Open Content Opens Minds

Open Content Opens Minds Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Sloan-C International Symposium May 9, 2008

Remember this rite of passage?

For many students…

The first test is their ability to afford the textbooks.

Or, is it that test of fitness to carry all those textbooks?

Lighten the load

Lighten the load with Open Educational Resources

Use of OER can replace this scene with …..

What are Open Educational Resources?
High quality educational content and tools
Freely available from the internet, anytime, anywhere
Many languages
Shared
Usable and re-usable

Used: $77.25 New: $103.00 2.6 pounds 576 pages

Example PHYS 4A: General Physics 600 pages Used $125.00 New $179.00

Free Download

Tools for Locating, Organizing, and Delivering OER

Discipline-specific Sources

Tools for Collaboration and Development

Lowers the costs of educational materials for students Benefits of OER

Benefits Fosters pedagogical innovation and relevance that avoids “teaching from the textbook”

Benefits
Provides opportunities to share and remix learning materials for customized and localized use
Fast feedback loop on quality and relevance of learning materials leading to continual improvement and rapid development

Challenges
Resources for faculty support
Quality assurance of learning materials
Limited availability of fully vetted and comprehensive learning materials in some disciplines
Articulation and transfer issues
Compliance with accessibility requirements
Printing and computer lab demands on campus by students

Community College Consortium for OER
Why a Consortium?
Give community college educators a presence and a voice in the OER movement
Coordinate development of community college quality standards for OER textbooks and course materials
Leverage funding opportunities
Facilitate collaboration, communications and networking

Consortium gives community college educators a presence and a voice in the OER movement Community Colleges

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
Established in July 2007 by the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Representatives from over 20 colleges attended the first CCCOER information meeting on July 17, 2007

Advance the vision for making OER widely available to community colleges in order to increase access and reduce the cost of a college education.
Promote faculty innovation, training and OER development for the Consortium community.
Goals

Community College Consortium for OER
Goal
To identify, create and/or repurpose existing OER as Open Textbooks and make them available for use by community college students and faculty
Objective
Seeking the support of faculty to identify, review, evaluate, and make available high quality, accessible and culturally relevant model Open Textbooks

CCCOER: Progress to Date
Membership
64 colleges
CA, MD, NY, WA, NV, Ontario
Website – cccoer.wordpress.com
OER Survey of 1,203 faculty
Developed faculty self-paced tutorial and credit course about OER
Available online via Connexions and ETUDES NG
Co-hosted Open Textbook Meeting in Jan 2008
OER presentations at state and national professional meetings and colleges; participation in California Textbook Summit

CA, MD, NY, WA, NV, Ontario

Consortium Membership Benefits
Participation in development of community college quality standards for OER textbooks and course materials
Networking with community college OER innovators

Website cccoer.wordpress.com cccoer.wordpress.com

Faculty OER Campus Promotion Kit
Policies and Models
Marketing Materials
Quick Start Guides
Training Course
Directories and Repositories
Resources for Collaboration
Open Content Licenses
Copyright Info
Accessibility Info
Case Studies
OER Websites
Glossary
References

http://cnx.org/content/col10413/latest/

CCCOER Survey Results
1,203 faculty respondents
12 Districts and 28 colleges
66% full-time
Represent wide range of disciplines
91% indicated interest in using OER materials in their classes
34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field

CCCOER Survey Results
34% already using OER materials in their classes
Greatest type of OER use reported
Journals and journal articles
Reference works and materials
Newspaper articles
Images
87% likely or very likely to use OER materials if such materials were readily accessible
66% interested in helping to produce or identify OER materials
Support needed for faculty to develop of OER
Training
Guidelines and/or templates
Paid compensation or stipend
Website repository of OER materials

OER Survey

CCCOER can fill this gap OER Survey

Hewlett Foundation Grant Open Textbook Project
Increase scope and membership of CCCOER
Centralize Open Textbook information
Document work flow model
Design and conduct research studies
Develop sustainability plan

Community College Open Textbook Project
Hewlett Foundation Grant
Feasibility study to provide high quality, accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks for community college students and faculty through the CCCOER and other academic, noncommercial and commercial partners

Community College Open Textbook Project Goal Identify, organize, and support the production and use of high quality, accessible and culturally relevant Open Textbooks for community college students

CCCOER Collaboration
Textbook Summit
Student PIRG
Connexions
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Flat World Knowledge

Workflow Summary
Locate, collect and develop open content
Vet the content
Quality
Depth, breadth, cultural relevancy, authority of source, etc.
Technical
Accessibility, interoperability, etc.
Prepare open content for CC use
Customize, organize, localize, convert for accessibility, interoperability
Provide publication and dissemination options

Proposed Workflow for Campuses
Form Taskforce on campus to address adoption of open textbooks
Curriculum approval
Pedagogical standards
Articulation
Tech support
Bookstore and print shop services
Library
Faculty and department participation
Faculty training in development of OER
Marketing

Proposed Workflow for Campuses
Foster community of educators who will use and contribute to open content appropriate for use as textbook at community colleges
Educate campus community about OER and open textbooks
Provide model Board policies about OER
Provide model tenure and promotion incentives for faculty to participate in OER
Provide guide for development and implementation of campus Taskforce to address adoption of open textbooks

What Sustainability and Business Models are most viable for the Community College Open Textbook Project?

Sustainability
Unique sustainability challenges of open educational resource projects
Must find ways to sustain
Production and sharing of open educational resources
Use and reuse of their open educational resources by end users

Sustainability
Explore the viability of institutional and/or student use fees
Examine the relationship and cost-models for Connexion’s digital university press and the campus
Bookstores and Printshops as point-of-purchase centers for Open Textbooks
Identify sources of operating support from states, institutions, foundations and other complementary organizations

“ Sustainability is more than funding models.” ~ S. Downes ~
Quality processes
Technical
Openness, access and licenses
Staffing
Workflow
Maintenance

Connexions Statistics Open Textbook Project Collaborative Statistics by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean OCPS Television,1998, Pics4Learning

Content Review Panel
Five CCCOER members
Two University of California representatives
Two California State University representatives
Two other experts
Determine and define the necessary elements of a model CC Open Textbook
Reading level
Depth and scope
Quality and accuracy
Cultural relevance
Currency
Authority of source

Technical Panel
Interoperability standards
Content dissemination processes
Accessibility

Open Textbook Adoption Tasks
Locate and categorize suitable open content
Topics by top courses that represent 80% of enrollments
Reading level
Depth and scope
Evaluate
Quality
Accessibility
Cultural relevance
Currency
Authority
Articulation
Customize, Remix, Localize and Organize
Interoperability
Accessibility
License type
Cultural relevance
Disseminate in print and digital formats
Student (DIY) for production of open textbook
Campus bookstore and/or printshop services for production of open textbook
Proprietary services

Next Steps
Identification of Campus OER Champions
Building Faculty Engagement & Investment
Training Needs
Identifying Discipline Experts
Growing the Consortium
Kenneth Ransom,, 2000. Pics4Learning

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