Cal State Engaged Learning Bootcamp Keynote - 8/6/2015

1. An Open Conversation
about
Open Educational Resources
Adapted from works by
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and
Dr. David WileyAn Open Conversation about Open Educational Resources by TJ Bliss is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License.

2. What are some of the biggest challenges
college students face today?
#EngagedLearningCSU #OER
@tjbliss

3. "Ivory Towers" by James F Clay is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

4. • Half of Bachelor’s degree
graduates rely on student loans
• In Sept. 2010 Federal student
loan debt surpassed $15 billion
• Average BC student debt in 2011
was $29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34%
are debt free
• BC students now work 180%
more hours than they did in 1975
to pay for PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000,
program completion rates drop
from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has

5. • Half of Bachelor’s degree
graduates rely on student loans
• Federal student loan debt has
surpassed $1.2 TRILLION
• Average BC student debt in 2011
was $29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34%
are debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay
for PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000,
program completion rates drop
from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has
"Kids Giving you problems? Hire an Elephant" by peasap is licensed under CC BY 2.0

6. • Half of Bachelor’s degree
graduates rely on student loans
• Federal student loan debt has
surpassed $1.2 TRILLION
• Average US student debt in 2013
was $26,6003 years after
graduating, only 34% are debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay
for PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000,
program completion rates drop
from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has
increased by 812% over 30 years

7. • Half of Bachelor’s degree
graduates rely on student loans
• Federal student loan debt has
surpassed $1.2 TRILLION
• Average US student debt in 2013
was $26,600
• When debt reaches $10,000,
program completion rates drop
from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has
increased by 812% over 30 years

8. • Half of Bachelor’s degree
graduates rely on student loans
• Federal student loan debt has
surpassed $1.2 TRILLION
• Average US student debt in 2013
was $26,600
• When debt reaches $10,000,
program completion rates drop
from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has
increased by 812% over 30 years

12. "Crazy Stunt" by Ross G. Strachan is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

13. "circa 1890 - Hamlin's Wizard Oil" by clotho98 is licensed
under CC BY-NC 4.0
"'THAT WAS EASY!'" by joepopp is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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60%+ do not purchase textbooks
at some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to
textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a
course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without
textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course
due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a
course due to textbook cost
Source: 2012 student survey
by Florida Virtual Campus
There is a direct relationship between
textbook costs and student success

20. open = free

21. open = free + permissions
open > free

22. • Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs of OER

25. OER Efficacy and Perception Studies
• Allen, I., Seaman, J. (2014). Opening the Curriculum: Open Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2014. Report available at:
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/oer.html.
• Bliss, T., Robinson, T. J., Hilton, J., & Wiley, D. (2013). An OER COUP: College teacher and student perceptions of Open Educational
Resources. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 1–25. Retrieved from http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/article/2013-04/pdf.
• Bowen, W. G., Chingos, M. M., Lack, K. A., & Nygren, T. I. (2012). Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from
Randomized Trials. Ithaka S+R. Retrieved from http://mitcet.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BowenReport-2012.pdf
• Feldstein, A., Martin, M., Hudson, A., Warren, K., Hilton, J., & Wiley, D. (2012). Open textbooks and increased student access and outcomes.
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. Retrieved from http://www.eurodl.org/index.php?article=533
• Hilton, J., Gaudet, D., Clark, P., Robinson, J., & Wiley, D. (2013). The adoption of open educational resources by one community college
math department. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(4), 37–50.
• Hilton, J., & Laman, C. (2012). One college’s use of an open psychology textbook. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance
Learning, 27(3), 201–217. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657
• Lindshield, B., & Adhikari, K. (2013). Online and campus college students like using an open educational resource instead of a traditional
textbook. Journal of Online Learning & Teaching, 9(1), 1–7. Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no1/lindshield_0313.htm
• Lovett, M., Meyer, O., & Thille, C. (2008). JIME-The open learning initiative: Measuring the effectiveness of the OLI statistics course in
accelerating student learning. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2008(1).
• Pawlyshyn, Braddlee, Casper and Miller (2013). Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation. Educause
Review, http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/adopting-oer-case-study-cross-institutional-collaboration-and-innovation.
• Petrides, L., Jimes, C., Middleton‐Detzner, C., Walling, J., & Weiss, S. (2011). Open textbook adoption and use: Implications for teachers and
learners. Open learning, 26(1), 39-49.
• Robinson T. J., Fischer, L., Wiley, D. A., & Hilton, J. (2014). The impact of open textbooks on secondary science learning outcomes.
Educational Researcher, 43(7): 341-351.
• Wiley, D., Hilton, J. Ellington, S., and Hall, T. (2012). “A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open
textbooks in middle and high school science classes.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 13 (3), pp. 261-276.

26. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Learning Outcomes per Dollar
0 100%
$200

27. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Pearson
Learning Outcomes per Dollar
0 100%
$200

28. “Mad” “Glad”
“Sad” “Rad”
Cost
Completing with C or Better
Pearson
OER
Learning Outcomes per Dollar
0 100%
$200

29. What barriers to OER adoption do
you and your faculty colleagues face?
#EngagedLearningCSU #OER
@tjbliss

30. Barriers to Faculty Adoption
• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student
financial stress, and how it can impact students
academically
• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option
• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are
• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic
textbooks
• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks
• Faculty are skeptical of the quality of open textbooks
• Faculty have limited time to engage in reviewing open
textbooks

31. Some Solutions

33. PM4ID
http://pm4id.org/

34. Murder, Madness, and Mayhem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Murder_Madness_and_Mayhem

35. Source: "Pencil" by sylviaduckworth. Reproduced with permission.

36. Don’t just
adopt a textbook
Foster a textbook
"hold-544519_1280.jpg" by johnhain is in the Public Domain, CC0

38. Why have you adopted OER?
(Why would you adopt OER?)
#EngagedLearningCSU #OER
@tjbliss