Section 3 Quantifying Need
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Courses that use OER should generally review and revise their OER content every four years. In some rapidly evolving disciplines or disciplines that rely on recent data, this should happen more frequently. This process takes time and labor. Here, we attempt to quantify the necessary labor to maintain OERs at PCC this way.
The following courses at PCC are known to use OER materials. This list comes from data gathered by PCC and OpenOregon. During the course of creating this report it became apparent that even that data is incomplete, and more courses at PCC can be assumed to be using OER materials.
- ABE 0790
- ABE 0791
- AD 153
- ANT 103
- ANT 232
- ART 101
- ART 103
- ART 140
- ATH 101
- ATH 102
- ATH 103
- ATH 104
- BA 203
- BA 223
- BA 233
- BA 278
- BI 101
- BI 103
- BI 112
- BI 121
- BI 222
- BI 231
- BI 234
- BT 170
- CG 100
- CG 111
- CH 100
- CH 151
- COMM 100
- COMM 111
- COMM 214
- COMM 218
- EC 200
- EC 201
- EC 202
- ED 131
- ENG 204
- ENGR 101
- ENGR 114
- ESOL 010
- ESOL 020
- ESOL 023
- ESOL 040
- ESOL 044
- ESOL 101
- ESOL 154
- ESOL 160
- ESOL 162
- ESOL 199
- ESOL 202
- ESOL 250
- ESOL 254
- ESOL 260
- ESOL 262
- ESR 140
- ESR 171
- ESR 172
- ESR 173
- FN 110
- FN 211
- G 148
- GEO 105
- GEO 212
- GEO 215
- HE 212
- HE 213
- HE 250
- HE 262
- HE 278
- HE 295
- HE 242
- HST 101
- HST 102
- HST 103
- HST 104
- HST 121
- HST 122
- HST 123
- HST 201
- HST 202
- HST 203
- HST 244
- HST 250
- HST 251
- HUM 100
- HUM 202
- HUM 203
- ID 120
- IRW 115
- MSD 107
- MSD 115
- MTH 050
- MTH 060
- MTH 065
- MTH 095
- MTH 105
- MTH 111
- MTH 112
- MTH 243
- MTH 244
- MTH 251
- MTH 252
- MTH 253
- MTH 254
- MTH 256
- MUS 205
- MUS 216
- PE 295
- PHL 191
- PHY 101
- PHY 121
- PHY 122
- PHY 123
- PHY 201
- PHY 211
- PHY 213
- PSY 101
- PSY 201
- PSY 202
- PSY 214
- PSY 215
- PSY 216
- PSY 231
- PSY 232
- PSY 239
- RD 090
- RD 115
- SOC 204
- SOC 205
- SOC 206
- SOC 218
- SOC 232
- SOC 280A
- VS 101
- WR 090
- WR 115
- WR 121
- WR 122
- WR 222
- WR 227
- WR 241
- WS 101
- WS 201
- WS 202
- WS 210
In the introduction, we noted that this report does not attempt to persuade readers of the value of OER. However we will note here that the cumulative effect of these OER-using courses since 2015 has saved students over $9 million.
Interviewing maintainers of some of these OERs, we have their estimates for what amount of labor is needed on a four-year scale to maintain their OER:
| Course | OER Maintenance per 4 years |
|---|---|
| CH 151 | 0.166 |
| ESR 171 | 0.166 |
| ESR 172 | 0.166 |
| ESR 173 | 0.166 |
| HE 212 | 0.333 |
| HE 213 | 0.333 |
| HE 250 | 0.333 |
| HE 262 | 0.333 |
| HE 278 | 0.333 |
| HE 295 | 0.333 |
| MTH 60 | 0.333 |
| MTH 65 | 0.333 |
| MTH 95 | 0.333 |
| MTH 105 | 0.666 |
| MTH 111 | 0.166 |
| MTH 112 | 0.166 |
| MTH 243 | 1.000 |
| MTH 251 | 0.166 |
| MTH 256 | 0.666 |
If we extrapolate this to the 140 courses listed above, we find there is a need for 48 FTE of OER revision labor every 4 years. Or 12 FTE each year. If we assume that some of this labor is covered by FT faculty “service to the college”, it is reasonable to round down to 10 FTE.
Of course, this is a rough extrapolation, and OERs from the 140 courses mentioned above might need more or less than the extrapolation assumes.
