materials – textbooks or supplements – in your courses? 39%: “have never used OER materials” 36%: “I know a little about OER, but have not reviewed or used OER materials.” 11%: “have used OER materials for one or more courses” 10%: “reviewed OER materials but decided not to use them” 4%: “have used OER materials and have made materials available as OER” Conclusion: The vast majority of faculty are not familiar with OER. #MizzouOER

What are universities doing with OER? Open Courseware (MIT, etc.) OER Outreach/Information (libraries/teaching centers/IT) Open Resource Development Grants/Incentives (libraries/IT/teaching centers) Digital Course Packs + E-book licensing (libraries/bookstores) Print-on-Demand Options (libraries/bookstores) #MizzouOER

OER Progress at Mizzou: 2015-2016 OER Interest group & email list OER Guide: MU Libraries, ET @ MO, The Mizzou Store Open Education Week #MizzouOER

POTENTIAL GOALS FOR MIZZOU OpenStax book use at University of Missouri, Main Campus: Ian Zimmerman, Psychology (320 students) and Statistics (35 students) Karen King, College Physics (40 students) Total students impacted per year: 395 Total savings per year: $38,935.15 1% of student population using OpenStax books Potential Goal: If 15% of Mizzou students were to use at least one OpenStax book: 5,250 students $517,492.50 saved per year! #MizzouOER

Successful initiatives take several approaches simultaneously. Moving forward at Mizzou Resources & Services Incentives & Rewards Awareness Collaboration Successful initiatives take several approaches simultaneously. #MizzouOER

Explore the OER @ MU guide… libraryguides. missouri Explore the OER @ MU guide… libraryguides.missouri.edu/OpenEducationalResources #MizzouOER