Access, Equity, and Empowerment: The Critical and Practical Case for Open Educational Resources
DR. MEGGIE MAPES
MEGGIEMAPES@KU.EDU
SHE/HER/HERS
Name
Background with OERs
IN THE CHAT
Introductions
1 barrier you’ve experienced with OERs
MY STORY
Thinking
critically
Thinking
practically
Defining
OER
OVERVIEW
WHAT IS “OPEN?”
everything included in an educational resource is openly licensed or in the public domain.
ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
SOME RIGHTS
RESERVED
CREATIVE
COMMONS
Copy
Share
Keep
Edit
Mix
Use
BY
NC
SA
ND
ADOPT ONE TEXT
MODIFY OR EDIT
MIX & MATCH
START FROM SCRATCH
Thinking critically about “Open”
WHY USE THEM?
THERE’S NOTHING EXPLICIT
ABOUT OERS AS SOCIAL JUSTICE
ACCESS
INCLUSION
EMPOWERMENT
AFFORDABILITY
Social justice as access
IN YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER, HAS THE COST OF REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS CAUSED YOU TO:
THE ACADEMIC IMPACT
http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE3386.pdf
Data from the University of Georgia after moving from a non-OER to an OER
HOW ELSE DO OERS RELATE TO SOCIAL JUSTICE?
Where is the content from?
Who / what is represented?
What’s left out or absent?
Do students
see themselves
in the
content?
SOCIAL JUSTICE AS INCLUSION
CUSTOMIZATION
a model whereby faculty engage students as co-creators in knowledge and curriculum
SOCIAL JUSTICE AS EMPOWERMENT
OPEN PEDAGOGY
OPEN PEDAGOGY
Creative formats
What is the best
form for
your OER?
A social justice focus enables interesting avenues when creating openly accessible curricular materials, including assignments.
“Teach-Out
Model”
Historical Interventions/
Intros
HOW TO USE THEM?
Thinking practically
WHERE DO THEY “LIVE”?
Adopting
Adapting
Pressbooks
Manifold
Online PDF
Accessibility
WHAT
LICENSE?
Having the most flexible license does not mean
it’s the most inclusive
BY
NC
SA
ND
Remixed: 15%
Collaborated: 10%
Original: 75%
HOW DO THEY WORK FOR MULTI-SECTION COURSES?
Prioritize a community of inquiry
HOW DO WE ASSESS?
What do want to know?
Tracing the impact
CONFRONTING COMMON QUESTIONS
“Who has
time?”
“Are they
any good?”
“What about
academic freedom?”
meggiemapes@ku.edu
Website
www.meggiemapes.com
QUESTIONS?