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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: Karla Gutiérrez, M.A.
  • 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): 
    • Athletics, Kinesiology and Health Ed (Workgroup Lead): JT Tomaschke, M.Ed.
    • Career and Technical Education (Workgroup Lead): John Hafner, J.D.
    • Counseling Services (Workgroup Lead)
    • Learning and Technology Resources (Workgroup Lead): Matthew Chase, MLIS
    • Math, Science and Engineering (Workgroup Lead): Sarmad Youssef
  • At-Large Faculty (1): Sasha Carter
  • Classified Staff Member (1): Martha Galvan
  • 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
  • Interim Dean of Student Success and Equity: Jonathan Wesley, Ph.D.
  • Distance Education Coordinator: Brianna Brown, Ed.D.
  • Teaching and Learning Committee Representative: Karla Gutiérrez, M.A.
  • Bookstore Representative
  • Disabled Students Programs and Services
  • Past Faculty OER Liaison to the ASCCC/Past OER Coordinator: Josh Franco, Ph.D.

Resources

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.