Overview of the SCC math OER program.

1. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Donna Gaudet
donna.gaudet@scottsdalecc.edu

2. Scottsdale Community College
Image Source: Donna Gaudet

3. One of 10 Colleges –
Maricopa Community College District

4. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Part 1 - Background

5. SCC Math Department -
Transition to Open Educational resources
 OER’s were under development for use in our hybrid and online courses
 Individual faculty increased their use of OER to facilitate classroom
instruction.
 New technologies such as LiveScribe Pens, SoftChalk, Screencast,
MathAS and many more had been utilized.
 In 2011-2012, these efforts resulted in creation of a complete learning
environment for our Introductory, Intermediate and College Algebra
courses.
 Textbook
 Interactive Workbook
 Online Homework Software
 Concept Tutorials
 Online Homework Assistance

6. Text Book and Interactive
Learning Environment Package
Wiley and Pearson Education
Intermediate
Algebra
1352 Students
Learning Resources
Introductory
Algebra
1250 Students
$110.26 per Student
$364,173.50 per Year
College
Algebra
701 Students

7. Text Book and Interactive
Learning Environment provided
through OER
Learning Resources
Traditional
Copyrighted
Material
Transition
Open
Educational
Resources
Maximum of
$15 per Student
OER Text Book and Interactive
Learning Environment
86% decrease in costs

8. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Part 2 - Components

9. Concept
Tutorials
Online HW
Assistance
Interactive
Workbook
Online
Homework
Software
Textbook
Complete Learning Environment

10. CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit
organization with a mission to
reduce the cost of textbook
materials for the K-12 market both
in the U.S. and worldwide.
Textbook
Precalculus: An investigation of Functions by Lippman & Rasmussen is a free,
open textbook covering college algebra and trigonometry.
This text was supplemented with material from Stitz & Ziegler’s open textbook,
“College Algebra”, to meet Maricopa’s Course Competencies.
The finished product was one custom textbook for SCC’s College Algebra.

12. http://www.opentextbookstore.com/precalc/
http://stitz-zeager.com/

13. Other Textbooks Utilized:
• Introductory Algebra
• CK12 – Introductory Algebra
• http://bit.ly/1bXcI82
• Intermediate Algebra
• Adopted from CK12 material
• http://bit.ly/1goJNwx

14. Online
Homework
Software
MyOpenMath is an open-source online mathematics
assessment and course management platform.
This system provides delivery of homework, tests, and
diagnostics with rich mathematical content.
https://www.myopenmath.com/

18. Interactive Workbooks
• Written by SCC faculty
• Designed to introduce students to course topics in
a logical and thoughtful way
• Workbooks contain MiniLessons, Media Examples
(concept tutorials), You Try problems, Worked
Examples, Practice Problems, and Lesson
Assessments.
• Available for Arithmetic, Intro Algebra,
Intermediate Algebra classes
Interactive
Workbook

24. Mini-Lesson Concept Tutorials developed by SCC Faculty
• Developed using LiveScribe, Screencast, Snag-it and/or
Softchalk technologies
• Each course contains over 140 supporting tutorial videos.
Concept
Tutorials

27. Online HW
Assistance
• Open source videos from the Math is Power 4u!
website created by James Sousa.
• Open source videos created by SCC faculty.
• Worked examples created by James Sousa and/or
SCC faculty.
Math is Power 4u website: http://mathispower4u.yolasite.com/

28. Online HW
Assistance

29. Online HW
Assistance

30. MiniLesson Support
Worked solutions to all examples
Answers to You Try Problems
Worked solutions to Practice Problems
Samples tests and lesson reviews
In class activities
Calculator tips
Instructor Manual

31. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Part 3 –
Implementation
Models

32. Arithmetic, Introductory, Intermediate Algebra
Classes meet 2 days per week.
We wanted to make the most
of the time spent inside
and outside of class.

33. Arithmetic, Introductory, Intermediate Algebra
12 Lessons
Each Lesson would be one week of class
(Two class periods)
MiniLesson Class 1 Homework Class 2

34. MiniLesson Class 1 Homework Class 2
Mini-Lesson
• Introduction to Lesson Topics
• Livescribe and You Tube Videos
• You-Try Problems
Watch Listen Write Try

35. MiniLesson Class 1 Homework Class 2
Class 1
• Ask Questions
• Expand on MiniLesson topics
• Active Learning
Practice Reinforce Expand

36. MiniLesson Class 1 Homework Class 2
Homework
• Online Homework in MathAS
• Written Practice problems
Practice

37. MiniLesson Class 1 Homework Class 2
Class 2
• Applications & Extensions
• Group Activities / Projects
• Problem Solving
Extend Interpret Understand

38. Hybrid Version of Expanded Classroom Model
MiniLesson Homework Quiz Class
We wanted to make the most of the time
spent outside and inside of class.

39. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Part 4 - Data

40. Completely open source for Arithmetic
through PreCalculus classes (6 classes)
42+ instructors (full time and adjunct)
65+ sections each semester
Roughly $182,000 student textbook
dollars saved each regular semester
Current Status

41. http://bit.ly/oer_scc_research
SCC/BYU research partnership

42. What did Students Think about OER?
910 students surveyed during Fall 2012 semester
78.1% feel the open materials support adequately the
work that they do outside of class

43. What did Students Think about OER?
910 students surveyed during Fall 2012 semester
76.2% would recommend the open materials to
their classmates

44. How did Students Do?
Percentage of
Students Earning a C
Grade or Better
Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
MAT 09x 62%
(n=790)
67%
(n=704)
51% (n=643)
MAT 12x 60%
(n=748)
63%
(n=721)
62% (n=764)
MAT 15x 65%
(n=448)
64%
(n=388)
65% (n=461)
MAT 182 56%
(n=106)
61%
(n=109)
58% (n=95)
MAT 187 53% (n=72) 48% (n=82) 55% (n=80)
OERPre-
OER
Pre-
OER

45. Survey Question: What additional comments do you have regarding the quality of the
open materials used in your class?” (210/255 (82%) positive)
What did Students Say?
 “They were good. Definitely worth not having a massed
produced book for.”
 “I never had an open materials class before. It made work
less stressful and learning more enjoyable – didn’t constantly
feel frustrated and was able to look through notes when I got
stuck.”
 “The quality was excellent. It really helped my
understanding.”
 Roughly $182,000 student textbook dollars saved each
semester

46. Survey Question: “What additional comments do you have regarding the quality of
the open materials used in your class?” (210/255 (82%) positive)
What did Students Say?
“Buying textbooks is out of date and I think materials
should be inexpensive.”
“I love saving money, I am poor.”
“I like the open materials, textbooks are so expensive
that it makes me not want to buy them.”

47. Survey Question - “Do you feel that the OER materials adequately supported the
work that was completed INSIDE the classroom? Why or why not?”
What did Faculty Say?
• 15 responses – 13 yes
• “Yes, although I will rearrange some of the material next time
around. For example, I like to cover properties of exponents
BEFORE exponential and logarithmic functions as we use
these properties at that time in my class”
• “Yes, it is a complete resource.”
• The “No” response comments
• “Need more specific examples”
• “Most of the time it was supported.”

48. Survey Question - “Do you feel that the OER materials adequately supported the
work that was completed INSIDE the classroom? Why or why not?”
What did Faculty Say?
• 15 responses – 13 yes
• “Yes, these materials provided the students useful resources”
• “Yes. It focused in the lesson well.”
• The “No” response comments
• “Mostly - often students had online questions, which were
discussed through MathAS or in class”
• “In Math 12x, the online HW contained questions that were not
written in the style of the workbook questions. Some students
had difficulty in transferring their skills to the online questions.”

49. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Part 4 – Challenges
& Successes

50. The Village Approach….
 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…)

51. Thorns and Roses – A massive department OER effort
Roses
 Cost savings for students
 Department community
building and support
 Energy of the new users
 Support of department and
administration
 Introduction of creative
teaching approaches
Thorns
 Huge amount of
development time
 Maintenance and updates
 Distribution (bookstore!)

52. Dropbox
Critical tool for developers
Sharing of resources and collaboration
documents
Feedback
Discussion forums for faculty
Errata, use of materials, other
suggestions
Twice a month meetings
Discuss errata, changes, how things are
going
Sharing Resources/Processes

53. College Open Textbooks Adopter
Communities Small Grant
$2250 to purchase materials (textbook +
workbook) for faculty teaching OER courses
Monies were initially used in F2012 with
additional monies spent in Sp2013
Support

54. Development
College-based educational development
grants for summer work
Included full-time faculty and adjunct
faculty
Training
Support by administration for adjunct
faculty to attend initial training sessions
Other Support

55. Administrative Commitment
Coordinator positions
MAT082, MAT09x, MAT12x, MathAS
Rotating Development Schedule
Only one major workbook revision per year
Minor edits only to other workbooks
Project Sustainability

56. Start small
Grow slowly
Identify faculty champions
Involve everyone
Gather administrative support
Gather data, modify materials, continue to grow
and learn and improve
OER Implementation Advice

57. It takes a village…..
Dr. Donna Gaudet Professor Jennifer
Bohart
Dr. April Strom
Professor William Meacham
Professor Dan Nearing
Dr. Phil Clark
Dr. Judy Sutor
Professor Linda Knop
Professor
James Sousa
Dr. Ted Coe
Professor Roberto Ribas
Professor Donna Guhse
Professor Paula Temple
Hao Thai
Paul Golisch
Professor Amy Volpe

58. SCC Math Blog
sccmath.wordpress.com
Links to Project Materials

59.  CCCOER - http://oerconsortium.org/
 OECC - http://www.oeconsortium.org/
 Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/
 OER Research Hub - http://oerresearchhub.org/
Other OER Support Sites

60. Open Educational Resources
The Village Approach
Scottsdale Community College
Donna Gaudet
donna.gaudet@scottsdalecc.edu
Thank you for the opportunity to share our program!
Don’t hesitate to contact me with further questions.