This presentation was provided by Melissa Russell and Mike Matousek, both of Cengage, during the NISO Virtual Conference, Opening Up Education, held on April 19, 2017.

1. Cengage Learning
Melissa Russell, Director of Content Strategy
Mike Matousek, Director of Content Initiatives
NISO Virtual Conference
Opening Up Education
Challenges and Barriers to be Addressed

2. What We’ll Cover
• Who is using OER and who is not.
• Challenges Using OER
• Where is OER headed and do educational
providers fit into the picture?

3. Research

4. OER Primary and Supplemental Market Size
“Exploring the OER Landscape”, Cengage Learning 2016

5. Faculty and OER Awareness
https://www.campuscomputing.net/content/2016/2/19/going-digital-
2016
https://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum
pdf

6. However, Awareness and Expected Use of
OER is Growing
When faculty members that were not current users of OER were asked if they expected
to be using OER in the next three years, a majority (77.5%) reported that they either
expected to use OER or would consider using OER.
https://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculu

7. What’s Driving Interest and Use of OER?
• Institutional admins
are facing
unprecedented
pressure to drive
down student costs.
•Faculty evangelists
help push campus
initiatives forward.
•35+ states have
issued grants or
passed policies
supporting OER in
Higher Ed
•The Hewlett
Foundation has
funded approx 177
OER-related
projects since
2002.
Foundations
Federal &
State
Government
Institution
Administration
Individual
Faculty
Members
“Exploring the OER Landscape”, Cengage Learning 2016

8. Partnerships
Challenges

9. Instructors Are Satisfied But There Are
Obstacles
Deterrents to Adopting OER. Source: Opening the Curriculum:
Open Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2014
Users in the Cengage
Learning survey
generally expressed
satisfaction with the
OER materials they
were using, with 60%
highly satisfied.

10. Working Together

11. Leveraging The
Library’s Expertise

12. PROMOTION & AWARENESS
COPYRIGHTADVICE/RESEARCH
TRAINING
SOURCING CONTENT
SERVING ON COMMITTEE
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28
How is your library involved in OER or
affordability initiatives? (% of
respondents)
Some initial discussions
Testing a few courses
Using throughout many
courses
Using 2+yrs throughout many
courses, expanding
Which best describes your library regarding use
or creation of OER? (% of total respondents)
Preliminary results from Gale survey of librarians,2017
~80% of libraries surveyed indicate they are at
least having some discussions related to OER
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48
Libraries Growing Role in OER and
Affordability Initiatives
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22
10
6
% %

13. Building New
Partnerships

14. Existing Incumbents and New Players
Entering the Market
Not surprisingly,a number of for-profit and non-profit players are
developing digital solutions based on OER. Some are aggregating peer-
reviewed content into easily discoverable repositories and easy-to-adopt
textbook or course packages — directly addressing users’ difficulty in
finding appropriate quality content for specific courses. Incumbent
Providers Leverage Proven Platforms Established higher education content
providers are also entering the ring.
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15. What Cengage is Currently Working On
1. MindTap ACE - The affordable, curated and effective solution for teaching and
learning with OER. It’s a combination of carefully curated OER and Cengage
content, all in a customizable digital environment proven to improve outcomes.
2. Learning Objects - Whether you are looking to enhance OER, develop
competency based learning approaches or provide extended transcripts,
Learning Objects can help. Together, we’ll collaborate to discover, design, deliver
and evaluate innovative approaches to curriculum design—leading to meaningful
learning outcomes and enhanced credentials.
3. Webassign - WebAssign is an online instructional solution for mathematics,
statistics, physics, and chemistry. Through our partnership with OpenStax,
WebAssign supports free peer-reviewed, high-quality academic content across
multiple disciplines.
4. Gale AER - Gale AER is a collection of sourced, vetted and aligned OER links
searchable within a Gale database. Gale AER also includes Cengage supplemental
videos and assessment. Gale AER is currently available for Intro to Psych.

16. “Today’s education landscape demands new and
innovative approaches that deliver better learning
outcomes at more affordable price points. Yet far too
often, the debate is an either/or of achievement
versus price, when the reality is that OER can
complement proprietary content,” said Michael
Hansen, CEO, Cengage.

17. Contact Info:
Melissa.Russell@cengage.com
Mike.Matousek@contractor.cengage.com
Thank You!