OpenCon Southwest Florida 2017

Presentation slides from OpenCon SWFL.

Transcript

1. #openconswfl toolkit: bit.ly/ocswflt
2. LEARN. ADVOCATE. LEAD. FOR OPEN RESEARCH AND AFFORDABLE TEXTBOOKS
3. 1:00 Introduction to OpenCon 1:15 What is Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data? 1:45 Brainstorming: How can Open benefit our campuses? 2:20 Coffee, Tea, and Snacks Break 2:45 Affordable Textbook Panel 3:15 Advocacy Training Session 4:20 Wrap-Up Schedule
4. CC-BY John R. McKiernan, whyopenresearch.org
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8. OPEN OPEN OPEN ACCESS DATA EDUCATION
9. Open Access Freely accessible + re-useable
10. Open Data Freely accessible + re-useable Data image CC-BY AlfredoCreates.com
11. Open Education Freely accessible + re-useable Book image CC-BY Oliviu Stoian, Noun Project
12. Freely accessible = free to read Re-usable = Openly licensed (CC) Retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute
13. “some rights reserved” creativecommons.org Open licenses for re-use
14. Why do we need Open Access?
15. Why do we need Open Access?
16. Why do we need affordable textbooks?
17. Why do we need affordable textbooks?
18. The average student spends $1,200 a year on textbooks 13% of costs at a 4 year college 40% at a community college 65% of students have skipped buying or renting 14% have dropped a class because of textbook cost Textbook prices rose 88% between 2006 and 2016, 3x inflation CollegeBoard, Trends in College Pricing 2014-2015; 2015-2016 trends.collegeboard.org Need by the Numbers
19. Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, VA • AA students spend ~$3,400 on books and supplies • August 2013 TCC launches OER business admin degree • Z-classes and Z-Degree - zero books required ◦ Z course in Calculus 70% enrollment, 43% for non-Z ◦ 1.7% dropped a Z-course over 4 semesters, 2.6% for non-Z ◦ 4.4% withdrawal rate for Z-courses, 6.6% for non-Z • For every $1 TCC spent, students saved $4 http://sparcopen.org/impact-story/tidewater-community-college/ Case Study
20. Open Educational Resources (OER) • OpenStax • OER Commons • Open Textbook Library • MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks • Open Educational Resources Videos
21. Open Educational Resources (OER)
22. Open Educational Resources (OER)
23. What would the impact be if 75% of general education classes had free textbooks or OER?
24. Group Brainstorming (30 minutes) Discuss: How can Open benefit our campuses?