Keynote presentation at the Aug 2019 conference, Open Education Texas: Policy, Practice, and Potential confere Focus on recent OER and Zero Textbook Cost Degrees in Texas and California.

1. Community College
OER/ZTC Degrees
Una Daly, Director CCCOER
Open Education Consortium
Aug 7, 2019
Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

2. Community of Practice
• Expand access to high-quality OER
• Support faculty choice & development
• Open education leadership
• Student success
• Alamo Colleges
• Austin Community College
• Dallas Community Colleges
• Grayson Community College
• Houston Community College
• North Central College
• Virtual College (DIGITEX)

3. OER/ZTC Degree Landscape
“Full Degree Pathway of OER/Zero Textbook Cost Materials”
Z-23 Virginia Community Colleges

4. OER/ZTC Degrees Texas-Style
https://www.cccoer.org/casestudy/

5. California Community Colleges
• 115 institutions
• 2.1 million students
• 20% all US community
college students
• 12% of all US students

6. Open Educational Resources
State + Foundation Funding
2014: OER Council for Higher
Education
2015: California Open Online
Library for Education (cool4ed.org)
2016: OER Adoption Incentive
Program
2018: Course Labeling
… high-quality teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the
public domain or have been released
pursuant to an intellectual property
license that permits their free use and
repurposing by others, and may
include other resources that are legally
available and free of cost to students.
California Education Code
Section 78052(a)
Image: Adapted from Open Educational Resources" by Jonathan Mello, UNESCO is licensed under CC BY 3.0

7. Zero Textbook Cost Degrees
… community college degrees or
career education certificates earned
entirely by completing courses that
eliminate conventional textbook costs
by using alternative instructional
materials and methodologies,
including open educational resources
California Education Code
Section 78052(a)
• $5 million total allocation
• Grants up to $150,000
• 28 grantees
• 34 certificates & degrees
• Transfer degree priority
• 50% Career Education

8. Diversity of Focus Areas
Communications
Geography
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Liberal Arts
Math
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Physics
….
Administration of Justice
Biotechnology Lab Technician
Early Childhood Education
Business Administration
Precision Agricultural
Architectural Technology
Small Business
Respiratory Care
Water Systems Technology
....
Career EducationAcademic Transfer

9. Community of Practice Meetups
Agree/strongly agree after attending Sept ‘18 OER/ZTC
Summit:
● “I have an increased awareness of key stakeholders who can support the
success of ZTC degree development at my institution.” (86% )
● “I feel better able to address student affordability concerns through OER
adoption and ZTC degrees.” (91%)
● “I have an increased awareness of the benefits and challenges for faculty of
developing OER courses for a ZTC degree.” (87%)

10. Equity Champions Program
● Linking Guided Pathways to OER/ZTC
● Focus on Sustainability
● Canvas Commons Course
● Librarians, Faculty, Staff
Graphics adapted from An Introduction to Guided Pathways, available on the Vision Resource Center, by the California Community
Colleges Chancellor's Office

11. Student Engagement & Advocacy
Photos, posters: James Glapa-Grossklag, Natalie Miller, Students at College of the Canyons, CC-BY

12. Results to Date
Projected savings: $42,912,828
● 23,373 Students
● 34 Certificate and Degree programs
● 858% ROI on $5 million.
Early results (1/4 of colleges reporting)
● Students in ZTC courses outperformed those in traditional courses in terms of
grades and pass rates.
● No difference in terms of withdrawal rates
Materials housed in Vision Resource Center and soon public facing
California Open Online Library for Education (cool4ed.org).
Image: pixabay.com

13. Questions?
Contact Info:
Una Daly- Director, CCCOER, unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
Twitter: @unatdaly, @cccoer, @oeconsortium