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CCCOER Presents: Culture Shift to Academic Freedom
The document details a presentation on the culture shift toward academic freedom and the adoption of open educational resources (OER), featuring speakers from various educational institutions discussing OER's impact on teaching practices and student access. It emphasizes the 'Free the Textbook' initiative, which critiques automatic billing programs for potentially excluding students, and highlights the demographics and challenges faced by students at Roxbury Community College and the University of Alaska Anchorage. Additionally, it outlines upcoming webinars and resources for further engagement in open education discussions.
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- 1. Oct 14, 2020,12:00 pm PDT Welcome Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0 Culture Shift to Academic Freedom
- 2. Agenda • Introductions • PanelDiscussion • Q & A • Upcoming events Image on previous slide: Censorship-limitations by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay
- 3. Speakers Alisa Cooper English Faculty GlendaleCommunity College Barbara Gooch Student Volunteer State Community College OpenStax Intern William Hoag Library Director Roxbury Community College Veronica Howard Associate Professor of Psychology University of Alaska Anchorage Moderator: Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
- 4. ● Expand awareness& access to high- quality OER ● Support faculty choice & development ● Foster regional OER leadership ● Improve student success CCCOER Mission
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- 6. #Freethetextbook Free the Textbookis a nationwide initiative that calls on college and university leaders, educators and students to closely examine the fine print of their automatic billing programs (AKA “Inclusive Access” or “Day One Access”) and make sure they are inclusive of ALL students. http://wefreethetextbook.org/
- 7. Alisa Cooper English Faculty GlendaleCommunity College
- 8. Barbara Gooch Student Volunteer State CommunityCollege OpenStax Intern
- 9. OpenStax blog postsby Barbara Gooch • When one door closes… Musings from a first generation, non-traditional college student. • Taking flight: Rising above in Phoenix • Chaos in the wake of many storms: The impact of tornadoes and the coronavirus on a small Tennessee community
- 10. William Hoag Library Director RoxburyCommunity College
- 12. Roxbury Community College •Located in the heart of Boston, MA • Founded in 1973 • 2,131 students (Spring 2019) • 70% Female; 30% Male • Incredibly Diverse: +80% students of color • 55% Black or African American; 20% Hispanic or Latino; 7% White; 3% Cape Verdian; 2% Asian; 2% Two or more races • +30 countries of origin, linguistic diversity • Average age: 32 • Few students who come directly after high school graduation **Most affordable community college in Massachusetts** 12
- 13. Roxbury Community CollegeStudents • Poorest students in Commonwealth of MA • The mean EFC (Expected Family Contribution) for students is zero. ◦ 79% of RCC students have an EFC of zero. • Percentage of students receiving Pell grants: 77% • Average Pell award: $3,024 • RCC does not participate in any federal student loan programs • 45% are parents, with more than half having at least two children • Most popular majors: Health Careers, Nursing 13
- 14. Veronica Howard Associate Professorof Psychology University of Alaska Anchorage
- 15. The University ofAlaska Anchorage (UAA) is a large, open-enrollment university built on the land of the Dena’ina Ełnena. We are the metropolitan campus, focusing on professional credentialing and workforce development. Image©UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage
- 16. Today’s Discussion Topics •Teaching Practices • Institutional Pressures • Automatic Billing / “Inclusive Access”
- 17. Teaching Practices ● Howdoes OER impact faculty freedom to engage with students? What/who does it empower? How is it limiting? ● How does this shift in teaching practices prompted by open education impact educators who are comfortable (and arguably effective) with their use of publisher materials?
- 18. Institutional Pressures ● Traditionally,costly publisher textbooks have been the default. Why not make OER the default? What would be the implications for this at the department/division level? ● What should institutional OER initiatives do to avoid the perception that they are infringing on faculty freedom?
- 19. Automatic Billing /“Inclusive Access” ● How can we see Automatic Billing / Inclusive Access as a symptom of a larger institutional issue? ● What are the long-term implications of the adoption of AB/IA to solve short-term problems? ● How do AB/IA publisher offerings impact academic freedom?
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- 21. Fall Webinars Oct 14Culture Shift to Academic Freedom Nov 4 Navigating the Virtual Open Education Conferences Dec 9 Tracking Key Program Indicators (KPIs) for OER Programs Find out more and register at bit.ly/CCCOERfall2020
- 22. https://conference.oeglobal.org/2020/ Online Co-Hosts - Taipei,Delft, Toronto M, W, F: Keynotes,panels, presentations, workshops Tu, Th: Social interaction live & asynchronous 3 Timezones daily with some overlap Registration Closes Fri, Oct 30th!
- 23. Stay in theLoop ● Upcoming Conferences See our website under “Get-Involved” ● Join our Community Email ○ https://www.cccoer.org/community-email/ ● Read our EDI blog posts & Student OER Impact Stories ○ https://www.cccoer.org Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay
- 24. Questions? Contact Info: @unatdaly --[email protected] @CCCOER Liz Yata -- [email protected] Lisa Young -- [email protected] @suetash Sue Tashjian -- [email protected] Thank you!