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Washington State Board for Washington State Board for Community and Technical Community and Technical CollegesColleges

December 12, 2012

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Washington CTC System

• 34 community and technical colleges in Washington

• In 2010-11 – 161,000 FTEs – 330,000 headcount– 96,600 students who took an online class– 34,000 students who took a hybrid class– 37 percent of all graduates earn 15 or more credits

online or hybrid

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Washington CTC’s Missions

• Transfer• Workforce development• Adult basic education

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Strategic Technology Plan• Strategy I:

Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning.

• http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx

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WashingtonOnline (WAOL)

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SBCTC Open Policy

All digital software, educational resources

and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.

– http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9_Open_Licensing_Policy.pdf

• June 2010

Title HereSBCTC Open Course LibraryFunded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and WA State Legislature

• Open content for the 81 most common courses so students pay $30 or less for textbooks

• Both the content and the processes are OPEN

Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds  CC-BY-NC-SA

http://opencourselibrary.org

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Open Course Library Timeline

• Phase 1: 42 courses– Available October 31, 2011 at

http://opencourselibrary.org

• Phase 2 : 40 courses– Available Spring 2013

Course Library

Title HereOpen Course Library DevelopmentFaculty course developersSupported by--

– Research librarians– Instructional designers

• Modified Quality Matters rubric

– Global education specialist– Accessibility support specialists

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OCL Lessons Learned

Phase 1: Using a learning management system was a barrier

– No way to compare work between course teams

– Hard to search for content items– Must import content into another learning

management system

Phase 2: Building content in Google Docs – Can collaborate during development– Easy to share and search– Separates content from delivery

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Changing to Canvas

• ANGEL discontinued so formal process for new learning management system

• WAOL ANGEL moving to Canvas starting July 1, 2012

• ANGEL disappears June 2014• Negotiating contract that can be used

by any Washington higher ed institution

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Why OPEN?

What is your competitive edge?

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Find OPENFind OPEN

Watch. Practice.Learn almost anything for free.

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Next steps…

• Faculty adoption• College open policies• Open and adaptable textbooks• Database of open resources

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Questions?

Connie BroughtonDirector, eLearning and Open EducationWashington State Board for Community and Technical

Colleges

cbroughton@sbctc.edu