1. Leanne Riseley & Sunny Pai Jayne Bopp & Susan Wood & Kelli Nakamura
A Collaborative Initiative
of Leeward CC and Kapiʻolani CC
Leanne Riseley & Sunny Pai
Jayne Bopp & Susan Wood & Kelli Nakamura
Leeward CC Educational Technologist
Kapiolani CC Librarian
Leeward CC Sociology
Leeward CC English
Kapiolani CC History
Hawai‘i Strategy Institute 2016

2. Short history Funding and budget UH OER Team
Leeward and Kapiolani CC collaboration
Consultation with other OER programs
Consultation with UHCC VP
Funding and budget
$100,000 provided by Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges (John Morton) collaborative Leeward and Kapiolani initiative.
60% capacity building (e.g. student assistance)
20% professional development
20% incentives and marketing
Short history:
In Spring 2014 Cable Green, Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons, came to Hawaii to meet with administrators and faculty at the UH System, 4-year, and UHCC levels. He introduced everyone
to the idea that reducing the cost of textbooks through the use of Open Educational Resources was an excellent way to reduce cost barriers for students. This resulted in a commitment to reducing the
cost of textbooks and OER at the UH System and UHCC System Levels. OER is in the strategic plan for Kapiolani Community College, also.
In early 2015 librarians initiated a collaboration of librarians and instructional designers and other academic support specialists across 4 and 2-year campuses
Leeward and Kapiolani CC started discussions about a community college system effort, consulting with Washington State Community and Technical Colleges and Virginia Community College System and researching OER programs across other institutions.
Brought our ideas to UHCC VP, who asked us to make presentations to the UHCC Chancellors and the UHCC Faculty Senate leadership
Funding and budget
Strong message from research: Academic support professionals can support instructional faculty by generating awareness and providing professional development and services
The three ways we are applying the funds
Capacity: student assistance
Professional development: training for faculty
Incentives: small achievement awards for the OER Fellowship program.

3. Purpose
The purpose of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship Program is to increase student success by promoting alternatives in educational resources and creating a community that actively encourages, supports, and sustains the use of no-cost OR open educational resources.

4. Goals
Equip instructors with skills so they can properly integrate no-cost or OER materials into their class.
Provide tools for instructors to assess no-cost or OER materials used in their classes.
Examine the impact of the use of no-cost or OER materials on students.
Engage instructors in reflecting on the impact of using no-cost or OER materials in their teaching.
Grow the number of OER champions who will advocate for adoption across the UHCC system.
In Spring 2015 the UH OER Team and UH Manoa Library collaborated on developing a survey of UH faculty to explore their attitudes about OER and what needs they might have in regards to adopting OER.
The results were amazingly very close to similar national surveys. The UH survey showed that faculty are asking forhelp in:
Time to find or create (77%)
Concern about quality (39%)
Concern about departmental support (22%)
Learning curve to incorporate OER into curriculum (20%)
Confusion about copyright and licensing (18%)
We are academic support specialists. We looked at this survey data, reviewed the research, and felt we could make a difference working toward these goals.

5. Eligibility
Leeward or Kapiʻolani CC faculty or lecturer teaching at least one 3-credit course
Leeward: Completed Go Open, Go Free Using OER Training
Kapiʻolani: Completed an OER C4ward or summer workshop
Ultimately the driver of material development is the instructor. We hope to work with teaching faculty and lecturers.
To ensure everyone has the basic skill sets and knowledge base before entering the program, we ask that certain trainings are completed at Leeward and at Kapiolani.

6. Achievement Goals & Incentives
Faculty may work toward achievement or champion level according to this checklist.
Faculty may receive technology incentives at achievement or champion level.
As you can see, we have two levels of achievement: The Achievement Level and the CHAMPION LEVEL.
The not-so-secret goal of the Achievement Level is to encourage faculty develop at least one resource and to assess the impact of no-cost and OER materials on their students and on their own teaching. The Fellowship will study this data so that we may reflect on the benefits and challenges of this program.
The CHAMPION LEVEL encourages our early adopters to “up the ante” and make an entire course “OER”. We ask them to be Opinion Leaders of their institutions -- their experiences, hardships and rewards, will help all of us think about how to move OER adoption forward. This is where we hope to build collaboration and community around OER.
At each achievement level, thanks to VP Morton, we can offer modest awards for participating in the program.

7. Leeward implemented Fall 2015 Dec 2015 125 Student Responses 5 classes
Provide tools for instructors to assess no-cost or OER materials used in their class.
Leeward implemented Fall 2015
Dec 2015
125 Student Responses
5 classes

8. Examine the impact of OER on students
94% said they saved money by the instructor adopting no-cost or OER resources.

9. Examine the impact of OER on students
92% reported having access to a device and the Internet to access the resources.

10. Examine the impact of OER on students
87% felt the quality of the no-cost resources were just as good as a traditional textbook.
This parallels national efficacy studies which shows 85% of students say textbook quality is same or better than traditional textbook

11. Examine the impact of OER on students
78% felt they did better in the course because they had access to the resources from the first day of class.
National efficacy studies show 93% students had same or better outcomes.

12. Michelle Igarashi Lani Uyeno Ann Inoshita Gregg Longanecker
OER
Champions
Michelle Igarashi
ENG 100
Lani Uyeno
Ann Inoshita
Gregg Longanecker
Math 115
Kelli Nakamura
ES 101
Joyce Tokuda
IS 297P
Grant Itomitsu
FSHE 185
Jayne Bopp
SOC 100
Susan Wood
ENG 100
History - Ethnic Studies
Information Literacy
Nutrition

13. Reflecting on OER...
Engage instructors in reflecting on the impact of using no-cost or OER materials in their teaching.
1) Share, what difference, if any, using open educational resources has made to your teaching.
2) Share, what challenges, if any, you most often face in using open educational resources.
3) Share comments students have made to you about using OER.
4) If you were to share your “lessons learned” with an instructor new to OER, what would they be?

14. Upcoming Professional Development
Leeward CC
Kapiolani CC
Go Open, Go Free Using OER
Summer 2016
1-week, hands-on workshop
May daily 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Spring 2016: OER C4ward
Summer 2016
1-week, hands-on workshop
August daily

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