Welcome to the OER Committee Webpage
The Open Education Resources Committee (OERC) reports to the Academic Senate and Student
Success and Equity Council. The OERC provides a forum for the discussion of local
OER awareness, adoption, and support for faculty and students. The committee offers
and provides support, recommendations, guidelines, and standards for the integration
and sustainability of OER across the curriculum. The committee works towards eliminating
barriers to quality higher education and closing equity gaps in student outcomes through
the adoption of open education resources and practices and culturally relevant course
materials.
Meeting Schedule
- 2nd Fridays from 2:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom
Committee Membership (as of FA22)
- Faculty Chair: Faculty OER Coordinator: Josh Franco, Ph.D.
- Administrative Chair: Dean (rotates between all Deans on annual schedule)
- One faculty member from each of the following divisions will serve as Workgroup Leads
to help fulfill the Charge of the committee in their divisions:
- Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (Workgroup Lead): Hanaa Alkassas, M.A.
- Athletics, Kinesiology & Health Ed (Workgroup Lead)
- Career & Technical Education (Workgroup Lead): John Hafner, J.D.
- Counseling Services (Workgroup Lead)
- Learning & Technology Resources (Workgroup Lead)
- Math, Science & Engineering (Workgroup Lead): Sarmad Youssef
- At-Large Faculty (1)
- Classified Staff Member (1): Layla Shaba
- Associated Student Government Representatives (3)
- Jose Arredondo
- Courtney Etnyre
- Nina Krupenkin
- Mariam Salem
Resources
- Instructional Dean (1) - will rotate every year between AHSS, AKHE, CTE, CS, MSE, Counseling, LTR
- Dean of Student Success and Equity: Jesus Miranda, Ph.D.
- Distance Education Coordinator: Brianna Brown, Ed.D.
- Teaching and Learning Committee Representative: Karla Guitierrez, M.A.
- Bookstore Representative
- Disabled Students Programs & Services
- Past Faculty OER Liaison to the ASCCC/Past OER Coordinator: Josh Franco, Ph.D.
Committee Agendas and Minutes
Spring 2023
- Friday, February 10, 2023
- Friday, March 10, 2023
- Agenda
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Minutes
- Friday, April 14, 2023
- Friday, May 12, 2023
Fall 2023
- Friday, September 8, 2023
- Friday, October 13, 2023
- Friday, November 3, 2023 – 1st Friday Due to Veterans Day
- Friday, December 8, 2023
Spring 2024
- Friday, February 9, 2024
- Friday, March 8, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024
- Friday, May 10, 2024
OER Committee (FA22-SP24)
Charge
The Open Education Resources Committee (OERC) reports to the Academic Senate and Student
Success and Equity Council. The OERC provides a forum for the discussion of local
OER awareness, adoption, and support for faculty and students. The committee offers
and provides support, recommendations, guidelines, and standards for the integration
and sustainability of OER across the curriculum. The committee works towards eliminating
barriers to quality higher education and closing equity gaps in student outcomes through
the adoption of open education resources and practices and culturally relevant course
materials.
Meeting Schedule
- 2nd Fridays from 2:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom
Chair(s)
- Faculty OER Coordinator
- Dean (rotates between all Deans on annual schedule)
Composition
- One faculty member from each of the following divisions will serve as Workgroup Leads
to help fulfill the Charge of the committee in their divisions:
- Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (Workgroup Lead)
- Athletics, Kinesiology & Health Ed (Workgroup Lead)
- Career & Technical Education (Workgroup Lead)
- Counseling Services (Workgroup Lead)
- Learning & Technology Resources (Workgroup Lead)
- Math, Science & Engineering (Workgroup Lead)
- At-Large Faculty (1)
- Classified Staff Member (1)
- Associated Student Government Representatives (3)
Resources
- Instructional Dean (1) - will rotate every year between AHSS, AKHE, CTE, CS, MSE, Counseling, LTR
- Dean of Student Success and Equity
- Distance Education Coordinator
- Teaching and Learning Committee Representative
- Bookstore Representative
- Disabled Students Programs & Services
- Past Faculty OER Liaison to the ASCCC/Past OER Coordinator
Other Resources
- Open Education Resources (cuyamaca.edu)
- ASCCC OERI | ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (asccc-oeri.org)
About OER Coordinator
Open Education Resources Faculty Coordinator has 0.30 LED Reassigned Time and two-year
term from Fall 2022-Spring 2024. This position is open to all part-time/full-time
faculty at Cuyamaca College.
The Open Education Resources (OER) Committee Coordinator will work collaboratively with the Dean of Student Success & Equity within the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Success and Equity (IESE) and report to the Academic Senate.
Qualifications:
- Expertise in equity-minded and anti-racism approaches based on most relevant and recent literature focused on social justice-based frameworks in higher education or related fields in efforts to eliminate classroom and student support equity gaps
- Established commitment to the College’s strategic priorities and commitment to racial equity, social justice, and student- centered practices
- History of collaboration with chairs and coordinators, councils and committees related to supporting the College’s strategic priorities and commitment to racial equity, social justice, and student-centered practices
- Demonstrated knowledge of issues in open education, open textbooks, and open access
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide leadership of efforts to inspire and recruit faculty to develop, adopt, and/or assess open educational resources for the benefit of students
- Raise awareness of open educational resources across the campus, encouraging broad participation by departments, faculty, and students
- Attend Academic Senate meetings as needed
- Act as the ASCCC Open Education Resources Liaison
- Co-chair the OER Committee
- Act as a liaison between the OER/ZTC workgroups
- Organize OER/ZTC professional development trainings
- Maintain an OER webpage: https://cuyamaca.edu/oer/
- Help identify fiscal resources for faculty to curate or author OER textbooks or equivalent resources
- Collaborate with IESE to collect data related to OER implementation and effectiveness
- Offer synchronous presentations on OER for interested departments
- Assist faculty in identifying, adopting, and adapting high quality OER/ZTC
- Attend OER/ZTC workshops, webinars, and conferences to stay current on OER/ZTC
- Communicate about OER/ZTC with appropriate constituency groups
- Act as a liaison between faculty and librarians regarding the library and OER collections
College's Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) Project #2: Expand Open Educational Resources/Low-Cost Course Materials
Overview
Cuyamaca College is committed to improving access and success for all students. In
addition, as part of its guided pathways work, Cuyamaca College is exploring ways
to “keep students on the path” by eliminating barriers to students’ successful course
completion. As part of this work, the College has identified the expansion of open
educational resources and low-cost course materials as a significant priority for
the next four years. While initial efforts in specific disciplines and among individual
instructors have begun, the College aims to broaden its OER and low-cost textbook
offerings to ensure students have access to high-quality, affordable texts and materials
in order to succeed in their courses.
Overarching Project Goal
Provide access to high-quality course texts and learning materials at little to no
cost to students in order to improve student learning and support successful course
completion.
With constant increases in textbook costs, and recent studies indicating half of two-year college students use financial aid to purchase textbooks, many students are unable to purchase the materials needed for success in their courses in a timely manner or at all [QFE 2-1Covering the Cost Report]. These resources are critically important to student success in college courses. During the development of the ISER, through the College’s guided pathways work, informed by regional efforts and trainings related to Open-Educational Resources (OER) and Zero-Textbook Cost (ZTC), it was noted that textbook and course materials costs presented a significant barrier to student success; thus, the College prioritized the expansion of OER and low-cost course materials as its second Quality Focus Essay project intended to improve student access, learning, success, and ultimately completion [QFE 2 - 2 Regional OER ZTC Workshop Slides].
Visit Accreditation 2019 (cuyamaca.edu) to read the Action Plan for Project #2.