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ESL 030: Intermediate English Part 1 ESL 031: Intermediate English Part 2 ESL 040: Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text ESL 045: Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation Projects ESL 045: Teacher’s manual
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What specific OER are you currently using? College Skills Intermediate English Part 2, Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation Projects for ELLs Why did you decide to make the switch to OER? The books we were using before were very expensive and sometimes could only be used for half semester courses. How are you using OER in your classroom? As the main textbook Where there any challenges to using OER, as compared to traditionally published materials? My students usually choose to purchase the printed book from the bookstore. The texts are more like workbooks so they really need a printed text. But the OER doesn't print super well. It's inexpensive but looks unprofessional. What is your students’ feedback on the OER you have used? We totally redesigned the ESL courses so, it's hard to compare "before" and "after." I haven't gotten much feedback from students. What differences have you noticed in student learning, grades, or engagement when you used OER? Since my quizzes are open-book, and I encourage students to have the OER open when taking quizzes, I've heard from students they are engaging with the OER when taking quizzes. Even though I purposely didn't announce this fact, some students have figured out that many of the FS 100/102 quiz questions are repeated from the chapter reviews in the OER. I also think students have appreciated taking notes in class on the OER instead of separate PowerPoints (just one resource to review instead of two). |
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