Parallel Trajectories: Distance Learning, OER, and Scaling Innovation
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Parallel Trajectories: Distance Learning, OER, and Scaling Innovation
- 1. 1 Parallel Trajectories: Distance Learning, OER, and Scaling Innovation Nate Angell, Doorman Lumen Learning Cheryl Huff, Shepherdess Lumen Learning Richard Sebastian, Director of Teaching & Learning Technologies Virginia Community College System
- 2. 2 Please stand if you…
- 3. 3 VCCS & Online learning 2014-15 Distance-only enrollment: 47,050 Total enrollment in distance learning: 143,072 Percentage enrolled in distance learning: 54.6% 2008-09 Distance-only enrollment: 31,818 Total enrollment in distance learning: 101, 017 Percentage enrolled in distance learning: 38.5%
- 4. 4 VCCS & Online learning What were the early challenges to/arguments against distance learning? Lower quality/ineffective Academic freedom Technology requirements
- 5. 5 VCCS & Online learning How did institutions overcome the resistance to distance learning Lower quality/ineffective Academic freedom Technology requirements
- 6. 6 VCCS & OER
- 7. 7 OER Adoption At Scale Is A Human Change Process Like distance learning…
- 8. 8 Engaged Champion Leaders VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois
- 9. 9 Adapted to Existing Ecosystems
- 11. 1 1 Built Infrastructure & Support
- 12. 1 2 April 2015 Zx23 Grant Awarded $200K from Hewlett Foundation $380K Match from VCCS
- 13. 1 3 13 Request for proposals, contracts, project planning Vision Why this degree program? How is cabinet supporting the vision? Communication Plan With whom? How? • Project management • Broad awareness OER Review Full courses Existing resources Difficulty to create Enrollment Plan Courses Current sections Timed transition Faculty Metrics Support and Faculty Development Plan Faculty Program leads Campus support staff Institutional leaders Develop program leads Choose the right degree Engage faculty effectively Set enrollment goals May 2015 Project Development
- 14. 1 4 June 2015 Zx23 Program Manager hired Cheryl Huff, GCC “Shepherdess”
- 15. 1 5 July 2015 16 colleges awarded Zx23 grants 6 degree programs 1. Business Administration 2. Business Management 3. Criminal Justice 4. General Education 5. Liberal Arts 6. Social Science
- 16. 1 6 August 2015 Webinars, webinars, and more webinars (+ blog posts)
- 17. 1 7 August 2015 OER Courses Tab in Blackboard Learn
- 18. 1 8 August 2015 Faculty development
- 19. 1 9 September 2015 FA15 z-courses underway SP16 z-courses being developed
- 20. 2 0 September 2015 FA15 z-courses underway SP16 z-courses being developed 100+ courses
- 21. 2 1 21 Zx23 Interim Results 352 faculty members FA15 SP16+ TOTALSInterested Running Planning Faculty 76 55 221 352 Colleges 4 19 23 23 Zx23 3 13 16 16 Other 1 6 7 7
- 22. 2 2 22 Zx23: Projected Results Enrollments Fall 2015 18,191 Savings $1,819,100
- 23. 2 3 23 Zx23: Projected Results Other OER Enrollments NVCC SDV 100 8,000 SIS Course Attribute 4,423
- 24. 2 4 24 Zx23: Projected Results Projected FA-SP Savings $4,140,400
- 25. 2 5 25 Zx23: Perspective 2015-2016 Intro Biology $3,400,000
- 26. 2 6 26 Zx23: OER Course Tab
- 27. 2 7 27 Zx23: OER Course Tab
- 28. 2 8 Links EdTech@VCCS http://edtech.vccs.edu Candela VCCS catalog https://courses.candelalearning.com/catalog/vccs Zx23 Course Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fObL6TJvKFRrCUz70xxdyqsf2VoTWxY4No9 gfKayGEw/htmlview# Pathways OER Course https://courses.candelalearning.com/pathways/ Zx23 webinar archive https://bit.ly/zx23_archive Lumen Learning http://www.lumenlearning.com OpenVA http://openva.org http://groups.google.com/group/openva
- 29. 2 9 Shepherding Collaboration Cheryl Huff, Lumen Learning
- 31. 3 1 Key Ingredients: OER Degree Programs • Measurable goals • The right people • The right credential program • Sustainability • Policy • Rollout plans • Communication • Infrastructure • Training & support
- 32. 3 2 Discussion Topics Trailblazing OER Degree Programs in Virginia Introductions OER Degree Programs and the “Z-Degree” From Zero to Z: The Zx23 Project Shepherding Collaboration Drivers and Impact Q&A Discussion
- 33. 3 3 Presenters Trailblazing OER Degree Programs in Virginia Lumen Learning Nate Angell, Doorman Cheryl Huff, Zx23 Program Manager Virginia Community College System Richard Sebastian, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies Rappahannock Community College Patricia Mullins, Academic Dean, Rappahannock Community College Marty Brooks, Academic Dean, Rappahannock Community College
- 34. 3 4 About Lumen Learning • Founders: Kim Thanos and David Wiley • What We Do: Increase affordability, access, and student success • How We Do It: Courseware designed using open educational resources (OER) • Approach: Model openness • Respect and build community • Continuous improvement • Openly license and share Facts: • .com company • partially owned by a charitable foundation • formed in 2012 • led Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative • based in Portland, OR • 60+ institutional clients
- 35. 3 5 About the Virginia Community College System 23 colleges 40+ campus locations 240,000 for-credit students served annually 170,000 non-credit students served annually
- 36. 3 6 Defining OER Open Educational Resources (OER) Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, videos, readings, exams
- 37. 3 7 Defining OER Open Educational Resources (OER) In the public domain or licensed to allow 1. Free and unfettered access to anyone, and 2. Free permission to engage in the “5R activities”
- 38. 3 8 Open licensing allows each user to: Dr. David Wiley, http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123 • Make, own, and control a personal copy of the contentRetain • Use the content in its unaltered form Retain • Adapt, adjust, modify, improve, or alter the contentRevise • Combine the original or revised content with other OER to create something newRemix • Share your copies of the original content, revisions, or remixes with othersRedistribute Reuse
- 39. 3 9 Definition: OER Degree Programs When elective and required courses adopt OER instead of commercial textbooks, so that a student can graduate without ever being asked to buy a textbook.
- 40. 4 0 Why offer an OER degree program? Improve student success while saving students money Create reliable savings students can count on Increase academic freedom for faculty Speed students toward graduation Increase institutional enrollments & revenue
- 41. 4 1 Launching a Zero Textbook Cost Degree Program: Associate Degree in Business Administration Impact: • 800 students saved >$128,000 in first year • 6% lower drop rates • “Tuition recovery” recouped support costs • Renewed focus on learning outcomes Tidewater Community College
- 42. 4 2 From Zero to Z: the Zx23 Project Richard Sebastian, VCCS
Editor's Notes
- PRESENTER: Kim – Open and do introductions
- Distance learning Have ever taught an online course? (Sit down now) Have taught online for 5 years or more Have taught online for 10 years or more Have taught online for 15 years or more Have taught online for 20 years or more OER Received a Chancellor’s OER grant Use OER in a course Are part of a Zx23 Project grant Do not use OER now but plan to in the future
- Academic freedom/job replacement Don’t have the required technology Lower Quality (affecting transfer, grades)
- Research, experience (delivery truck metaphor) Format was not content Investment in infrastructure and support
- Not only
- From the start, the VCCS has had a vocal and enthusiastic champion in Chancellor Glenn DuBois. His advocacy arises from his own experience as a community college student who had to delay his education because of the cost of his textbooks. His mom, a single mom, had only saved enough for tuition, and the added cost of textbooks was a surprise. He made OER a topic at his Annual Retreat in 2012, and an expert OER panel that included Dr. Wiley, inspired TCC’s Z-Degree. Used ReThink Task Force to establish TCDLR Committee Devoted funds for Chancellor’s OER Adoption grant ©Virginia Community College System (Image used with permission)
- The use of OER aligned with the VCCS strategic plan at the time: affordability, access, success, which enabled us to integrate these efforts into existing strategic initiatives and system infrastructure. Examples: - Textbook Costs Committee - Bookstore contract Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) NVCC OER degree VCCS Peer groups New OER Peer Group Engaging existing groups around OER subject areas Annual faculty professional development conference, New Horizons Powerful influence of faculty peers It was here in 2014 that I realized these efforts had “gone viral” http://www.public-domain-image.com/free-images/nature-landscapes/underwater/major-tourist-attraction-coral-reefs-near-beaches-along-the-red-sea-and-the-mediterranean/attachment/major-tourist-attraction-coral-reefs-near-beaches-along-the-red-sea-and-the-mediterranean
- Local colleges, operating somewhat independently, contributed to shifting the culture at VCCS with their own projects TCC Z-Degree, Associates in Business Administration NOVA Associates in General Studies, Social Sciences Faculty grantees in OER Adoption Grants The System Office and colleges have become more collaborative
- Every minute of faculty time is scheduled; we couldn’t ask faculty to take on any significant, new responsibilities without providing the support they needed Support VCCS-wide Lumen contract Faculty Grant Incentives Zx23 Program Manager to guide grantees through development of Z-Degree Infrastructure OER Course Tabs in Blackboard Learn XOER attribute Policy Open licensing language in grants
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- After several years piloting successful system and local OER initiatives, including the creation of 3 new ZTC degrees, the VCCS launched the Zx23 Project, with funding help from Hewlett. The eventual goal: to scale Z-Degrees to all 23 colleges. We are currently 6 months into this year-long grant. Meeting this goal is not a foregone conclusion and entails some risk. But we believe it can be done because a number of factors:
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- Interim results? Project is at 6-month mark
- At its core, open materials are 5Rs First three are what impact teaching and learning Bundling multiple texts is expensive: Focused on return of investment of textbook Revise: reduce the amount of materials Opportunity for students to engage in materials…engaging students to revise and add to the textbook for their course Free is awesome…but its just a part of what this is about