{"id":543,"date":"2024-07-15T16:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=543"},"modified":"2024-10-29T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:03:51","slug":"researching-oer","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/chapter\/researching-oer\/","title":{"raw":"Researching Open Educational Resources","rendered":"Researching Open Educational Resources"},"content":{"raw":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-rxlPTa59U\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y-rxlPTa59U?si=xE-boN3frqQYEPbn\">What does the research say about OER?<\/a>\r\nBy: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccsso.org\/\">The Council of Chief State School Officers<\/a>. Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>. Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y-rxlPTa59U?si=xE-boN3frqQYEPbn\">Lahaina by Blue Dot Sessions<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY NC 4.0<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/flvctest-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/eball_flvc_org\/Ee40eSpZkYNDl7sgJfitQ0EBB6AyiH8Oa68t4NEcLoHtlA?e=2kXeae\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">Learning Objectives<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nBy the end of this chapter, one will be able to :\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Understand areas of research in Open Educational Resources<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify ways to research Open Educational Resources adoption<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Introduction<\/h1>\r\nAn important part of learning about open educational resources (OER) is understanding the research being done is this arena of open content.\u00a0 Baseline research has shown that OER\u00a0 \"do no harm,\" meaning they are of good quality and serve students as well as or better than traditionally published materials (Jhangiani et al., 2018).\u00a0 \u00a0Further studies have shown that instructors knowledge about and use of OER is increasing; students benefit from courses using OER, and the quality of this material is considered to be good.\u00a0 The Cost\/Outcomes\/Use\/Perceptions (COUP) framework is a useful model to follow for those wanting to do their own research into the effectiveness of OER.\r\n<h1>Learning Objective Check-in<\/h1>\r\n[h5p id=\"59\"]\r\n<h1>Awareness and Perception<\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Research shows that instructors' knowledge about and use of OER is increasing. According to a 2023 study by Bay View Analytics, 85% of instructors had some type of awareness of OER.\u00a0 Beyond awareness, \"1 in 2 instructors used OER materials, and about 1 in 3 instructors required an OER material in at least one course.\"\u00a0 Survey leads did not identify a singular factor in the rising levels of awareness or usage, but a mix of factors. This mix includes OER offering more affordable course materials and professors becoming more familiar and comfortable with searching for and using online resources (Coffey, 2023). An additional study of over 450 instructors \"found that autonomous motivation (engagement with OER textbooks based on enjoyment, value) was the strongest positive predictor of current and future OER textbook use\" (Herbert et al., 2023).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1120 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics.png\" alt=\"Pie chart showing faculty awareness of OER by color: 31% very aware, 28% aware, 13% somewhat aware, 14% heard about\/don't know much, and 13% not aware.\" width=\"655\" height=\"368\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/reports\/digitallyestablished-2023.pdf\">Faculty: OER Awareness<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/people.html\">Julia E. Seaman, PhD, and Jeff Seaman, PhD<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/index.html\">Bay View Analytics<\/a>) under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>How to Raise Awareness<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Share knowledge with department colleagues<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Write about personal experience<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Present to discipline at conferences or events<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provide a review for an OER<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Student Impact<\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Research on OER shows its beneficial impact on students. A large-scale study showed that OER adoption helped student success metrics: grades improved and drop\/fail\/withdrawal rates decreased, with heightened results in these areas for Pell grant recipients (Colvard et al, 2018). Textbook affordability efforts encourage students to sell textbooks back at the end of each term, but this strategy can lead to students selling books early in finals week, losing study access in order to meet bookstore quotas (Butcher 2012). With zero-cost OER, we eliminate textbook cost coping measures, and potential risks.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The FLVC Textbook Survey consistently reports how textbook costs hamper students' academic gains.\u00a0 It makes sense that eliminating or reducing this cost burden should positively increase their academic progress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\">\r\n<ul id=\"s-lg-link-list-9878987\" class=\"s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-4\">\r\n \t<li class=\" pad-bottom-sm\">\r\n<div id=\"s-lg-content-75861941\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flvc.libguides.com\/ld.php?content_id=75861941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"s-lg-file-icon fa fa-file-pdf-o\"><\/i>2022 Student Textbook Survey - Infographic (PDF)<\/a><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\" pad-bottom-sm\">\r\n<div id=\"s-lg-content-75861941\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.website-files.com\/646e59f2d76c6e8c0c5223de\/64de6032b2335a7368b20746_Textbook%20Survey%202022%20Executive%20Summary.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey and Information Executive Summary (PDF)<\/a><\/div><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\" pad-bottom-sm\">\r\n<div id=\"s-lg-content-75861941\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.website-files.com\/646e59f2d76c6e8c0c5223de\/64de6132148ed7739bc186e4_FLVC%20Textbook%20Survey%20Report%20-%202022.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Student Textbook and Instructional Material Survey- Results and Findings<\/a><\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1035\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1275\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2.jpg\" alt=\"2022 Infogrpahic Showing Impact of Textbook Costs on Students, including how they are coping, these choices are impacting them, much they spend on textbooks, much these resources are used.\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/flvc.libguides.com\/ld.php?content_id=75861941\">2022 Textbook Survey Infographic<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/dlss.flvc.org\/\">Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Distance Learning and Student Services<\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\r\n<div>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/reports\/student_course_material_affordability.html\">2023 survey<\/a> conducted Affordable Learning PA and others echoes the FLVC Student Textbook Survey Findings.\u00a0 Over fifty percent of students surveyed says they take few courses or don't register for a specific course because of course materials costs. Other impacts, such as earning a poor grade or dropping a course, were reported by significant percentages of students as well (Mowreader, 2024).<\/div>\r\n<h1>Zero Textbook Cost Data<\/h1>\r\nStatewide Florida Shines ZTC Data Dashboard:\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"56\"]\r\n<h1>Use and Quality<\/h1>\r\n<h2>How to Research Implementation<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many questions about the impacts of OER adoption can be addressed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/286689967_An_OER_COUP_College_Teacher_and_Student_Perceptions_of_Open_Educational_Resources\">COUP Framework.<\/a>\u00a0This framework focuses on the issues of:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Cost\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How much money was saved by this OER adoption?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The amount saved is the difference between the cost of the previous textbook and the cost of the OER.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Outcomes\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How do students\u2019 final grades differ when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How do Course Throughput Rates change when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks or digital content as the required materials for a course?\r\n(The Course Throughput Rate or CTR, combines the effect of drop rates, withdraw rates, and final grades to show the percentage of students present on the first day of class who complete the course with a final grade of C or better.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How do students\u2019 enrollment intensity (number of credits taken) and semester-to-semester persistence change when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks or digital content as the required materials for a course?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How does student use of resources differ between traditional learning resources and OER?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: To what extent (if any) are instructors and students utilizing the legal permissions facilitated by OER?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Perceptions\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How do students perceive the quality of the OER?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Question: How do instructors perceive the quality of the OER?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are many additional resources for learning more about OER research. Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/openedgroup.org\/toolkit\">Guidebook to Research on Open Educational Resources Adoption<\/a> for information regarding OER research tools such as:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Data collection templates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Data definitions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sample student surveys<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sample instructor surveys<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Links to completed sample studies<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Resources for completing Institutional Review Board protocols<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Research on Quality<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">The Open Education Network (OEN) reports that instructor reviews of OER collected in their Open Textbook Library are consistently high.\u00a0 Eighty-two percent of the reviews rated the textbooks in the top two quality categories (4 to 4.5 and 5 to 5.5).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1135 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide.jpg\" alt=\"Bar graph with highest number of reviews at rating 4 to 4.5 (1594 reviews) and 4.5 to 5 (2809 reviews).\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1-iEYfT28ts15XBVx6Lfbp-6gLVrjqGM_zgGx3YxfpOQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Intro to OER Adoption Workshop Are they any Good Slide<\/a> (2024) by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/community\/hub\">Open Education Network (OEN)<\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Leader Voice<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\"<em>OER degree pathway implementation can contribute to transformational institutional change...At many of colleges, adoption of OER is spreading beyond clear issues of student affordability to the less obvious issues of access, completion, reducing time to degree, decreasing debt, advancing equity, and rethinking pedagogy, setting into motion policy, funding and systems change at the institutional, state and federal level.<\/em>\"<\/p>\r\nDr. Karen A. Stout, President &amp; CEO\r\nAchieving the Dream\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Conclusion<\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This chapter introduced areas of OER research. Using the COUP framework instructors can research their OER implementation. Sharing the results of OER implementation can continue to raise awareness and provide great research to include in tenure and promotion portfolios.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h1>Assessment<\/h1>\r\n[h5p id=\"57\"]\r\n<h1>Learner Survey<\/h1>\r\n[h5p id=\"66\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"What does the research say about OER?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-rxlPTa59U?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y-rxlPTa59U?si=xE-boN3frqQYEPbn\">What does the research say about OER?<\/a><br \/>\nBy: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccsso.org\/\">The Council of Chief State School Officers<\/a>. Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>. Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y-rxlPTa59U?si=xE-boN3frqQYEPbn\">Lahaina by Blue Dot Sessions<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY NC 4.0<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/flvctest-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/eball_flvc_org\/Ee40eSpZkYNDl7sgJfitQ0EBB6AyiH8Oa68t4NEcLoHtlA?e=2kXeae\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">Learning Objectives<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>By the end of this chapter, one will be able to :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Understand areas of research in Open Educational Resources<\/li>\n<li>Identify ways to research Open Educational Resources adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Introduction<\/h1>\n<p>An important part of learning about open educational resources (OER) is understanding the research being done is this arena of open content.\u00a0 Baseline research has shown that OER\u00a0 &#8220;do no harm,&#8221; meaning they are of good quality and serve students as well as or better than traditionally published materials (Jhangiani et al., 2018).\u00a0 \u00a0Further studies have shown that instructors knowledge about and use of OER is increasing; students benefit from courses using OER, and the quality of this material is considered to be good.\u00a0 The Cost\/Outcomes\/Use\/Perceptions (COUP) framework is a useful model to follow for those wanting to do their own research into the effectiveness of OER.<\/p>\n<h1>Learning Objective Check-in<\/h1>\n<div id=\"h5p-59\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-59\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"59\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"LO Check-in Chapter 7 Researching OER\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Awareness and Perception<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Research shows that instructors&#8217; knowledge about and use of OER is increasing. According to a 2023 study by Bay View Analytics, 85% of instructors had some type of awareness of OER.\u00a0 Beyond awareness, &#8220;1 in 2 instructors used OER materials, and about 1 in 3 instructors required an OER material in at least one course.&#8221;\u00a0 Survey leads did not identify a singular factor in the rising levels of awareness or usage, but a mix of factors. This mix includes OER offering more affordable course materials and professors becoming more familiar and comfortable with searching for and using online resources (Coffey, 2023). An additional study of over 450 instructors &#8220;found that autonomous motivation (engagement with OER textbooks based on enjoyment, value) was the strongest positive predictor of current and future OER textbook use&#8221; (Herbert et al., 2023).<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1120 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics.png\" alt=\"Pie chart showing faculty awareness of OER by color: 31% very aware, 28% aware, 13% somewhat aware, 14% heard about\/don't know much, and 13% not aware.\" width=\"655\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics.png 655w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics-65x37.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics-225x126.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/Faculty-Awareness-of-OER-BayView-Analytics-350x197.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/reports\/digitallyestablished-2023.pdf\">Faculty: OER Awareness<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/people.html\">Julia E. Seaman, PhD, and Jeff Seaman, PhD<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/index.html\">Bay View Analytics<\/a>) under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How to Raise Awareness<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Share knowledge with department colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Write about personal experience<\/li>\n<li>Present to discipline at conferences or events<\/li>\n<li>Provide a review for an OER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Student Impact<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Research on OER shows its beneficial impact on students. A large-scale study showed that OER adoption helped student success metrics: grades improved and drop\/fail\/withdrawal rates decreased, with heightened results in these areas for Pell grant recipients (Colvard et al, 2018). Textbook affordability efforts encourage students to sell textbooks back at the end of each term, but this strategy can lead to students selling books early in finals week, losing study access in order to meet bookstore quotas (Butcher 2012). With zero-cost OER, we eliminate textbook cost coping measures, and potential risks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The FLVC Textbook Survey consistently reports how textbook costs hamper students&#8217; academic gains.\u00a0 It makes sense that eliminating or reducing this cost burden should positively increase their academic progress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<ul id=\"s-lg-link-list-9878987\" class=\"s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-4\">\n<li class=\"pad-bottom-sm\">\n<div id=\"s-lg-content-75861941\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flvc.libguides.com\/ld.php?content_id=75861941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"s-lg-file-icon fa fa-file-pdf-o\"><\/i>2022 Student Textbook Survey &#8211; Infographic (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pad-bottom-sm\">\n<div class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.website-files.com\/646e59f2d76c6e8c0c5223de\/64de6032b2335a7368b20746_Textbook%20Survey%202022%20Executive%20Summary.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey and Information Executive Summary (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pad-bottom-sm\">\n<div class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.website-files.com\/646e59f2d76c6e8c0c5223de\/64de6132148ed7739bc186e4_FLVC%20Textbook%20Survey%20Report%20-%202022.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Student Textbook and Instructional Material Survey- Results and Findings<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1035\" style=\"width: 1275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2.jpg\" alt=\"2022 Infogrpahic Showing Impact of Textbook Costs on Students, including how they are coping, these choices are impacting them, much they spend on textbooks, much these resources are used.\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-65x84.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-225x291.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/2022_Student_Textbook_Survey_-_Infographic_Page_2-350x453.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flvc.libguides.com\/ld.php?content_id=75861941\">2022 Textbook Survey Infographic<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/dlss.flvc.org\/\">Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Distance Learning and Student Services<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayviewanalytics.com\/reports\/student_course_material_affordability.html\">2023 survey<\/a> conducted Affordable Learning PA and others echoes the FLVC Student Textbook Survey Findings.\u00a0 Over fifty percent of students surveyed says they take few courses or don&#8217;t register for a specific course because of course materials costs. Other impacts, such as earning a poor grade or dropping a course, were reported by significant percentages of students as well (Mowreader, 2024).<\/div>\n<h1>Zero Textbook Cost Data<\/h1>\n<p>Statewide Florida Shines ZTC Data Dashboard:<\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-56\">\n<div class=\"h5p-content\" data-content-id=\"56\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Use and Quality<\/h1>\n<h2>How to Research Implementation<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many questions about the impacts of OER adoption can be addressed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/286689967_An_OER_COUP_College_Teacher_and_Student_Perceptions_of_Open_Educational_Resources\">COUP Framework.<\/a>\u00a0This framework focuses on the issues of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost\n<ul>\n<li>Research Question: How much money was saved by this OER adoption?\n<ul>\n<li>The amount saved is the difference between the cost of the previous textbook and the cost of the OER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Outcomes\n<ul>\n<li>Research Question: How do students\u2019 final grades differ when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks?<\/li>\n<li>Research Question: How do Course Throughput Rates change when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks or digital content as the required materials for a course?<br \/>\n(The Course Throughput Rate or CTR, combines the effect of drop rates, withdraw rates, and final grades to show the percentage of students present on the first day of class who complete the course with a final grade of C or better.)<\/li>\n<li>Research Question: How do students\u2019 enrollment intensity (number of credits taken) and semester-to-semester persistence change when instructors assign OER instead of commercial textbooks or digital content as the required materials for a course?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use\n<ul>\n<li>Research Question: How does student use of resources differ between traditional learning resources and OER?<\/li>\n<li>Research Question: To what extent (if any) are instructors and students utilizing the legal permissions facilitated by OER?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Perceptions\n<ul>\n<li>Research Question: How do students perceive the quality of the OER?<\/li>\n<li>Research Question: How do instructors perceive the quality of the OER?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are many additional resources for learning more about OER research. Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/openedgroup.org\/toolkit\">Guidebook to Research on Open Educational Resources Adoption<\/a> for information regarding OER research tools such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data collection templates<\/li>\n<li>Data definitions<\/li>\n<li>Sample student surveys<\/li>\n<li>Sample instructor surveys<\/li>\n<li>Links to completed sample studies<\/li>\n<li>Resources for completing Institutional Review Board protocols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Research on Quality<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">The Open Education Network (OEN) reports that instructor reviews of OER collected in their Open Textbook Library are consistently high.\u00a0 Eighty-two percent of the reviews rated the textbooks in the top two quality categories (4 to 4.5 and 5 to 5.5).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1135 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide.jpg\" alt=\"Bar graph with highest number of reviews at rating 4 to 4.5 (1594 reviews) and 4.5 to 5 (2809 reviews).\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide-65x37.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide-225x127.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/OEN-Intro-to-OER-Adoption-Workshop-Are-they-any-good-slide-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1-iEYfT28ts15XBVx6Lfbp-6gLVrjqGM_zgGx3YxfpOQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Intro to OER Adoption Workshop Are they any Good Slide<\/a> (2024) by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/community\/hub\">Open Education Network (OEN)<\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Leader Voice<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;<em>OER degree pathway implementation can contribute to transformational institutional change&#8230;At many of colleges, adoption of OER is spreading beyond clear issues of student affordability to the less obvious issues of access, completion, reducing time to degree, decreasing debt, advancing equity, and rethinking pedagogy, setting into motion policy, funding and systems change at the institutional, state and federal level.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Karen A. Stout, President &amp; CEO<br \/>\nAchieving the Dream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Conclusion<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This chapter introduced areas of OER research. Using the COUP framework instructors can research their OER implementation. Sharing the results of OER implementation can continue to raise awareness and provide great research to include in tenure and promotion portfolios.<\/p>\n<h1>Assessment<\/h1>\n<div id=\"h5p-57\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-57\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"57\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Assessment Chapter 7 Researching OER\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Learner Survey<\/h1>\n<div id=\"h5p-66\">\n<div class=\"h5p-content\" data-content-id=\"66\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-543","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":84,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/543\/revisions\/1535"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/84"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/543\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/adopt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}