OER Investments That Work
orWhat makes a successful open initiative?
Jen Klaudinyi & Rachel BridgewaterPortland Community College
OpenEd15
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63% 2-year institutions
Reported savings
$$$ 10 $ 6 $14
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Interviews
Kim ThanosLumen Learning
David ErnstOpen Textbook Library
Una DalyCommunity College Consortium for OER
Amanda CoolidgeBCcampus
Jeff Gallant & Lauren FancherAffordable Learning Georgia
Nicole FinkbeinerOpenStax
“Columbia University” | Momos | CC-BY-SA “St. Aidan’s College” | Nick Boalch | CC-BY-SA
“Darts in a dashboard”| Public Domain
“The idea that it is, in fact, an initiative is a really important step.” - Kim Thanos
“Write a strategic plan that includes metrics… Measure outcomes not actions.” -Nicole Finkbeiner
“Measuring tape” | Stilfehler | Public Domain
“Tracking is everything.” -Kim Thanos
“Most people measure the wrong things when they are charting their success.” -Nicole Finkbeiner
“That is the main thing that our stakeholders want to hear- that we're providing a return on investment.” -Lauren Fancher
“Administration is not very risk tolerant (I know; I am one!). You need evidence.” -David Ernst
“Secretary Kerry Participates in a Meeting...” U.S. Embassy New Delhi | CC-BY-ND
“Successful committees really focus on where the friction points are in the system, and ask- ‘How can we think differently to overcome obstacles?’” -Kim Thanos
“Even if there is a committee- it has to have time.” -Nicole Finkbeiner
“Suit” | CC0
“Professor” | CC0
“Leader of the pack” | Rick Crowley | CC-BY-SA
“You have to have some administrator to own it, because they have to put resources into it.” -David Ernst
“We invested in people who were willing to try new things and made opportunities for them to speak and share. Let them tell the story.” -Amanda Coolidge
“Find champions on your campus and if they’re likeable charming people, put them out in front of other people.” -Una Daly
“Find the department that is the catalyst for change.” -Kim Thanos
“Institutions who are successful are very deliberate about asking- who are our next leaders? Who’s in the next wave?” -Kim Thanos
“Pot of Gold”| Jeremy Schultz | CC-BY
“George Stack”| BKMD | CC-BY
“We know that changing your textbook requires a redesign, and I think that’s something that faculty and staff should be compensated for.” -Una Daly
“If the problem is how to create sustainable open education, what’s needed right now is investment in people.” -David Ernst
“Funding within colleges should aim to build up OER expertise.” -Una Daly
“The bigger question is- with 13 billion spent on textbooks per year, there’s no way to do this without some reallocation to sustain change.” -Kim Thanos
Points of Friction
Measurable goals.
Funding leadership/capacity building.
Promote (fund?) adoptions
Measurable goals!
Measure/tracksavingssuccess?
Fundingfaculty; adoptions?leadership/capacity building
Involvementadministrationfaculty
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