University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO, United States
Official Website
• @UMKansasCity
Type: Public 4-Year, Research University
Annual Enrollment: 16,146
Overview
New System-Wide OER Initiative
On 21 June 2017, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi and Chancellors Leo Morton, Tom George, Garnett Stokes and Christopher Maples announced a plan that will save students significant amounts of money on textbooks and other course materials. This effort is designed to reduce the cost of attendance and enhance learning for students. The plan takes advantage of Open Educational Resources (OER), or class materials that are free for students, and AutoAccess, which is a program that makes textbooks and class materials available online at a lower cost than traditional learning resources.
To accomplish this goal, a working group of faculty, staff and students, including a team of librarians, bookstore personnel and campus instructional design staff, will be formed to provide input from all four campuses. The group will work collaboratively to develop a system-wide strategy to increase awareness of affordable and open resources, incentivize the transition to those resources, and encourage University-created materials to be shared as open resources. This work will be done in conjunction with campus-specific working groups.
Currently, some campuses are already using online resources to reduce the costs of textbooks for students. The working group will review that progress and see how the resources can be shared throughout the system. One example of these online resources is a program known as AutoAccess, which is available to all four campuses within the University of Missouri System.
The system-wide initiative is launching this summer, and the working group is committed to making fast progress toward its goals.
Campus Details
Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Academic Department
- E-Learning/Distance Education
- Library
- Student Government
- Other
Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Public Service/Reference
- Scholarly Communication
- Teaching & Learning
Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:
- Biological and related sciences
- Business and administration
- Law
OER Staff Location:
- Library
OER Programs
UMKC Affordable and Open Educational Resources Committee
The UMKC Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) Committee works to enhance student academic success through advocating and supporting faculty use of affordable, accessible and open educational resources at the university. Through building university awareness and increasing faculty engagement, the committee strives to provide comprehensive faculty support for the creation and use of A&OER content.
Program Type:
- Task Force/Committee
Duration: 12/2017 - Present
Scope: Affordable course content, including cost-free course content and OER
Primary OER Strategy: OER Awareness
Secondary OER Strategies: OER Adaptation, OER Adoption, OER Curation, OER Publication, OER Review/Assessment
Unit Housing the Program:
- Library
Program Partners:
- Assistive Technology or Disability Services Office
- Campus Store
- E-Learning/Distance Education
- Faculty Champions(s)
- Library
- Student Government
- Teaching and Learning Center
Source of Program Funding:
- Unknown
Incentives Offered by the Program:
- Financial incentives (grants, stipends)
- Instructional design assistance
- Technical assistance
- Professional development
Conditions: Recipients are required to openly license and freely share resources created or adapted
Links:
Other Resource
OER Events
Course Sharing and A&OER Webinar
UM System-wide webinar on course sharing. Presented information on affordable and open educational resources, linking to library resources, ensuring all students have access to course materials.
Date: Aug. 14, 2018
Event Type:
- Talk/Presentation
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: Cost-free course content, including OER
Approximate Attendees: 50
Links:
Slides
FaCET Course Launchpad Experience
Presented on affordable & open educational resources as part of this workshop open to new faculty beginning at UMKC in Fall 2018. Whether you are an experienced college-level instructor or new to teaching in academia, this session will help you to be a successful teacher this year and beyond. The Course Launchpad Experience brings together experience professionals in assessment and instructional design who can provide tips and direct guidance on building your course syllabus, ensuring ADA compliance with course materials, strategies for formative assessment, the use of instructional technologies, and many other topics.
Date: Aug. 16, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: Cost-free course content, including OER
Approximate Attendees: 15
Links:
Promotional Material
FaCET Fall 2018 Conference
Presenting during keynote session for all attendees on UM and UMKC Affordable & Open Educational Resources initiatives. Attendees are mostly UMKC faculty with some faculty from surrounding colleges and universities.
Date: Aug. 30, 2018
Event Type:
- Talk/Presentation
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 75
Links:
Slides
Open Textbook Network Workshop
UMKC Libraries is presenting a faculty workshop on the Open Textbook Network on Friday, April 20 from 8:00-9:30 am in Room 325 of Miller Nichols Library. Through participating in this workshop, and reviewing an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library, faculty can earn a $250 UM System Grant.
Date: April 20, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 6
Links:
Promotional Material
Open Textbook Network Workshop
UMKC Libraries is presenting a faculty workshop on the Open Textbook Network on Thursday, June 7 from 2:30-4:00 pm in Room 325 of Miller Nichols Library. Through participating in this workshop, and reviewing an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library, faculty can earn a $250 UM System Grant.
Date: June 7, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 10
Links:
Promotional Material
Open Textbook Network - Librarian Lunch & Learn
Provided opportunity for librarians to learn how workshop presentations will be conducted in support of the Open Textbook Library and Open Textbook Network. UMKC, through membership in MOBIUS, is a member of the Open Textbook Network.
Date: March 8, 2018
Event Type:
- Talk/Presentation
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 10
Links:
Promotional Material
Open Textbook Network Workshop
FaCET and UMKC Libraries is presenting a faculty workshop on the Open Textbook Network on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 from 2:00-3:30 in the FaCET Office (Room 225 Miller Nichols Library). Through participating in this workshop and reviewing an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library, faculty can earn a $250 UM System Grant.
Date: Oct. 3, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 12
Links:
Promotional Material
Point of Contact
Scott Curtis
Teaching & Learning Librarian, OER Lead, UMKC Libraries
@ScottCurtis10