Nicole Finkbeiner Rice University’s OpenStax Kat Flies, Central New Mexico Community CollegeAdam Croom, University of Oklahoma

Creating successful OER institutional initiatives with big impact

MEASURE OUTCOMES, NOT ACTIONS

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Outcomes. Measure success by these!• # of faculty using OER• # of students impacted by OER• $ amount of savings to students• Student success (grades, completion, etc.)

Actions that contribute to, but don’t equal success• Holding a meeting• Having a workshop• # of people who attended meeting/workshop• Having a display

Focus on scale

Start with easy wins to impact students now

We = not me(designate a leader)

HAVE A LEADER, INCLUDE EVERYONE

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• Faculty• Administrators• Librarians• Instructional Support• Bookstore• Disability Services• Students• …everyone!

Institutional Initiative

Strategies

You must complete at least 8 direct

approaches to be successful

Expressed support from administration

Presentations during department meetings

Ask faculty directly to pilot the books

Promote “Textbook Heroes” and ask them to promote

OER

Let’s work together!

2015-2015 increase in impact with OpenStax at partner schools:

35,239 additional students impacted$3.47 million additional savings

Steps Toward a Successful OER Initiative

at Central New Mexico Community College

“Changing Lives, Building Community”

CNM• Largest undergraduate institution in New Mexico:• ± 27,000 students across multiple campuses

•Most students belong to a minority group:• ± half of our students are Hispanic

•Avg student age = 27 years•1,100 faculty:• 350 FT : 750 PT

•NM has 20 % poverty rate:• average income in mid 40K’s

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I Learn about Free Textbooks

•From colleagues:• They call my attention to the OpenStax

website. • They report on their experience piloting

OpenStax books at faculty meeting.

•By attending OpenStax Conference at Rice University

2014 OpenStax Conference (CNX)

• Dean and VP of Academic Affairs support and fund my request to attend CNX Conference.

• Debates on:• Cost of textbooks, student debts, student dropout

• Sustainability of OER and its challenges

• Challenges of implementing OER

• Presentations on:• Research on how students study and learn

• OER software based on this research

• I recommend the OpenStax A&P books to my students as:• a second textbook

• a more portable book

• an easily accessible and searchable book

• I use OpenStax images in my lecture presentations

I Introduce My Students to Free Textbooks

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CNM invites OpenStax

• Faculty recommend to our VP of Academic Affairs and President that we invite OpenStax to CNM

• OpenStax presents on Faculty Focus Day• VP appoints me as contact person for OpenStax and other OER

I become OER Leader

• I create OER lists for all faculty:• For as many subjects as possible• Update list every few months • Peaks faculty’s interest

•OpenStax in Library:• OpenStax books are added to our Digital Library• Librarians help inform students of free OpenStax textbooks

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Educate Faculty about CC Licenses

• Faculty had many inquiries about Creative Commons licenses:

• Faculty member offers workshop on how to access and use CC BY content.

• Librarian presents on various copyright types on Faculty Focus Day.

• Librarian becomes appointed Copyright Specialist and, to this day, continues to educate faculty about copyrights. Crucial!

• iPad Workshops:• Provide perfect opportunities to introduce faculty to

free digital textbooks. • Mobile device use is rampant!!• Students and faculty expect easy access to

textbooks and other resources via mobile phones, tablets and laptops.

OER and Mobile Devices

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I Educate Administration

• Important to inform/educate all levels of administration about OER:• Distance Learning Director

• Chairs' Council

• Deans’ Council

• All VPs

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Campus Bookstore

• Check in with your bookstore and its legalities.

• You may need help from other colleges to learn best procedure.

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President's Message

• President clearly announces to all faculty that college officially supports use of OER in courses and why.

• Stresses that use of OER is optional for faculty.

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Spread the Word!

• Offer interview about OER Initiative to:• College Paper• Marketing Department:

• Request for interview to be published on public college website

• Educate parents/grandparents/friends about OER:

• Provide OpenStax link as well as other OER links.

Make Adoption Easier

• Encourage faculty to become reviewers and editors:

• If a colleague has reviewed a book, we tend to be more open to adopt that book.

• Our Faculty Senate has adjusted instructions for textbook adoption to be OER inclusive.

Lead by Example!

• Our adoption rate increased from 2.5 % to 12.2 % in less than 1 year!

• Number of our adoptions is still going up, especially in sciences.

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Join the Global OER Initiative

• Because of the OER initiative at CNM:• textbooks are instantaneously available to

students and on any mobile device• our students have saved thousands of dollars

• Our goal is to continue doing so…• You can too!

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Kat Flies, Ph.D.kflies@cnm.edu

Department of Biology and BiotechnologyCentral New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Oklahoma and OpenStaxStanding on the Shoulders of Big Tex

Literally Standing On the Shoulders...

Us

Them

Intro to Sociology300 students x $100 =_____________

$30,000 per semesterX 10_____________= $300,000

1. Identify Your Leaders and Let Leaders Lead

● Heart for student success

● Up-and-coming campus leadership

● Large lecture-based course

Glen Krutz, Senior Contributing Author

2. Identify Targets and Set GoalsTop 20 Textbooks by Price (Spring 2014)

3. Align With Strategic InitiativesBusiness Statistics100 students x $100 =_____________

$10,000 per sem.X 2_____________= $20,000

4. See Every Adoption as a Design OpportunityPhysiology200 students x $100 =_____________

$20,000 per semesterX 4_____________= $80,000

Course Survey

5. “Turn Money Into More Money”

Recreating Textbook Materials

Introductory Statistics Alexander Holmes 200 $19,714.00

Introduction to Sociology Brandon Crawford 58 $5,717.06

Precalc Candace Andrews 800 $78,856.00

Precalc Candace Andrews 800 $78,856.00

American Government Glen Krutz 250 $24,642.50

Anatomy & Physiology Heather Ketchum 758 $74,716.06

Introduction to Sociology Kelly Damphousse 3,389 $334,053.73

Algebra and Trigonometry Laniel Gibson 0 $0.00

Precalc Laniel Gibson 0 $0.00

Biology Lawrence Weider 1,122 $110,595.54

Precalc Roshelle Chukwuma 48 $4,731.36

Precalc Stephanie Davidsdottir 64 $6,308.48

7425 $731,882.25