community college oer showcases: nova's oer ge program, kaleidoscope at cerritos college, and...
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Community College OER Showcases: Maricopa Millions OER Project, Kaleidoscope at Cerritos College, and Northern Virginia’s OER-based General Education Program This webinar starts at noon (PDT), 3:00 pm (EDT) and will showcase three innovative OER projects at U.S. community colleges in Arizona, California, and Virginia. • Paul Golisch, Dean of Instructional Technology, Paradise Valley College will share the strategies and successes of the Maricopa Millions OER Project, a district-wide effort to promote faculty development and adoption of OER for the 10 highest-enrolled courses. • Dr. Cynthia Alexander, Distance Education Coordinator and Educational Technology Department Chair will share the Kaleidoscope OER course development and adoptions at Cerritos College. • Natalie Clewell, Librarian at the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College, will share the team-based approach of librarians, faculty, and instruction designers working together to successfully launch the OER-based General Education Program in fall 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Cynthia Alexander, Cerritos CollegeNatalie Clewell, Northern Virginia Community CollegePaul Golisch, Maricopa Community College District
March 12, 2014
Community College Consortium
OER Innovations Panel
Welcome!!
• Introduction to OER• NOVA’s Extended Learning Institute OER-
based General Education Program.• Kaleidoscope at Cerritos College• Maricopa College District OER Project• OCW-CCCOER Community of Practice• Q & A
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What are Open Educational Resources?
U.S. Dept. of Education
– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others. cc-by donkyhotey/flickr
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
• Creative Commons: less restrictions than standard copyright but author retains full rights.
Examples
Includes –
• Course materials• Lesson Plans• Modules or lessons• OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Open textbooks• Videos• Images• Tests• Software• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used
to support ready access to knowledge
5adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance teaching and learning
– Expand access to education– Support professional development– Voice for open education at community
colleges.
Funded by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
240+ Colleges in 16 states & provinces
NOVA’s OER-based General Education Program
Natalie ClewellExtended Learning Institute Librarian
Teamwork:The Foundation of
OERsNatalie Clewell, ELI Librarian
Northern Virginia Community [email protected]
2013 – Developed and offered 12 OER GenEd courses
2014 – Develop and offer 10 additional OER GenEd Courses.
Create greater awareness of OER at NOVA
NOVA’s OER-Based Project at ELI
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so
much.”- Helen Keller
The OER Team
OER Cours
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Faculty
Instructional Designer Librarian
Administration
Subject-matter experts
Evaluate OERs for quality/appropriateness
Make final decisions on course content
Faculty
Course design experts
Encourage faculty to consider new learning activities
Ensure course quality
Instructional Designers
Information experts
Identify OERs
Copyright and Creative Commons guidance
Librarian
Organization experts
Acquired funding through grants
Put the pieces together
Administration
Bringing it all together…
ResultsELI OER Course Cost of Materials
before RedesignPotential FA13 Savings
ENG 111 $140 $7,560
ENG 112 $93 $67,797
ENG 125 $89 $2,670
MTH 151 $263 $18,410
PHY 201 $94 $1,880
PHY 202 $94 $1,880
HIS 121 $109 $7,630
HIS 122 $109 $7,630
ART 101 $226 $55, 370
ART 102 $226 $42,714
HIS 262 N/A --
SDV 100 $77 $14,630
TOTAL Fall 2013 OER Pilot Potential Savings $228,171
Questions?
Kaleidoscope Project
Dr. Cynthia AlexanderEducational Technology Professor
Department Chair
Kaleidoscope Project
Phase III
Introduction to Online LearningCerritos College - CaliforniaSpokane Community College - WashingtonCentral Community College - NebraskaMercy College – New York
Two-Day WorkshopCompare Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)Determine contentAssign tasksCreate timeline
All documents shared in Google Docs – course finalized in Canvas
All SLOs AddressedContent is modular
SLO-specificActivities and assessments for each module
Also SLO-specific
Completion TimelineMiddle to end of summerPilot next FallExamination and evaluation Complete at end of Spring 2015
ExperienceBoth exciting and rewardingShare ideas
Increase student involvementMultimediaUse of exclusive CC materials
Examine my own course
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OER District Committee
Paul GolischDean of Information Technology
Adjunct Math Instructor
Co-Chair District OER Committee
We saved our students over
$260,000 in just one year!
“Open Educational Resources allow everyone in class to have all the materials on day one. Many students have to postpone the purchase of the course materials because of financial aid.”
Manuel OrdonezMajor: Business
OER Example: MyOpenMath
myopenmath.com
mathispower4u.com
Library Faculty
The 4 Rs of OER
• Presentations/Dialogue Days• Internal OER Course Grants• Department Meetings• “Water Cooler” Discussions• Promotional Items• CTLs• College Libraries
http://www.skmurphy.com/startup-stages/scaling-up-stage/
Creating OER Awareness and Increasing Adoption
Maricopa MillionsOER Course Development
Phase 1 (Spring 2014)• English 101• English 102• Reading 091 (Dev Ed)
Phase 2 (Summer 2014)• TBD• Proposals due end
of March
$100 per student
Fall 2013:
1. Surveyed faculty
2. Ran SIS reports
Future:
1. Filter in SIS
2. “OER” in SIS notes
20 students per class
www.maricopa.edu/oer
Community College Consortium for OER
Una DalyCommunity College DirectorOpenCourseWare Consortium
James Glapa-GrossklagDean, College of the CanyonsPresident, CCCOER Advisory
• Find & Adopt open textbook workshops• Understanding open licenses• Open textbook development workflow• Online accessibility• Faculty and student surveys• Access to community of
OER practitioners & experts
Need Help Getting Started?We can help …
Spring Webinars (Wed, 11:00 PT, 3:00 ET)
• 2/5 - Open Textbook and Adoptions• 3/12 - Community College OER Projects
• 4/9 – OER Impact Research Findings
• 5/14 - Intellectual Property: Open Licensing, Trademarks, Patents, etc.
Join our Advisory Group to be notified of upcoming events and participate in our monthly OER chat.
Cynthia Alexander: [email protected]
Natalie Clewell [email protected]
Paul Golisch: [email protected]
Una Daly: [email protected]
James Glapa-Grossklag: [email protected]
Thank you for coming!!
Questions for Panelists
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