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

2^nd 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 and Social Sciences (Workgroup Lead): Hanaa Alkassas, M.A.
- Athletics, Kinesiology and Health Ed (Workgroup Lead)
- Career and Technical Education (Workgroup Lead): John Hafner, J.D.
- Counseling Services (Workgroup Lead)
- Learning and Technology Resources (Workgroup Lead)
- Math, Science and 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 and 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
- Agenda
- Minutes
Friday, March 10, 2023
- Agenda
- Minutes
Friday, April 14, 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023

Fall 2023

Friday, September 8, 2023
Friday, October 13, 2023
Friday, November 3, 2023 – 1^st 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

Meeting Schedule

2^nd 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 and Social Sciences (Workgroup Lead)
- Athletics, Kinesiology and Health Ed (Workgroup Lead)
- Career and Technical Education (Workgroup Lead)
- Counseling Services (Workgroup Lead)
- Learning and Technology Resources (Workgroup Lead)
- Math, Science and 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 and Services
Past Faculty OER Liaison to the ASCCC/Past OER Coordinator

Other Resources

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 and 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.