how oer use fosters policy and practice change

Una Daly, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumJames Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons

Dr. Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale Community CollegeDr. Barbara Illowsky, ACE Educator 2013

Una Daly, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumJames Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons

Dr. Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale Community CollegeDr. Barbara Illowsky, ACE Educator 2013

How OER Adoption Fosters

Practice and Policy Changes

Community College Panel

Agenda

•Community College History•Community Colleges & Open Education•College of the Canyons Journey•Scottsdale College Community of Practice•California Open Textbooks•Q & A

History of Community Colleges

• Grew out of vocational and technical schools of early 20th century

• Tracked growth of middle class following WWII

• Expanded access to education by open enrollment and lower costs.– Transfer curriculum for university

Community Colleges in US1948-2013

U.S. Community Colleges

Open access to high-quality affordable academic programs (1166 nationwide):

– Transfer to 4-year colleges

and universities– Enter careers in high-demand occupations– Prepare for college-level work

Community College Consortium for OER

Community College Consortium

for OER

Dr. Martha Kanter

U.S. Undersecretary of Education

• Founded at Foothill-DeAnza College District in 2007

• Joined OCW Consortium 2011• Growth to 200+ colleges in North

America

Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

CCCOER Mission

• Promote adoption of OER to enhance teaching and learning

– Expand access to education

– Support professional development

– Advance community college mission

Funded by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

200+ Community & Technical College

Open Education College Journey

James Glapa-GrossklagDean, Distance Learning

OCWC Board Member

President of CCCOER Advisory Board

• Playlists• Open Textbooks• Local repository

Community College Students

$100 $100

$200$200

OER Playlists

We gratefully acknowledge the support of a U.S. Department of Education FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education) Special Focus grant

What is a Playlist?

Introductory text, learning

outcomes, unit objectives, etc.

Website with

text/articles

MediaTransition textAnother website

article/text

Transition text

Open Textbooks

• Water Technology• Sociology• Statistics

115 classes = $400,000 student savings per year

Local Repository

• 0 520 objects in 3 years

• Pros

• Cons

Lessons Learned

Maricopa College District, AZ

Dr. Donna Gaudet

Math ProfessorOCW Award for Excellence Course

Communities of Practice around Open Educational

Resources

Scottsdale Community College

Mathematics

Dr. Donna Gaudet

History

• Hybrid classes were the genesis of our efforts

• Need for student resources

• Desire to save students money

Hybrid Bus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trimet/8270609588/Money Clip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34148992@N07/3343577010/

History (continued)• Began with a couple of faculty

creating materials separately (2008 – 2012)– Some were creating videos– Some were creating written materials– Some were researching open source

textbooks– Some were investigating an open online

assessment tool

Image :http://froshellin.deviantart.com/art/Icon-folder-red-videos-284155812?q=gallery%3Afroshellin%20randomize%3A1&qo=0

Evolution

• Spring 2012 two faculty members put the pieces together and piloted all the pieces – Student Workbook with lesson videos– Open Source Textbook– Open Source online assessment tool

• Summer 2012– Team of about 8 faculty worked to restructure

materials and create instructor guides

Fall 2012 Implementation

• Completely open source for Intro Algebra through PreCalculus (5 classes)

• 42 instructors (full time and adjunct)

• 65 sections (around 1820 students)

• Roughly $182,000 student textbook dollars saved Fall 2012 alone

Community Development• Our effort would not have been successful

without the work of many people • Team approach to materials development was

critical• Resulting materials were at a higher level than

an individual could do alone• Team members participated in areas of strength

(i.e. videos, writing materials, editing, etc…)

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nooku/5170154324/

Sharing Resources/Processes• Dropbox

– Critical tool for developers– Sharing of resources and collaboration

documents

• Online Site– Discussion forums for faculty – Errata, use of materials, other suggestions

• Twice a month meetings– Discuss errata, changes, how is it going?

Calendar Icon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krcla/3041607076/

Policy Change Thru OER

• SCC Mathematics Department– goals to increased use of OER

• SCC College– 2020 Goals: Provide a broad array of learner

support resources (e.g. Develop open source materials to reduce costs)

• Maricopa College District– Information & Instructional Technology Strategic Plan

(2011-2016): “Support development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to promote innovative and creative opportunities for all learners”.

Thorns and RosesRoses•Cost savings for students•Department community building and support•Energy of the new users•Support of department and administration•Introduction of creative teaching approaches•Revamp of the curriculum•Working as a team made the product better

Thorns•Huge amount of development time•Maintenance and updates•Distribution (bookstore!)•Adjunct faculty buy-in

Image: http://juno-janus.deviantart.com/art/Roses-and-thorns-197405243

California Open Textbook Story

Dr. Barbara IllowskyMath Instructor and open textbook co-author

OCW ACE Individual Educator 2013

OER: Saves $$$

Amazon $171.25 hardcopy Web - $0POD - $26.20 + SH

Wiley & Sons Connexions

De Anza College student savings…One course, one OER text, one

college*:

Estimated student savings of over$1,000,000

•Elementary Statistics using Collaborative Statistics at De Anza College since 2008-09 academic year

Return on Investment• Cost savings to students• Provides faculty with opportunities to share and

remix learning content for customized and localized use • Supports low-cost crowd-sourcing of content

translation to other languages

• Fast feedback loop on quality and relevance of learning content • Supports continual and improvement and rapid

development • Supports greater diversity of peer reviewers

OpportunitiesOpportunitiesTeachers and LearnersTeachers and Learners

Tailored content

Students and teachers as co-creators of knowledge

Enhanced engagement and interaction with materials

Increased student-student, teacher-teacher, and teacher-student communication around curriculum

Navigate and view content with ease

Modify, mix and remix content to meet individual and classroom needs

Communicate with peers around content

Join workgroups with peers around content

Formats: CC-By license

-Connexions: free (Web 1.0)

-PDF: free to download and/or print

-Lulu: softbound print of pdf ($26)

-iTunesU: free chapter videos

-WebAssign: $27 with hw system

-Kno/20 Million Minds: interactive multimedia (Web 2.0)

-OpenStax College: update, vetting, graphics

Adaptations

•Other technology incorporated• Excel, Statcrunch, Minitab, Stataco•

•Saylor Foundation • paired sections with Khan Academy videos

California Learning Resources Network •high school OER instead of texts

California Community Colleges

• Largest U.S. educational institution• 2.5 million students

• 112 colleges

• Joined OCW Consortium in 2012

Questions, comments?

Thank you for attending!

Contact Information Una Daly, unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

Donna Gaudet, donna.gaudet@scottsdalecc.edu

James Glapa-Grossklag, James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu

Barbara Illowsky, illowskybarbara@deanza.edu