Lehr-Samuels, Allison

McKinney, Andrew

Thielman, Pamela

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University of Massachusetts AmherstScholarWorks@UMass AmherstNortheast Regional OER SummitMay 31st, 2:00 PMBuilding an OER Culture: Achieving Scale withoutLosing FocusAndrew McKinneyBaruch College (NY)Pamela ThielmanBaruch College (NY)Allison Lehr-SamuelsBaruch College (NY)Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/neoerThis Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in NortheastRegional OER Summit by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contactscholarworks@library.umass.edu.McKinney, Andrew; Thielman, Pamela; and Lehr-Samuels, Allison, "Building an OER Culture: Achieving Scale without Losing Focus"(2018). Northeast Regional OER Summit. 12.https://scholarworks.umass.edu/neoer/2018/implementing/12Andrew McKinney and Pamela ThielmanCenter for Teaching and LearningBaruch College, City University of New YorkMay 31, 2018This work was created by Andrew McKinney and Pamela Thielman for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Baruch College, CUNY and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Building an OER Culture: Achieving Scale Without Losing FocusSpring and Summer 2017● OER RFP Faculty Interest Survey● OER RFP Information Sessions (5 held in May 2017)● OER Info Session Follow-up SurveyDeveloping the Proposal● 21 courses (Fall 2017-Fall 2018)● 17 participating faculty across all schools● 2,585 students impacted● $240,880 anticipated textbook cost savings to students● List course as “ZERO textbook cost”● Attend the CTL’s OER Orientation ● Consult with a CTL OER Liaison● Determine how to spend $15/per student course maintenance fee● Participate in a Baruch OER Showcase● Contribute created OER to an online repository● Provide faculty development to other faculty teaching your OER course (if applicable)Baruch’s 2017-2018OER InitiativeSelf-Assessment:Our Approach● Student Surveys○ Online surveys, shared with students as a link○ 97 total responses for FA17, 94 so far for SP18*● Faculty Focus Groups○ Guided conversation about “ZERO textbook cost” course development and implementation○ Faculty from as many participating departments represented as possible● Syllabus Analysis○ Syllabi collected from all participating sections* This number reflects student responses as of 5/30/2018Self-Assessment:Some Impressions● Students○ Had overall positive impressions of the OER/zero cost materials○ Spent as much or time time with OER/zero cost materials● Faculty○ Felt OER/zero cost materials increased the diversity of voices in the classroom○ Enjoyed the freedom to be more creative but struggled with creating cohesive narratives across a larger number of readings● Syllabus Analysis○ The vast majority of materials were zero cost and not OER○ Most syllabi did not articulate course status as OER/ZTCSpring 2018 OER Seminar● Four points of contact with the CTL○ 2 seminar sessions○ One-on-one consultation○ Baruch spring OER showcase● Stipend for participation ● Further stipend for ZTC course conversion in summer or fall 2018● No obligation to convert● 29 applicants● 16 participating faculty● 8 departments represented● More than 700 students potentially impacted Faculty Driven OER Creation:Baruch Logic website for Logic and Moral Reasoning ● Conceived as a standalone website to deliver course content and assessments● Can function as a fully developed course website that can also double as a distance learning OERBaruch LogicFaculty Driven OER Creation:Suite of materials for Environmental Sciences ● 3 course conversions to full OER in progress: Biostatistics, Conservation Biology, and a high enrollment introductory course for non-majors○ Introductory course is undertaking a full textbook creation project coordinated by Assistant Professor Stephen Gosnell○ A public website organizes and houses all content● Planning to convert the entire major to OERDepartmental Level Projects● Starting in June we’ll be working with 4 departments to convert high enrollment courses for Fall 2018 or Spring 2019○ Converting Speech Communication, Great Works of Literature, and Marketing Foundations to OER■ each are multi-section courses that are taken by the majority of Baruch students○ Helping to develop new fully OER core curriculum with the Entrepreneurship department● Following a basic workshop template, we’ll introduce OER to each group of faculty and help guide them through the process of creation and adoption

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