Open Educational ResourcesOpen Educational Resources

OER ProvidersOER Providers

So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE,

Living Up to the PromiseLiving Up to the Promise

why isn’t everyone using it?

The Challenge of OERThe Challenge of OER

“ . . . sustainability problems plague

open educational resources . . . the

inherent contradiction in the idea of

sustaining and upgrading a product

that is given away.”

The Promise of Open Educational Resources, Marshall S. Smith

and Catherine M. Casserly, Change, September/October 2006

Curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary

Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure

Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository

Unique Among OERsUnique Among OERs

High School Course Foundations

College Prep Physics ICollege Prep Physics IIAlgebra 1a Algebra 1b Curso de Álgebra 1A (Spanish)Curso de Álgebra 1B (Spanish)

College Course Foundations

US History IUS History IIAmerican GovernmentPsychologyStatistics for the Social SciencesReligions of the WorldElementary AlgebraIntroductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus II Calculo General I (Spanish)Calculo General II (Spanish)Introductory Physics I (algebra-based)Introductory Physics II (algebra-based)General Physics I (calculus-based)General Physics II (calculus-based)Environmental ScienceNon-majors Biology

Advanced Placement Course Foundations

AP US History IAP US History II AP US Government and PoliticsAP Calculus AB IAP Calculus AB IIAP Calculus BC IAP Calculus BC IIAP Physics B IAP Physics B IIAP Physics C IAP Physics C IIAP Environmental ScienceAP Biology

Coming in 2010Algebra 1 (NEW)

NROC Library 2009NROC Library 2009

• Editorially rigorous

• Media rich

• Instructionally sound

QualityQuality

Complete teaching materials

Correlated with popular textbooks &

state standards

CurricularCurricular

Customizable by a teacher, a district, or a state.

Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories.

CurricularFlexibleFlexible

Interactive ExerciseDocuments

NewsreelDocumentary Video

Text

Graphics

Contextualized Learning ObjectsContextualized Learning Objects

InstructorPresentation

Advanced or Remedial Study

Lower-Level Course

Reassembled by PurposeReassembled by Purpose

Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote the continuous improvement of online courses through collaborative development of high-quality content and instruction.

Sustained by MembersSustained by Members

Value of MembershipValue of Membership

Member organizations may adapt

NROC material to: Enhance an existing course

Launch a new course

Supplement

Distribute in a variety of ways

and to support institutional

innovation...

Seeding statewide repositories

Making textbooks supplemental

Cross-disciplinary studies

Credit Recovery

Jumpstarting dual enrollment & AP prep

Blended Learning

Reaching students with special needs

Member UsesMember Uses

A Sampling of MembersA Sampling of Members

Alabama Department of Education

Chattanooga State Technical & Community College*

Clark County Virtual High School (NV)

Colorado Community Colleges Online*

Colorado Online Learning*

Florida Distance Learning Consortium*

Georgia Virtual School (DOE)

Greenville County Virtual School (SC)

Gwinnett County Online Campus (GA)

IDEAL- NM

Idaho Digital Learning Academy*

Illinois Virtual High School

Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium*

Kentucky Statewide Consortium*

Los Angeles Unified School District

Louisiana Virtual School (DOE)

Lubbock Independent School District (TX)

Maryland State Department of Education*

Michigan Virtual High School*

Minnesota Learning Commons (Statewide)*

Mid-Hudson BOCES Consortium (NY)

Mississippi Virtual School (DOE)

Missouri Department of Education

Nebraska Statewide Partnerships for Innovation*

North Carolina Community College System

Oregon Department of Education

South Carolina Virtual School (DOE)

University System of Georgia Board of Regents*

University of Texas at Brownsville

UT TeleCampus*

Virtual Virginia (DOE)

West Virginia University at Parkersburg

Whitfield School District (GA)

* Advisors

MVLO’s initial focus (2002) was to provide online courses for students. Today there are three components: • Maryland Virtual School• Online High School Assessment resources• Online Professional Development

Started using NROC in 2006 to offer courses that were not in our course catalog. MVLO provided the online teacher.

Have evolved to use NROC resources to supplement the content in the Online HSA project.

MSDE & OER….MSDE & OER….

Students Use several AP courses with MVS:

Environmental Science, US History, Calculus, Physics

• Over 200 student enrollments in theses courses

• Build local capacity to provide own instruction

Teachers Access to resources to integrate into classroom

instruction through MSDE’s HippoCampus site• PD with tech integration and content

specialists• Difficult to track classroom use - MD districts

have “local control” over curricula

Practical ApplicationsPractical Applications

Course Development Utilize NROC course content in Online HSA

course/resource development An advantage of OER - rights to “change it up”

Methods Embedded- used the .swf files “as is”

Did not use an entire presentation for one lesson

“Scaffolded”- modified the .swf filesMore control over presentation (content/LMS)

Practical ApplicationsPractical Applications

NROC PrototypeNROC Prototype

Presentation embedded in page

Key information “pulled out”• Only covers Section 2

of NROC media• Added script• Formative assessment

with activity

MSDE ModificationMSDE Modification

NROC PrototypeNROC Prototype

Presentation modified from original

Information “scaffolded”• Presented in

Captivate• Removed “extra”

information• Developed other

activities to support concepts

MSDE ModificationMSDE Modification

Local school systems looking for content to supplement classroom instruction

Move to agency level membership for broader local access

High-quality media is cost-prohibitive for smaller systems

Budget savings OER courses/content has saved at least

$125,000 in development costs (more if purchase and modify)

Time savings and content that is vetted and maintained

Value of OER for MSDEValue of OER for MSDE

Media files are difficult to edit or “break apart” for use in multiple areas• Smaller objects to support multiple audiences

Importing into different LMS• Consistent styles and designs

Intellectual property / copyright (even with CC licensing)

Next Steps Move to include “open texts” within courses Meta-tagging for subject searches / “bridge” to

NROC repository for federated searching

OER Integration ChallengesOER Integration Challenges

New course development/adaptations EdTech grant priorities for hybrid course

development and piloting during the school day

Hybrid would combine online and f-2-f instruction

ARRA funding for collaborative initiatives with NROC Multi-state development initiatives

• Common content standards?• Similar design standards?

Looking AheadLooking Ahead

• Link to HippoCampus• Make HippoCampus assignments• Blog about it, add links to directory sites• Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools• Offer feedback on HippoCampus • Know of great content? Suggest HippoCampus as

a sharing vehicle• Consider other institutional uses possible through

membership

OER success is measured by usage.

Share it with Learners!Share it with Learners!

OER site: Free for individuals! Visit HippoCampus.org today.

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