The document discusses strategies from a strategic technology plan to transform the community and technical college system in Washington state through leveraging technology. The five strategies include: creating online teaching and learning tools; creating a seamless online student services system; creating lifelong learning for faculty and staff; using data to drive improvement; and treating information technology as a centrally funded service. It also discusses recommendations around open educational resources, the role of bookstores in providing open textbooks, and legislation related to online learning.

1. Strategic Technology Plan , Open Educational Resources, Legislation and Bookstores Cable Green eLearning Director 3/2/09

2. I’m here to listen and learn… please interrupt me… let’s chat throughout.

3. Technology Transformation Task Force The strategic technology plan is the product of an 18-month analysis conducted by the Technology Transformation Task Force of the SBCTC for the purpose of creating a roadmap for how our system needs to leverage 21st century technologies to support student achievement. Conversation went something like this: Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50YBu14j3U

4. http://techplan.sbctc.edu

5. Strategy I: Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning. Strategy II: Create a seamless P-20 system for personalized online student services including: recruitment, retention, advising, course catalogue, transfer, and financial aid management. Strategy III: Create a system of lifelong learning and change management for faculty, staff and college leadership. Strategy IV: Use data to drive continuous improvement in both student success and administrative efficiency. Strategy V: Treat information technology as a centrally funded, baseline service in the system budget. Five strategies for transformation

6. Recommendations / Big Ideas Access for all students and all colleges Single, centrally funded solutions for common systems Rule of 1: do it once Rule of 0: don’t do it Don’t build software, don’t host servers Retain local branding and admin control

7. Recommendations / Big Ideas Cost Savings licenses, hosting, help desk, professional development transaction costs: integration, RFPs, vendor relationships Value Proposition Don’t focus local resources (people, money, time) on commodity technology services Use best solutions wherever they may be Video

8. Recommendations / Big Ideas Have a P-20 conversation New IT Governance CIS moved to SBCTC Align decision making, policy and funding Open Educational Resources Use others and share our digital content Move toward open textbooks

9. Work Completed Elluminate (system + HECB) 1300+ faculty & staff accounts 3000+ rooms online 700+ meetings have taken place WashingtonOnline “Angel” LOR, sharing courses, ePortfolio 24/7 virtual library reference SLOAN-C College Pass

10. Work Completed Reduced WashingtonOnline Technology Fee Old WAOL Technology Fee: $8 / credit / student / course New WAOL Technology Fee: $4 / user / quarter Unlimited use: one or more ANGEL courses, ePortfolios and/or collaboration spaces Old: Three 5-credit courses in WAOL was $120 New: Three (or more) 5-credit courses in WAOL is $4

11. Ongoing Online Learning Growth 2004 annualized FTE = 9,372 2008 annualized FTE = 18,038 Over 83,000 students learn online each year eLearning enrollments up more than 23% (Fall 07 – Fall 08) Growth projections: by 2019, 51% or 78,344 of system FTE will be enrolled in online or hybrid courses

12. Ongoing Online Learning Growth 45% of all CTC graduates earn 15 or more credits online or hybrid 2008 summer online enrollments increased between 30 and 216 percent 23 colleges offer 86 different degrees and certificates online 16 colleges offer an AA degree online Community and Technical Colleges teach over 80% of all online FTE in WA higher education

13. Growth in Online Courses Fall FTE: 1998-2011 1998-2008 growth = 4,435%

14. Growth in Online Courses Fall Headcount: 1998-2011 1998-2008 growth = 3,543%

15. Growth in Online Courses Annualized FTE: 1998-2011 1998-2008 growth = 1,818%

16. Growth in Online Courses Annualized Headcount: 1998-2011 1998-2008 growth = 1,136%

17. Presidents & State Board Understand the Need to Change Presidents & State Board voted unanimously to support the Strategic Technology Plan WACTC Technology Committee track implementation of the Strategic Technology Plan: “Score Card” communicate system solutions

18. Funding System Solutions is the Greatest Challenge Leverage the buying power of entire system Cost effective to use common systems and support services Large travel and per diem offsets using technology Association Conference in Elluminate 1 ½ day Commission / Council meeting = $10K+

19. “ This plan represents our sense of extreme urgency to catch up, keep up and provide all colleges and students the technological tools and services they need to succeed in the 21 st century.”

20. What is Next for WashingtonOnline? Colleges looking at ANGEL (lower tech fee) new capability to share content system-wide Use existing Pooled Enrollment In bad budget times – colleges close programs. How will you deliver your students the courses they need? Enrolling College – keeps all FTE & Tuition Teaching College – gets $50/credit hour/student Student gets the course she needs! WashingtonOnline facilitates – takes no $

21. What is Next? Redesign and Open Common Courses Open textbooks, open courseware Teams of faculty, librarians, instructional designers, graphic artists … bookstores ? “ Go-Forward” (administrative systems) Leveraging networked IT Services “in the cloud” Allows colleges to “go core” i.e., focus on learning and student services

22. Let’s Look @ Open Textbooks Dr. Judy Baker Dean, Foothill Global Access Director, Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (…next set of slides are “mashed up” Judy slides) www.collegeopentextbooks.org

23. Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Joint effort to develop and use open educational resources and open textbooks in community college courses cccoer.wordpress.com

24. 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 Reduce the cost of textbooks!

25. 84 colleges from AZ, CA, IA, MD, NV, NY, OH, TX, WA, Ontario CCCOER Membership

26. Comparison of Statistics Textbooks Publisher: Wiley Open: Connexions & QOOP Downloadable version: $77.50 Downloadable & online versions: FREE Printed bound version: $141.95 new $110.25 used Printed bound version: $31.98 new

27. General Physics 600 pages New $179.00 Used $125.00

29. Benefits Lowers the costs of educational materials for students...

30. Challenges Faculty and student resistance to change Limited availability of high quality and comprehensive learning materials in some disciplines Inadequate access to high-speed Internet by students

31. Challenges Compliance with accessibility requirements Printing and computer lab demands on campus by students Coordination with campus bookstores

32. Open Textbook Adoption Locate open textbooks for consideration Evaluate each textbook for selection Customize, remix, and organize selected textbook Disseminate in print and digital formats http://emharrington.com/rex/images/adoptadog/Adopt_Me.jpg

33. Locate Open Textbooks for Consideration CCC OER MERLOT Connexions Wikibooks OER Commons Global Text Project http://rtnl.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/thinker21.jpg

34. Evaluate Each Textbook Quality Accessibility Cultural relevance Currency Authority of Source Reading level Depth and scope Quality and Accuracy Articulation

35. Customize, Remix, and Organize

36. Disseminate Open Textbook Digital formats Printed format Student (DIY) Campus bookstore Campus print-shop services Proprietary services http://images.lexcycle.com/screenshots/feedbooks_library.jpg

37. Faculty Role Need faculty to help create, review, and promote use of open textbooks Support release time for development and modification of open textbooks Give credit toward tenure for faculty work on open textbook development

38. What Happens if we Don’t Change? Google, Amazon, Apple, Open Source, Open Content, Open Textbooks… Higher Education Functional Possibilities Time Harder to catch-up … Or even understand.

39. Higher Education’s Future Role? “ I’ve been trying to gain a better sense of the role universities will play in society in the future. At one point, we thought content was the value point of universities. Wrong. MIT’s OpenCourseWare initiative changed that. Ok, then the interaction with faculty is the value point. And wrong again. Open communication and collaboration in online environments with networks of peers and experts gave us control over our interactions. Fine. Then the value point is accreditation . Yes, for now. Our ability to rate, review, comment, and provide feedback has increased with the development of the read/write web. I’m not sure how long we can build education’s value on the concept of accreditation.” George Siemens: blog post: explaining leads to information

40. Cable’s Answer … I think Our new role (at least for now) is to be synthesizers and leverage networked IT, networked knowledge, and networked expertise… and put together high quality, cost effective learning environments that help more students get to higher levels of education.

41. Bookstores Future Role? Bookstores are perfectly positioned to be the College’s clearinghouse for printed open educational resources. print-on-demand open textbooks & OER course packs Students want printed options ( Course Correction ) Have location and are tightly networked into IT and fiscal campus operations. e.g., students can use fin aid @ bookstores

42. Bookstores Future Role? Open Textbook Commercial Affiliates Work with them like you work with existing commercial Publishers Flat World Knowledge: interested in bookstores buying print copies of open textbooks at reduced rates. Your ideas? Let’s chat.

43. Legislation HB 1025 / SB 5778 HB 1946

44. http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu http://blog.elearning.sbctc.edu Dr. Cable Green eLearning Director cgreen@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4334