Presentation of the goals and plans for ongoing collaboration between OpenCoursesWare's Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) and the Open University's OER Research Hub Project
Achieving the Dream's OER Degree College Panel Una Daly
Last June, Achieving the Dream (ATD) announced the largest initiative of its kind to develop degree programs using high quality open educational resources (OER) at 38 community colleges in 13 states. The program is designed to help remove financial roadblocks that can derail students’ progress and to spur other changes in teaching and learning and course design that will increase the likelihood of degree and certificate completion.
Grantee colleges have been busy this summer and fall developing OER courses and planning the delivery of their OER Degree programs with cross-functional teams of stakeholders including faculty, librarians, administrators, and other staff.
Grant partners Lumen Learning, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER), and SRI International are providing technical assistance, community of practice, and research support to grantees
Come and hear from a panel of four college leaders on their early successes, lesson learned, and challenges ahead in rolling out OER Degree programs to students over the next few years. Topics include fostering faculty and administrator engagement, effective professional development, creating awareness among students, measuring outcomes, and creating sustainable policies.
Panelists:
• Clea Andreadis, Vice-Provost, Bunker Hill College, MA
• Mark Johnson, North Campus Language Arts Department Chair, San Jacinto College, TX
• Cynthia Lofaso, Psychology Professor, Central Virginia Community College, VA
• Carlos Lopez, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Santa Ana College,
CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER TogetherUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about faculty and librarians selecting high-quality open educational resources (OER). It discusses how Lansing Community College and Northwestern Michigan College worked with their librarians and faculty to adopt OER in order to save students money on textbooks. Both colleges saw over $1 million in student savings through adopting OER. The presentation discusses the process of selecting and adopting OER, challenges faced, and future plans to continue expanding the use of OER.
Building Effective Policies and Practices at Community Colleges with CCCOERUna Daly
A key component in many successful community college adoption campaigns has been participating in communities of practice (CoP). Members of the CCCOER community of practice from across the US and Canada will share how participating in and leveraging the community activities supports their design of effective open educational practices and policies at their college.
Panelists:
Quill West, Open Education Project Manager, Pierce College District, CCCOER Advisory board president.
Sue Tasjian, Jody Carson, Northern Essex Community College, co-leaders of the Massachusetts Community College Go Open project.
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College
Jason Pickavance, Director of Educational Initiatives at Salt Lake Community College
Alisa Cooper, Glendale Community College Faculty, co-chair of the Maricopa Millions OER project.
Educause’s definitive Communities of Practice Design Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide for Designing & Cultivating Communities of Practice in Higher Education (Cambridge, Kaplan, Suter, 2005) identified 4 key activities that support the identified purposes of a CoP:
Develop Relationships and Build Trust
Learn and Develop Practice
Carry Out Tasks and Projects
Create New Knowledge
Each college will share their unique story of promoting the adoption of open educational resources and the benefits and challenges for students and faculty. The Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) is a community of practice focused on promoting OER adoption to expand access to education while enhancing teaching practices and learning outcomes. Through members sharing successful practices and policies in online and open forums such as our monthly webinars and at conferences across the country, best practices can easily be understood and adopted by newcomers. Hear from our member colleges who have designed effective open educational practices and policies and who walk the talk by sharing them with other colleges.
Open Ed 2016: The Village People: Creating Infrastructure for OER Degree Alisa Cooper
In order to develop an infrastructure to support OER degrees at a large multi-college system, a number of roles have been identified to support the identification and provision of OER courses towards degrees. The roles include a mix of District-level personnel, college administrators, management, faculty, librarians, instructional designers, student services personnel and more.
This panel discussion will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the roles, responsibilities, successes and lessons learned and how these roles have affected scaling of OER.
The panel will include several people in these roles who will also be able to share their reasons for joining the project and their experiences:
Alisa Cooper, Co-chair Maricopa Millions Project and English Faculty Glendale Community College
Tracey Haynie, Math Faculty, Scottsdale Community College
Hazel Davis, Library Faculty, Rio Salado College
George Gregg, Chemistry Faculty, Glendale Community College
Lisa Worthy, Psychology Faculty, Glendale Community College
Additionally, the members of the audience will be asked to share their models and roles for scaling their OER projects.
This document summarizes the agenda and discussions from the CCCOER Advisory Meeting on June 6, 2013. The meeting included introductions, highlights from recent OER conferences, updates from the OCWC board and CCCOER member projects, a review of CCCOER's status and achievements for the past year, and plans for the upcoming summer. Key points included new OCW board priorities around social issues, member projects on OER adoption and savings, upcoming webinars on competency-based learning and OER, and continued research on OER adoption through faculty surveys and case studies.
There are so many great presentations and so little time at the Open Education Conference so our November webinar is an opportunity to hear highlights from a variety of community college OER projects presented. Each college will share their unique story of promoting the adoption of open educational resources and the benefits and challenges for students and faculty. The Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) is a community of practice focused on promoting OER adoption to expand access to education while enhancing teaching practices and learning outcomes. Through members sharing successful practices and policies in online and open forums such as our monthly webinars and at conferences across the country, best practices can easily be understood and adopted by newcomers. Hear from our member colleges who have designed effective open educational practices and policies and who walk the talk by sharing them with other colleges.
When: Nov 9, 10amPST/1pmEST
Featured Speakers:
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager and Librarian, Lansing Community College
Jody Carson & Sue Tashjian, Co-chairs of the Massachusetts Community College Go-Open, Northern Essex Community College
Alisa Cooper, Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, Glendale Community College, AZ
Achieving the Dream's OER Degree College Panel Una Daly
Last June, Achieving the Dream (ATD) announced the largest initiative of its kind to develop degree programs using high quality open educational resources (OER) at 38 community colleges in 13 states. The program is designed to help remove financial roadblocks that can derail students’ progress and to spur other changes in teaching and learning and course design that will increase the likelihood of degree and certificate completion.
Grantee colleges have been busy this summer and fall developing OER courses and planning the delivery of their OER Degree programs with cross-functional teams of stakeholders including faculty, librarians, administrators, and other staff.
Grant partners Lumen Learning, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER), and SRI International are providing technical assistance, community of practice, and research support to grantees
Come and hear from a panel of four college leaders on their early successes, lesson learned, and challenges ahead in rolling out OER Degree programs to students over the next few years. Topics include fostering faculty and administrator engagement, effective professional development, creating awareness among students, measuring outcomes, and creating sustainable policies.
Panelists:
• Clea Andreadis, Vice-Provost, Bunker Hill College, MA
• Mark Johnson, North Campus Language Arts Department Chair, San Jacinto College, TX
• Cynthia Lofaso, Psychology Professor, Central Virginia Community College, VA
• Carlos Lopez, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Santa Ana College,
CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER TogetherUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about faculty and librarians selecting high-quality open educational resources (OER). It discusses how Lansing Community College and Northwestern Michigan College worked with their librarians and faculty to adopt OER in order to save students money on textbooks. Both colleges saw over $1 million in student savings through adopting OER. The presentation discusses the process of selecting and adopting OER, challenges faced, and future plans to continue expanding the use of OER.
Building Effective Policies and Practices at Community Colleges with CCCOERUna Daly
A key component in many successful community college adoption campaigns has been participating in communities of practice (CoP). Members of the CCCOER community of practice from across the US and Canada will share how participating in and leveraging the community activities supports their design of effective open educational practices and policies at their college.
Panelists:
Quill West, Open Education Project Manager, Pierce College District, CCCOER Advisory board president.
Sue Tasjian, Jody Carson, Northern Essex Community College, co-leaders of the Massachusetts Community College Go Open project.
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College
Jason Pickavance, Director of Educational Initiatives at Salt Lake Community College
Alisa Cooper, Glendale Community College Faculty, co-chair of the Maricopa Millions OER project.
Educause’s definitive Communities of Practice Design Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide for Designing & Cultivating Communities of Practice in Higher Education (Cambridge, Kaplan, Suter, 2005) identified 4 key activities that support the identified purposes of a CoP:
Develop Relationships and Build Trust
Learn and Develop Practice
Carry Out Tasks and Projects
Create New Knowledge
Each college will share their unique story of promoting the adoption of open educational resources and the benefits and challenges for students and faculty. The Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) is a community of practice focused on promoting OER adoption to expand access to education while enhancing teaching practices and learning outcomes. Through members sharing successful practices and policies in online and open forums such as our monthly webinars and at conferences across the country, best practices can easily be understood and adopted by newcomers. Hear from our member colleges who have designed effective open educational practices and policies and who walk the talk by sharing them with other colleges.
Open Ed 2016: The Village People: Creating Infrastructure for OER Degree Alisa Cooper
In order to develop an infrastructure to support OER degrees at a large multi-college system, a number of roles have been identified to support the identification and provision of OER courses towards degrees. The roles include a mix of District-level personnel, college administrators, management, faculty, librarians, instructional designers, student services personnel and more.
This panel discussion will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the roles, responsibilities, successes and lessons learned and how these roles have affected scaling of OER.
The panel will include several people in these roles who will also be able to share their reasons for joining the project and their experiences:
Alisa Cooper, Co-chair Maricopa Millions Project and English Faculty Glendale Community College
Tracey Haynie, Math Faculty, Scottsdale Community College
Hazel Davis, Library Faculty, Rio Salado College
George Gregg, Chemistry Faculty, Glendale Community College
Lisa Worthy, Psychology Faculty, Glendale Community College
Additionally, the members of the audience will be asked to share their models and roles for scaling their OER projects.
This document summarizes the agenda and discussions from the CCCOER Advisory Meeting on June 6, 2013. The meeting included introductions, highlights from recent OER conferences, updates from the OCWC board and CCCOER member projects, a review of CCCOER's status and achievements for the past year, and plans for the upcoming summer. Key points included new OCW board priorities around social issues, member projects on OER adoption and savings, upcoming webinars on competency-based learning and OER, and continued research on OER adoption through faculty surveys and case studies.
There are so many great presentations and so little time at the Open Education Conference so our November webinar is an opportunity to hear highlights from a variety of community college OER projects presented. Each college will share their unique story of promoting the adoption of open educational resources and the benefits and challenges for students and faculty. The Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) is a community of practice focused on promoting OER adoption to expand access to education while enhancing teaching practices and learning outcomes. Through members sharing successful practices and policies in online and open forums such as our monthly webinars and at conferences across the country, best practices can easily be understood and adopted by newcomers. Hear from our member colleges who have designed effective open educational practices and policies and who walk the talk by sharing them with other colleges.
When: Nov 9, 10amPST/1pmEST
Featured Speakers:
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager and Librarian, Lansing Community College
Jody Carson & Sue Tashjian, Co-chairs of the Massachusetts Community College Go-Open, Northern Essex Community College
Alisa Cooper, Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, Glendale Community College, AZ
OTC 2017: Improving Student Success with the California Zero Textbook Cost ...Una Daly
Improving Student Success with California Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant Program
In early 2017, the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) awarded 23 college districts funding to plan or create zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) degrees in the continuing effort to improve student access, success, and completion. ZTC degrees consist of an entire pathway of courses culminating in a degree or certificate that have been redesigned by faculty to use open educational resources or zero-cost materials.
Join us to hear from the Chancellor’s office on the vision behind the program and how to apply for the 2nd round of funding to develop additional ZTC degrees. We will also hear from the lead colleges providing statewide technical assistance to ZTC grantees and the work of the statewide Academic Senate OER Task Force to maximize the impact throughout all 113 California community colleges.
Panelists:
LeBaron Woodyard, Dean of Academic Affairs, California Community College Chancellor’s Office
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources & Distance Learning,
College of the Canyons
Ron Oxford, Librarian, West Hills College, Lemoore
Dave Dillon, Counselor/Professor Grossmont College;
Chair, OER Task Force of Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Moderator: Una Daly, Director CCCOER
Ontario Ministry of Education: CCCOER PresentationUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation by Una Daly on opening up education through open educational resources (OER). It discusses the Open Education Consortium's efforts to promote OER adoption among higher education institutions. Key points include programs and grants to convert entire degrees and career certificates to use only OER, saving students thousands in textbook costs. Research shows OER lead to equivalent or better student outcomes and completion rates compared to traditional textbooks. The presentation provides an overview of national and statewide OER initiatives in places like California, New York, and through Achieving the Dream.
OER Adoption to Scale - Highights from Four StatesUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on OER Adoption to Scale. A panel of OER college leaders from Arizona, California, Virginia, and Washington states will share how they grew their OER projects into successful multi-disciplinary programs with full OER degree pathways.
Hear about lessons learned from building OER teams of faculty, staff, and students to expand access and improve learning outcomes. There will be time at the end for you to ask questions of the panelists.
Date: Wed, March 9, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons presenting the Social Studies OER Pathway project.
Paul Golisch, CIO & Dean of Information Technology at Paradise Valley College Maricopa County, AZ presenting the district-wide Maricopa Millions Project
Quill West, OER Project Manager at Pierce College District, WA presenting the Pierce Open Pathways degree.
Preston Davis, Director of Instructional Services, ELI at Northern Virginia Community College presenting the OER-based General Education Project.
Richard Sebastian, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies, the Virginia Community College System presenting the statewide Z-23 Project.
Expanding OER Adoption in Michigan, Oregon, and CaliforniaUna Daly
Open Education Week is an ideal time to hear from our community members who are leading open education initiatives on their campuses and across their states to reduce costs for students and empower faculty to enhance learning in their classrooms. We will hear from two OER librarians and a faculty member who are successfully growing awareness and adoption of open educational resources. They will share the successes and challenges of coordinating statewide efforts and influencing their colleagues to adopt OER in their courses.
When: Tues, March 28, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College, Michigan
Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
Vera Kennedy, Sociology Professor, West Hills LeMoore College, California
Just a quick reminder that we will be having our April Advisory meeting next Tuesday at noon PST, 3:00 pm EST. In addition to sharing project status and open discussions, we want to welcome our newest CCCOER Open Education Consortium members:
North Essex Community College, MA
Athens Technical College, GA
North Central Texas College
Open Discussion this month focused on the Zero-cost-texbook-degree pathways.
This document summarizes an Elluminate meeting of the CCCOER Advisory Board discussing upcoming projects and events. The board welcomed new members, discussed priorities like promoting OER adoption and impact studies, and heard about open textbook projects at Lane Community College and Hartnell Community College. Upcoming webinars and conferences on open education were also noted.
K. Schlusmans presentation to eadtu conference 2017EADTU
The Open University in the Netherlands introduced a new educational model in 2014-2016 to address issues with their original model that provided too much flexibility. Under the original model, 70% of bachelor students dropped out in their first course, students averaged only 7 credits per year, and the university had little contact with or monitoring of students. The new model introduced intake counseling, fixed course schedules, active monitoring of student progress, more assignments and feedback, and more social/academic integration through virtual classrooms and discussions. Research found the new model increased the percentage of course certificates earned and credits completed per year. While student satisfaction remained high, some students disliked the reduced flexibility.
For the latest free CDE seminar we were very pleased to welcome Jon Bellum, Provost and Senior Vice-President at Colorado State University-Global Campus, to Senate House to talk about a case study for retention in online learning.
Colorado State University-Global Campus is a 100% online public institution focused on providing adults with career-relevant bachelor’s and master’s degrees. A university wide retention and persistence program was designed to provide its non-traditional students with the support they needed throughout the student lifecycle. Since implementing this process improvement, CSU-Global has been able to maintain first-to-third term retention rates that exceed 80% and a four-year retention/graduation rate that exceeds 75%.
The presentation ran through the processes involved in implementing this programme and reviewed the outcomes.
The slides and seminar is of interest to anyone involved in developing courses for online or flexible delivery – audio for the session can be found at www.cde.london.ac.uk.
CCCOER OER Degree Research with Achieving the Dream, SRI Education, and rpk G...Una Daly
The document summarizes a presentation about research being conducted on the impact of open educational resource (OER) degrees. The research is examining student outcomes and costs across multiple colleges participating in an OER degree initiative. The evaluation includes quasi-experimental studies comparing academic results of students in OER degree programs versus traditional programs, as well as analysis of cost savings and sustainability. Preliminary findings suggest OER degrees improve student progress and reduce financial burden.
OTC 2017: From OER Adoption to OER DegreesUna Daly
From OER Adoption to OER Degree Pathways: Why, How, and What’s Next?
A panel of California Community College leaders will share their journey from early OER adoption to development of OER degree pathways. Awareness building, faculty and student engagement, and administrative support have been key success factors in OER adoption, but recent support from the state legislature and the Chancellor’s Office is enabling full Zero-textbook-cost degree pathways to maximize student savings.
Hear from the faculty and administrators leading these efforts: how they got started and successful strategies to grow and sustain OER usage at their campus to expand access and empower faculty to improve student engagement and success.
Claire Coyne, Faculty, Santa Ana College
Kats Gustafson, Dean, Online & Distributed Learning Instructional Services, San Diego Community College District
Jim Julius, Faculty Director Online Education, Mira Costa College
Nicole Major, Faculty, Saddleback College
Jennifer Pakula, Faculty, Saddleback College
Moderator: Una Daly, CCCOER Director
Tuesday, 3:20-4:10 pm
CCCOER webinar: OER Degrees Emerge in Maryland and TexasUna Daly
Achieving the Dream launched an OER Degree Initiative in 2016 with 38 colleges in 13 states who are developing entire degree pathways where traditional textbooks have been replaced with open educational resources. Austin Community College and Montgomery Community College are two of the colleges who are participating in this transformation to enhance teaching and learning and share research on the impact on student success and cost.
Our speakers will share successes and challenges including topics such as the role of the library, faculty development, marketing oer courses to students, and working with your bookstore.
When: Wed, March 29, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
From Austin Community College, Texas
Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott, Associate Vice President, Academic Transfer Programs
Carrie Gits, Head Librarian/Associate Professor
From Montgomery College, Maryland:
Samantha Streamer Veneruso, Professor of English; Chair, General Studies Program
Michael A. Mills, Vice President, Office of E-Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence (ELITE)
CCCOER Webinar: Marketing OER Degrees to StudentsUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about marketing open educational resources (OER) degree programs to students. It discusses efforts at multiple community colleges, including Lord Fairfax Community College, Pierce College District JBLM, College of the Canyons, and Northern Virginia Community College. Key points included educating faculty, current students, potential students, and community stakeholders about OER programs and courses through various marketing channels. Success requires a layered approach and informing everyone who works with students.
Community College Online Class Size Optimization: Current Research and FindingsJoshua Murdock
With the increasing demands for online classes as well as cost-cutting measures, many institutions look at raising online course caps. How might this impact learning?
In our community college, there is an increasing demand not only for online courses, but for online programs. At the same time that we are struggling with quality assurance of our online educational experiences, we battle with state funding limitations. Put these two factors together and the natural questions emerge: Could focusing efforts on offering larger online classes solve our problems? How might larger online classes impact learning? We will present preliminary findings based on existing research, interviews with staff at peer colleges, surveys of division deans, and both formal and informal discussions with online faculty and staff. Data will be drawn from multiple resources including the Instructional Technology Council, blogs about online course sizes, current literature, and social networking sites. Session Goals: After the session, each participant will be able to 1. Identify important factors that should be considered when choosing caps for online courses. 2. Locate and utilize resources to further the study of online class size optimization.
Presented at the Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning 2012 in Orlando, FL
OER Vetting: Cultural Relevance, Accessibiilty, & LicensingUna Daly
Finding and selecting OER to adopt at your college can raise questions about both the quality and accessibility of the content for your students. Join us for this webinar to hear about best practices and rubrics developed to ensure that OER content meets instructional material standards, accessibility guidelines, and open licensing policies established at your institution. These rubrics assist faculty, librarians, instructional designers and other staff to select and adapt open educational resources that meet student needs regardless of disability but are also culturally relevant and engaging for students at your institution and can be freely re-used, re-mixed, and re-distributed.
When: Wed, May 10, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Lori Catallozzi, Dean of Humanities and Learning Communities, Bunker Hill Community College, MA will share promising practices for designing digital open educational resources that are culturally relevant and engaging for students.
Paula Michniewicz, Instructional Designer, Salt Lake Community College, UT will share best practices for evaluating digital open educational resources for meeting Section 508/ADA standards and guidelines for Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Quill West, OER Project Manager, Pierce College District, WA will share best practices for ensuring the proper vetting and attribution of open educational resources.
This document summarizes an online discussion between several Open Education Fellows from eCampusOntario. It introduces each of the Fellows, including their names, institutions, and areas of focus relating to open education. Some of the Fellows discuss their open education projects, which include open stories, open pedagogy practices, evaluating open resources, and planning a study of open assessment. The discussion highlights the Fellows' work promoting open practices and resources through activities like seeking and creating open materials, presentations, and advocacy efforts within their institutions and networks in Ontario.
This document provides an introduction and overview of the 2013 CHECET course on Emerging Technologies to improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. It defines emerging technologies as those that are evolving, not fully understood, and potentially disruptive. The course will involve both online and face-to-face sessions over 6 weeks, exploring educational challenges and how emerging technologies can address them. Participants will design a case study and assessment will include reflections, participation, and a final case study presentation.
Building OER Sustainability on Your CampusUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about building sustainability for open educational resources (OER) on college campuses. The presentation features speakers from College of the Canyons and Scottsdale Community College discussing their OER programs and sustainability efforts. They discuss engaging faculty and students, securing institutional commitment and funding, establishing workflows, and setting measurable goals like saving students $5 million within 5 years. The speakers provide examples of their OER grant programs, faculty professional development, and student cost-savings initiatives. They encourage questions and provide contact information for following up on their OER work.
The document discusses strategies for improving student engagement through appropriate pedagogies for the digital age. It advocates shifting from teacher-centered to student-centered learning by having teachers take on new roles as learning designers, facilitators, and producers. Student engagement is key to student success and can be improved through collaborative and experiential learning using technologies like social media tools. The ultimate goal is to put learners in charge of their own education by creating a rich learning environment and motivating students to do the hard work of learning while teachers facilitate.
The document discusses how schools can prepare students for success in higher education. It notes that schools are responsible for not just getting students into university, but ensuring they are equipped to succeed once there. It then lists the key skills and abilities universities look for, such as content knowledge, independent learning, and higher-order thinking. The rest of the document outlines how schools can develop these skills through flexible curriculums, experiential learning, aligned pedagogy and assessment, and connections to universities and industry. It emphasizes the importance of assessment practices that encourage deep learning over memorization and the application of knowledge.
Many colleges are looking to open educational resources and openly licensed course material to reduce costs and expand access for their students. Surveys from faculty who have adopted OER and their students report positive outcomes in teaching and learner engagement in addition to the cost savings. Join CCCOER to hear from two OER Authoring platform providers who work with colleges to develop and deliver open courses that are engaging and help measure how students are learning. Faculty and other users of the platform will also be featured.
When: Wed, February 8, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Nathan Battle, Academic Success Director, Odigia
OER courses in Odigia transform textbooks into interactive learning experiences while providing additional tools to measure and promote better student engagement. In addition to ready-to-use courses, Odigia empowers subject matter experts to create new courses using existing OER content as a foundation.
Alyson Indrunas, Professional Development Director, Lumen Learning
Lumen helps you solve affordability and access problems with well-designed open textbooks and other course materials students and instructors access directly through the LMS. Fully-customizable courses designed using OER in more than 65 subjects are available and which can help you measure student success.
Cyrus Helf, Multi-media specialist at Western Los Angeles College
Sharing the open course shells he builds for faculty in Canvas using open licensed ancillaries and textbooks from OpenStax.
This slide deck was presented at CNX 2014 in Houston, USA on 1 April 2014 as part of the "Student Efficacy: Are they Learning?" rapid fire panel. It contains preliminary research findings on educators and students using OpenStax College open textbooks.
Final, updated research findings can be found in the slide deck "The Impact of Open Textbooks in the USA and South Africa..." and via http://oerresearchhub.org
The role of OER localisation in building a knowledge partnership for developm...OER Hub
The document discusses two projects - TESSA and TESS-India - that aimed to localize open educational resources (OERs) for teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa and India. It identifies several challenges with the localization process, such as lack of time and technology for localizers, cultural differences that impacted adaptation, and balancing openness with quality control. The conclusion advocates for creating a knowledge partnership approach to OER projects that respects local contexts and experiences while providing institutional guidance.
OTC 2017: Improving Student Success with the California Zero Textbook Cost ...Una Daly
Improving Student Success with California Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant Program
In early 2017, the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) awarded 23 college districts funding to plan or create zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) degrees in the continuing effort to improve student access, success, and completion. ZTC degrees consist of an entire pathway of courses culminating in a degree or certificate that have been redesigned by faculty to use open educational resources or zero-cost materials.
Join us to hear from the Chancellor’s office on the vision behind the program and how to apply for the 2nd round of funding to develop additional ZTC degrees. We will also hear from the lead colleges providing statewide technical assistance to ZTC grantees and the work of the statewide Academic Senate OER Task Force to maximize the impact throughout all 113 California community colleges.
Panelists:
LeBaron Woodyard, Dean of Academic Affairs, California Community College Chancellor’s Office
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources & Distance Learning,
College of the Canyons
Ron Oxford, Librarian, West Hills College, Lemoore
Dave Dillon, Counselor/Professor Grossmont College;
Chair, OER Task Force of Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Moderator: Una Daly, Director CCCOER
Ontario Ministry of Education: CCCOER PresentationUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation by Una Daly on opening up education through open educational resources (OER). It discusses the Open Education Consortium's efforts to promote OER adoption among higher education institutions. Key points include programs and grants to convert entire degrees and career certificates to use only OER, saving students thousands in textbook costs. Research shows OER lead to equivalent or better student outcomes and completion rates compared to traditional textbooks. The presentation provides an overview of national and statewide OER initiatives in places like California, New York, and through Achieving the Dream.
OER Adoption to Scale - Highights from Four StatesUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on OER Adoption to Scale. A panel of OER college leaders from Arizona, California, Virginia, and Washington states will share how they grew their OER projects into successful multi-disciplinary programs with full OER degree pathways.
Hear about lessons learned from building OER teams of faculty, staff, and students to expand access and improve learning outcomes. There will be time at the end for you to ask questions of the panelists.
Date: Wed, March 9, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons presenting the Social Studies OER Pathway project.
Paul Golisch, CIO & Dean of Information Technology at Paradise Valley College Maricopa County, AZ presenting the district-wide Maricopa Millions Project
Quill West, OER Project Manager at Pierce College District, WA presenting the Pierce Open Pathways degree.
Preston Davis, Director of Instructional Services, ELI at Northern Virginia Community College presenting the OER-based General Education Project.
Richard Sebastian, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies, the Virginia Community College System presenting the statewide Z-23 Project.
Expanding OER Adoption in Michigan, Oregon, and CaliforniaUna Daly
Open Education Week is an ideal time to hear from our community members who are leading open education initiatives on their campuses and across their states to reduce costs for students and empower faculty to enhance learning in their classrooms. We will hear from two OER librarians and a faculty member who are successfully growing awareness and adoption of open educational resources. They will share the successes and challenges of coordinating statewide efforts and influencing their colleagues to adopt OER in their courses.
When: Tues, March 28, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Regina Gong, OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College, Michigan
Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
Vera Kennedy, Sociology Professor, West Hills LeMoore College, California
Just a quick reminder that we will be having our April Advisory meeting next Tuesday at noon PST, 3:00 pm EST. In addition to sharing project status and open discussions, we want to welcome our newest CCCOER Open Education Consortium members:
North Essex Community College, MA
Athens Technical College, GA
North Central Texas College
Open Discussion this month focused on the Zero-cost-texbook-degree pathways.
This document summarizes an Elluminate meeting of the CCCOER Advisory Board discussing upcoming projects and events. The board welcomed new members, discussed priorities like promoting OER adoption and impact studies, and heard about open textbook projects at Lane Community College and Hartnell Community College. Upcoming webinars and conferences on open education were also noted.
K. Schlusmans presentation to eadtu conference 2017EADTU
The Open University in the Netherlands introduced a new educational model in 2014-2016 to address issues with their original model that provided too much flexibility. Under the original model, 70% of bachelor students dropped out in their first course, students averaged only 7 credits per year, and the university had little contact with or monitoring of students. The new model introduced intake counseling, fixed course schedules, active monitoring of student progress, more assignments and feedback, and more social/academic integration through virtual classrooms and discussions. Research found the new model increased the percentage of course certificates earned and credits completed per year. While student satisfaction remained high, some students disliked the reduced flexibility.
For the latest free CDE seminar we were very pleased to welcome Jon Bellum, Provost and Senior Vice-President at Colorado State University-Global Campus, to Senate House to talk about a case study for retention in online learning.
Colorado State University-Global Campus is a 100% online public institution focused on providing adults with career-relevant bachelor’s and master’s degrees. A university wide retention and persistence program was designed to provide its non-traditional students with the support they needed throughout the student lifecycle. Since implementing this process improvement, CSU-Global has been able to maintain first-to-third term retention rates that exceed 80% and a four-year retention/graduation rate that exceeds 75%.
The presentation ran through the processes involved in implementing this programme and reviewed the outcomes.
The slides and seminar is of interest to anyone involved in developing courses for online or flexible delivery – audio for the session can be found at www.cde.london.ac.uk.
CCCOER OER Degree Research with Achieving the Dream, SRI Education, and rpk G...Una Daly
The document summarizes a presentation about research being conducted on the impact of open educational resource (OER) degrees. The research is examining student outcomes and costs across multiple colleges participating in an OER degree initiative. The evaluation includes quasi-experimental studies comparing academic results of students in OER degree programs versus traditional programs, as well as analysis of cost savings and sustainability. Preliminary findings suggest OER degrees improve student progress and reduce financial burden.
OTC 2017: From OER Adoption to OER DegreesUna Daly
From OER Adoption to OER Degree Pathways: Why, How, and What’s Next?
A panel of California Community College leaders will share their journey from early OER adoption to development of OER degree pathways. Awareness building, faculty and student engagement, and administrative support have been key success factors in OER adoption, but recent support from the state legislature and the Chancellor’s Office is enabling full Zero-textbook-cost degree pathways to maximize student savings.
Hear from the faculty and administrators leading these efforts: how they got started and successful strategies to grow and sustain OER usage at their campus to expand access and empower faculty to improve student engagement and success.
Claire Coyne, Faculty, Santa Ana College
Kats Gustafson, Dean, Online & Distributed Learning Instructional Services, San Diego Community College District
Jim Julius, Faculty Director Online Education, Mira Costa College
Nicole Major, Faculty, Saddleback College
Jennifer Pakula, Faculty, Saddleback College
Moderator: Una Daly, CCCOER Director
Tuesday, 3:20-4:10 pm
CCCOER webinar: OER Degrees Emerge in Maryland and TexasUna Daly
Achieving the Dream launched an OER Degree Initiative in 2016 with 38 colleges in 13 states who are developing entire degree pathways where traditional textbooks have been replaced with open educational resources. Austin Community College and Montgomery Community College are two of the colleges who are participating in this transformation to enhance teaching and learning and share research on the impact on student success and cost.
Our speakers will share successes and challenges including topics such as the role of the library, faculty development, marketing oer courses to students, and working with your bookstore.
When: Wed, March 29, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
From Austin Community College, Texas
Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott, Associate Vice President, Academic Transfer Programs
Carrie Gits, Head Librarian/Associate Professor
From Montgomery College, Maryland:
Samantha Streamer Veneruso, Professor of English; Chair, General Studies Program
Michael A. Mills, Vice President, Office of E-Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence (ELITE)
CCCOER Webinar: Marketing OER Degrees to StudentsUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about marketing open educational resources (OER) degree programs to students. It discusses efforts at multiple community colleges, including Lord Fairfax Community College, Pierce College District JBLM, College of the Canyons, and Northern Virginia Community College. Key points included educating faculty, current students, potential students, and community stakeholders about OER programs and courses through various marketing channels. Success requires a layered approach and informing everyone who works with students.
Community College Online Class Size Optimization: Current Research and FindingsJoshua Murdock
With the increasing demands for online classes as well as cost-cutting measures, many institutions look at raising online course caps. How might this impact learning?
In our community college, there is an increasing demand not only for online courses, but for online programs. At the same time that we are struggling with quality assurance of our online educational experiences, we battle with state funding limitations. Put these two factors together and the natural questions emerge: Could focusing efforts on offering larger online classes solve our problems? How might larger online classes impact learning? We will present preliminary findings based on existing research, interviews with staff at peer colleges, surveys of division deans, and both formal and informal discussions with online faculty and staff. Data will be drawn from multiple resources including the Instructional Technology Council, blogs about online course sizes, current literature, and social networking sites. Session Goals: After the session, each participant will be able to 1. Identify important factors that should be considered when choosing caps for online courses. 2. Locate and utilize resources to further the study of online class size optimization.
Presented at the Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning 2012 in Orlando, FL
OER Vetting: Cultural Relevance, Accessibiilty, & LicensingUna Daly
Finding and selecting OER to adopt at your college can raise questions about both the quality and accessibility of the content for your students. Join us for this webinar to hear about best practices and rubrics developed to ensure that OER content meets instructional material standards, accessibility guidelines, and open licensing policies established at your institution. These rubrics assist faculty, librarians, instructional designers and other staff to select and adapt open educational resources that meet student needs regardless of disability but are also culturally relevant and engaging for students at your institution and can be freely re-used, re-mixed, and re-distributed.
When: Wed, May 10, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Lori Catallozzi, Dean of Humanities and Learning Communities, Bunker Hill Community College, MA will share promising practices for designing digital open educational resources that are culturally relevant and engaging for students.
Paula Michniewicz, Instructional Designer, Salt Lake Community College, UT will share best practices for evaluating digital open educational resources for meeting Section 508/ADA standards and guidelines for Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Quill West, OER Project Manager, Pierce College District, WA will share best practices for ensuring the proper vetting and attribution of open educational resources.
This document summarizes an online discussion between several Open Education Fellows from eCampusOntario. It introduces each of the Fellows, including their names, institutions, and areas of focus relating to open education. Some of the Fellows discuss their open education projects, which include open stories, open pedagogy practices, evaluating open resources, and planning a study of open assessment. The discussion highlights the Fellows' work promoting open practices and resources through activities like seeking and creating open materials, presentations, and advocacy efforts within their institutions and networks in Ontario.
This document provides an introduction and overview of the 2013 CHECET course on Emerging Technologies to improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. It defines emerging technologies as those that are evolving, not fully understood, and potentially disruptive. The course will involve both online and face-to-face sessions over 6 weeks, exploring educational challenges and how emerging technologies can address them. Participants will design a case study and assessment will include reflections, participation, and a final case study presentation.
Building OER Sustainability on Your CampusUna Daly
This document summarizes a presentation about building sustainability for open educational resources (OER) on college campuses. The presentation features speakers from College of the Canyons and Scottsdale Community College discussing their OER programs and sustainability efforts. They discuss engaging faculty and students, securing institutional commitment and funding, establishing workflows, and setting measurable goals like saving students $5 million within 5 years. The speakers provide examples of their OER grant programs, faculty professional development, and student cost-savings initiatives. They encourage questions and provide contact information for following up on their OER work.
The document discusses strategies for improving student engagement through appropriate pedagogies for the digital age. It advocates shifting from teacher-centered to student-centered learning by having teachers take on new roles as learning designers, facilitators, and producers. Student engagement is key to student success and can be improved through collaborative and experiential learning using technologies like social media tools. The ultimate goal is to put learners in charge of their own education by creating a rich learning environment and motivating students to do the hard work of learning while teachers facilitate.
The document discusses how schools can prepare students for success in higher education. It notes that schools are responsible for not just getting students into university, but ensuring they are equipped to succeed once there. It then lists the key skills and abilities universities look for, such as content knowledge, independent learning, and higher-order thinking. The rest of the document outlines how schools can develop these skills through flexible curriculums, experiential learning, aligned pedagogy and assessment, and connections to universities and industry. It emphasizes the importance of assessment practices that encourage deep learning over memorization and the application of knowledge.
Many colleges are looking to open educational resources and openly licensed course material to reduce costs and expand access for their students. Surveys from faculty who have adopted OER and their students report positive outcomes in teaching and learner engagement in addition to the cost savings. Join CCCOER to hear from two OER Authoring platform providers who work with colleges to develop and deliver open courses that are engaging and help measure how students are learning. Faculty and other users of the platform will also be featured.
When: Wed, February 8, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Nathan Battle, Academic Success Director, Odigia
OER courses in Odigia transform textbooks into interactive learning experiences while providing additional tools to measure and promote better student engagement. In addition to ready-to-use courses, Odigia empowers subject matter experts to create new courses using existing OER content as a foundation.
Alyson Indrunas, Professional Development Director, Lumen Learning
Lumen helps you solve affordability and access problems with well-designed open textbooks and other course materials students and instructors access directly through the LMS. Fully-customizable courses designed using OER in more than 65 subjects are available and which can help you measure student success.
Cyrus Helf, Multi-media specialist at Western Los Angeles College
Sharing the open course shells he builds for faculty in Canvas using open licensed ancillaries and textbooks from OpenStax.
This slide deck was presented at CNX 2014 in Houston, USA on 1 April 2014 as part of the "Student Efficacy: Are they Learning?" rapid fire panel. It contains preliminary research findings on educators and students using OpenStax College open textbooks.
Final, updated research findings can be found in the slide deck "The Impact of Open Textbooks in the USA and South Africa..." and via http://oerresearchhub.org
The role of OER localisation in building a knowledge partnership for developm...OER Hub
The document discusses two projects - TESSA and TESS-India - that aimed to localize open educational resources (OERs) for teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa and India. It identifies several challenges with the localization process, such as lack of time and technology for localizers, cultural differences that impacted adaptation, and balancing openness with quality control. The conclusion advocates for creating a knowledge partnership approach to OER projects that respects local contexts and experiences while providing institutional guidance.
Building Understanding of Open Education: An Overview of the Impact of OER on...OER Hub
Open educational resources (OER) can have positive impacts on teaching and learning according to a study by de los Arcos et al. The study surveyed over 7,000 educators and learners from 182 countries and found that OER can improve student performance and satisfaction, help at-risk learners complete their studies, and lead educators to reflect more on their teaching practices. The study also found that 79.8% of educators adapt OER to better suit their needs and accommodate diverse learners. OER also allow both students and institutions to save money on textbooks and materials.
Back to the Features: questioning the impact of ancillary resources on open t...Arthur Green
In this session, we present several case studies of ancillary resource development for open textbooks in British Columbia. Through these case studies we explore an emerging framework for best practices and the often unrecognized challenges that ancillary resource development poses for open educational resources (OER).
There is increasing evidence that lack of ancillary resources impact OER adoption. Over 40% of the respondents to a 2016 survey of 2,902 faculty members at 29 higher education institutions ranked instructor supplements and student supplements (ancillary resources) as important or very important factors in textbook adoption (Green 2016).
Indeed, the lack of ancillary resources for open textbooks negatively impacts faculty perceptions and adoption rates (Jhangiani et al. 2016). While ancillary resources are often expected by overworked instructors in need of teaching aids, the development of ancillary resources for open textbooks poses several challenges that can be both logistic and fundamental to open education.
For example, ancillary resources may not be shared in the same locations as the associated open textbook, may not be adequately updated with new textbook versions, may not be openly licensed, and may actually undermine the opportunity that open textbooks provide to improve pedagogical approaches.
Moreover, the types of ancillary resources required and the way ancillary resources are developed in different disciplinary settings may require different strategic approaches. In this presentation, we overview these challenges, introduce some applied examples of ancillary resource development, and provide the first steps towards best practices for ancillary resource development.
Train-the-Trainer: OR Community Colleges Open Textbook WorkshopSarah Cohen
With Dave Ernst, slide from the Open Textbook Network (open.umn.edu) all-day workshop with OR Community Colleges and Open Oregon. Our goal is to help identify and overcome barriers to open textbook adoption, build capacity for open textbooks at individual campuses and across the system, and prepare representatives to give workshops on their own.
Running Effective OER and Open Textbook Programs at Your Academic Library: AC...Sarah Cohen
This document summarizes a workshop on running effective open educational resource (OER) and open textbook initiatives in academic libraries. The workshop covered introducing OER and its benefits, developing advocacy strategies, and creating an action plan. Participants learned how to frame discussions around OER adoption, address common concerns, and develop SMART goals and tactics to advance OER on their campuses. The workshop emphasized sharing strategies and building connections to support OER efforts.
CCCOER May 11 Webinar: 3 Faculty Perpectives on OER AdoptionUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on the Faculty Perspective on OER Adoption. We will hear from professors in multiple disciplines including English, Physical Geology, and Psychology on how they have adopted and developed OER to improve teaching and learning and reduce costs, and how they evaluate the results. They will also share what has inspired them to do this work and how their students are benefiting from the pedagogical enhancements.
When:
Wed, May 11, 10amPST/1pmEST
Featured Speakers:
Alisa Cooper, PhD Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning & Engagement | English Faculty Glendale Community College | Tri-Chair, Maricopa Millions Project
sharing how a Saylor.org literature class sparked a re-development of her own course using digital learning materials to replace links and also how her online/hybrid English department colleagues at Glendale Community College are in the process of crowd sourcing an OER ENG101 (Freshman Composition) course.
Ryan Cumpston, MS, Department Chair, Earth Sciences Faculty, College of Lake County, Illinois
sharing how he has built a lab manual for his Physical Geology class and devoted a lot of time to building digital resources (instructional videos and interactive learning modules). Demonstration of interactive learning module features.
Rajiv Jhangiana, PhD, Psychology Faculty, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Open Textbook Fellow, OER Research Fellow, Associate Editor NOBA Psychology
sharing how he has adopted open textbooks in his psychology courses, editor and reviewer for for the NOBA OER Psychology Project and other OER communities, and performs OER efficacy research.
Participant Login Information:
No pre-registration is necessary. Please use the link below on the day of the webinar to login and listen.
http://www.cccconfer.org/GoToMeeting?SeriesID=1bffe7d5-29be-46c6-adfc-c7e48e63b2f5
The document introduces open educational resources (OER) and open textbooks. It discusses the high costs of textbooks for students and rising tuition, with the average student spending over $1,200 per year on textbooks. Open textbooks can help address this issue by providing free or low-cost alternatives. The document outlines strategies for adopting, creating, editing, and using open pedagogy in the classroom. It also discusses barriers to faculty adoption and ways to promote open textbooks, such as through an open textbook library and partnerships with student government.
Creative Commons Licenses for Flipped EducatorsBdelosArcos
Last September, when Kari Arfstrom visited Milton Keynes as an OERRHub fellow, we talked about creating an infographic for flipped educators that would explain in a simple and engaging manner how to use Creative Commons Licenses. Last January, when Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams visited Milton Keynes en route to speaking at BETT13, we talked about creating an infographic for flipped educators that would explain in a simple and engaging manner how to use Creative Commons licenses. Well, let me introduce you to Mr. O'Pen.
For more information: oerresearchhub.org
Lumen Learning aims to reduce textbook costs by 90% and increase student success by 10% through the use of open educational resources (OER) and learning analytics. OER allow content to be reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed, addressing the realities that textbook costs are a barrier to student success, content has become a commodity, and digital favors scale. The presentation outlines 50 high-enrollment courses where proven OER sources can replace textbooks, and discusses opportunities to enhance learning through cognitive science and student engagement in creating materials.
We Can and We Should: libraries' role in open educationSarah Cohen
We can and we should: the libraries' role in open education
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
The document provides statistics on incoming and outgoing tickets/transmissions for the Oklahoma One-Call System from 2012-2017. It shows year-over-year percentage increases in tickets and breaks down ticket volumes and types by month, company type, work type, and notification method. Maps show ticket volume changes by county across Oklahoma from 2016 to 2017.
This document discusses the high cost of textbooks for college students and the problem it poses for learning. It introduces open educational resources (OER) as a solution. OER are teaching and learning materials that are free and openly licensed for use. The document provides examples of OER repositories and research showing OER can improve student outcomes while lowering costs. It encourages readers to consider adopting, adapting, or creating OER when possible to increase access to education.
This document discusses open education in the United States. It notes that the US education publishing market is worth $16.6 billion and textbook prices have increased 411% since 1987. It states that US students owe over $1.3 trillion in student debt and 2 in 3 students decide against buying textbooks due to high costs. Open educational resources are freely accessible digital materials that can be legally used and modified. The document provides examples of open education initiatives in Washington state, Utah, Michigan, and for higher education that aim to reduce costs and improve learning through openly licensed educational materials.
CCCOER: the Community of Practice for OER DegreesUna Daly
The document introduces the Community of Practice for OER Degrees, which aims to expand awareness of open educational resources, support faculty innovation, and improve student engagement through monthly webinars, meetings, and collaboration opportunities. It provides an overview of the consortium's goals and activities, highlights voices of experienced members, and invites participants to share how the consortium can help their institutions be successful in open education.
The document introduces the Community of Practice for OER Degrees, which aims to expand awareness of open educational resources, support faculty innovation, and improve student engagement through monthly webinars, meetings, and collaboration opportunities. It provides an overview of the consortium's goals and activities, highlights voices of experienced members, and invites participants to share how the consortium can help their institutions be successful in open education.
Finding and adopting oer with CanvasCommons, OpenStax, and SaylorUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free, open webinar on finding the most recently updated open textbooks, open courses, and open educational resources for college. Speakers will share their open collections: how to find content, peer review processes, and strategies for encouraging faculty adoptions to improve teaching and learning and expand access for learners.
Date: Wed, Sept 9, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
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Kate McGee, Project Director, Canvas Commons
Nicole Finkbeiner, Associate Director of Institutional Relations, OpenStax College
Tanner Huggins, Educational Project Manager, Saylor Academy
This document discusses MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and UCI's involvement with them. It begins by providing background on how MOOCs emerged from a combination of open educational resources and a push for lower-cost higher education. It then outlines UCI's open education initiatives and role in several MOOCs to increase the university's exposure, attract students, and further its strategic goals around innovation in learning. The document also explores opportunities for large-scale learning research using MOOC platforms but notes challenges around data ownership and privacy.
HBCUs and Online Education: The Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at...Lumen Learning
Are you struggling, like many HBCUs, to develop effective and affordable online education programs? The Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at Wiley College offers a new forum for collaboration, sharing and innovation between HBCUs designed to build capacity in distance learning.
This presentation features Dr. Kim Long of Wiley College sharing their progress building online programs and strengthening students’ success using open educational resources (OER). Dean Hyacinth Burton of Oakwood College and Dr. William Hopper of Florida Memorial University share their experiences working through the Center as a collaborative, affordable and productive path for achieving their institutions’ respective goals for online education. Kim Thanos discusses the innovative partnership between the Center for Excellence and Lumen Learning to provide faculty training, professional development, collaboration and ongoing support for the development of high quality courses using OER.
The Growing Community of College OER Projects May 2015Una Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free open webinar on the growing community of College OER projects. We will be featuring college OER projects from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), College of the Canyons in California, as well as updates from the Maricopa College District in Arizona and the growing OER movement at Oregon community colleges.
Our speakers will share strategies to support faculty awareness and adoption of open textbooks and open educational resources. We will also have faculty sharing how open textbook adoption affects course design and departmental policies as well as feedback from their students on the use of free and open textbooks.
Date: Wednesday, May 13
Time: 10 am PST; 1:00 pm EST
Featured speakers:
• Katie Coleman and Thea Alvarado, Sociology faculty and open textbook editors, College of the Canyons, California
• Todd Digby, System Director of Academic Technology, MnSCU, Minnesota
• Paul Golisch, CIO & Dean of Information Technology Paradise Valley College, Arizona and Maricopa College District OER Committee co-chair.
Adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, & CoursesUna Daly
A panel of members from the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) will share how they are adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, and Courses at their colleges. CCCOER was founded in 2007 and now composes over 250 colleges in 22 states and provinces. Members collaborate online regularly and in-person at conferences on best practices for OER adoption. This cross-institutional sharing of open educational resources, open practices, open research, and open policies provides a powerful OER advocacy network for community colleges. New members have immediate access to a community of OER practitioners and experts who can help them launch their projects more efficiently and quickly. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote successful OER adoption strategies of our members with colleagues throughout higher education. Audience participation will be welcomed.
Our eLearning Panel will be moderated by Una Daly, CCCOER Director and our panelists include:
Cynthia Alexander, Distance Education Coordinator and Faculty at Cerritos College.
Cynthia leads the Online Teacher Certification program at Cerritos College and was an early adopter of OER in her teaching. The Business management department has also been using OER for over 5-years and OER has spread to many other departments through early efforts on the Kaleidoscope project.
Lorah Gough, Director, Distance Education at Houston Community College
Lorah works with faculty to find and adopt OER and is working to highlight OER in the new HCC strategic plan coming out next year. Two OER committees and the library are all strong partners in this effort.
Cheryl Knight, Instructional Designer at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)
Cheryl leads the Save 100K project; focused on saving students money so they can concentrate on success. Started with a zero text cost math course and expanded to several disciplines and all 4 campuses in greater Cleveland are now participating.
Jake McBee, Instructional Designer, at North Central Texas College
Jake works on the Rural Information Technology Alliance (RITA) grant, shared by a four-college Texas consortium, building OER-based curriculum for certificates in high-demand information technology areas including networking, mobile apps, and cybersecurity.
Lisa Young, Tri-Chair Maricopa Millions Project;
Faculty Director, Teaching & Learning Center, Scottsdale Community College.
Lisa is tri-chair of the district-wide Maricopa Millions Project started in fall 2013 with the goal of saving $5 Million for students in five years. In two years, they are over 90% to achieving the goals. Maricopa Millions is now planning for zero-textbook pathways in multiple disciplines.
Our eLearning panel moderator will be Una Daly, director of CCCOER.
The document summarizes the agenda and notes from a CCCOER Advisory Meeting on January 22, 2014. Key points include:
- Announcements about upcoming OER conferences and events like Open Education Week in March.
- A presentation from the College of Southern Maryland about their new OER course in physics.
- Highlights from recent OER impact research on benefits to students, teachers, and institutions.
- An overview of upcoming CCCOER webinars in spring 2014 on open textbooks and OER impact findings.
- Reminders about upcoming advisory meetings and conferences for open education.
Building a Community of Practice for Open EducationRegina Gong
Highlights from a variety of community college OER projects presented at the Open Education 2016 conference. Each college will share their unique story of promoting the adoption of open educational resources and the benefits and challenges for students and faculty.
Oer Initiatives at SUNY'S Monroe Community CollegeUna Daly
Monroe Community College (MCC) is a regional open education leader expanding access to affordable education and fostering faculty innovation through the adoption of open educational resources and practices. In June 2016, MCC and four other SUNY community colleges (Clinton, Herkimer, Mohawk Valley, and Tompkins Cortland) were awarded a grant as part of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative. In 2017. The SUNY system was able to provide additional funding for creating OER courses through a statewide grant. Librarians are coordinating the initiatives which include instructional design and project management support for the faculty teams who are building OER courses and a Biology OER degree.
Join us for this webinar to hear from Katie Ghidiu, MCC Interim Library Services Director, who oversees the OER projects and several of the MCC faculty who are participating in the SUNY OER funded efforts. She will share how MCC develops professional development opportunities and provides faculty incentives including release time and stipends to support this important work. She will be joined by Dr. Rollo Fisher, the director of Choral and Vocal Activities, at MCC who created a completely OER Voice Class last year, and is now using SUNY OER funds to create OER for four additional classes.
When: Wednesday, Feb 7th 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Katie Ghidiu: Interim Director of Library Services, Monroe Community College
Dr. Rollo Fisher: Director of Choral and Vocal Activities, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Monroe Community College
CCOTC16: OER Degree Pathways, Certificates, and CoursesUna Daly
A panel of Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) members will share how they are adopting OER for degree pathways, certificates, and courses at their colleges. CCCOER was founded in 2007 and now composes over 250 colleges in 21 states and provinces. Members collaborate online regularly at monthly webinars and advisory meetings and in-person at conferences on best practices for OER adoption. This cross-institutional sharing of open educational resources, open practices, open policies, and open research provides a powerful OER advocacy network for community colleges. New members have immediate access to online resources and a community of OER practitioners and experts who can help them launch their projects more efficiently and quickly. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote successful OER adoption strategies of our members with colleagues in higher education. Audience participation will be welcomed.
Our eLearning Panel will be moderated by Una Daly, CCCOER Director and our panelists include:
• James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning
College of the Canyons
• Dana Hester, EdD, Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences & Distance Education, Citrus College
• Elliot Jones, PhD, Music Professor and Open Textbook Author, Santa Ana College
CCCOER OTC Faculty Panel: The Benefits and Challenges of Adopting Open Educat...Una Daly
CCCOER Faculty Panel: The Benefits and Challenges of Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER)
Hear from faculty who have developed and adopted open textbooks, open courseware, and open resources to lower costs and improve teaching and learning. Topics include adopting and customizing a psychology open textbook, developing an open online course for administration of justice remediation, and collaborative development of a “how-to-learn-online” course utilizing only existing OER. Attendees will also find out how their college can become involved in the open education movement and participate in the Community College Consortium (CCCOER) at the OpenCourseWare Consortium to share lesson learned and find partners for collaboration.
Cynthia Alexander, Educational Technology Professor, Cerritos College
Michelle Pilati, Psychology Professor, Rio Hondo College
Lisa Storm, Administration of Justice Professor, Hartnell College
Una Daly, Community College Outreach Director, OpenCourseWare Consortium
A Faculty Survival Guide to Open Educational ResourcesSara Rutter
This document summarizes key points about open educational resources (OER) from a presentation given at the University of Hawaii. It discusses why OER have become prominent, research showing their benefits for students, and OER initiatives at UH. Specifically, it finds that OER can reduce costs for students without harming learning outcomes. UH aims to widely adopt OER to lower costs and improve student success, retention and graduation. The library supports finding open resources to replace expensive course materials. In general, OER offer opportunities to increase access to education.
This document summarizes a meeting of the Community College Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) Advisory Board. It discusses introducing new member colleges, upcoming conferences, an open math initiative at Scottsdale Community College, establishing an advisory board charter, forming committees, conducting a needs assessment survey, planned webinars and conferences for the year, and setting the date for the next advisory board meeting.
CCCOER May Monthly Advisory Meeting. Presenters were Cheryl Knight, Instructional Designer at Tri-C Cuyahoga Community College and Richard Sebastien, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies at Virginia Community College System.
MOOCs and ICT Education: Disruptive or Merely DistractngUna Daly
MOOCs and ICT Education: Disruptive or Merely Distracting
Computer Science and IT courses were the first MOOCs (massively open online courses) from Stanford and MIT and continue to dominate the online education disruption. Less than two years in, Udacity has announced a new focus on corporate and vocational training and Coursera is partnering with the World Bank to create courses relevant to the developing world.
Although these MOOC providers keep redefining their mission, what if any lessons can ICT Educators at community colleges learn from this online education disruption?
Join us for a discussion about how community colleges might develop and utilize MOOC courses and content. Hear early outcomes from colleges that have already engaged in MOOCs and their visions for future online interaction.
Open Access Week: College of Du Page KeynoteUna Daly
Open Access Week keynote for In Service Day at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Choose Generation Open: Transforming Teaching and Learning with Open Educational Resources with Una Daly, Community College Director at the Open Education Consortium and Kate Hess, Faculty Librarian, at Kirkwood College, Iowa.
Presentation of OER Degrees and Zero Textbook Cost Degrees nationally including Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative, California's ZTC degree, and Tidewater and Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia.
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CCCOER Presents: Models for Transforming Cassrooms to be Equitable and Antira...Una Daly
Many college faculty and staff have been engaged in making their institutions more accessible, inclusive, and equitable through the adoption of OER and open educational practices. One year ago, the need for this work became even more apparent as educators began to recognize that the structural racism deeply embedded in our society was in fact very evident in higher education as well. We invite you to hear from three college professors and the program staff who supported them in moving from the desire to make their classrooms more equitable and antiracist to taking concrete actions to do so.
Environmental Science Professor Jalal Ghaemghami and Librarian Ted (Totsaporn) Intarabumrung will share their open education work at Roxbury College.
Librarian Jen Klaudinyi, creator of the Oregon Equity and Open Education program, and Biology Professor Michelle Huss will share details of the cohort program and how a Biology course was transformed.
Joy Shoemate, Open for Antiracism Course Facilitator (OFAR) and Business Professor Debra Crumpton will share information about the OFAR program and the transformation of the Introduction to Business Class.
Panelists:
Debra J. Crumpton, Professor, Business & Business Technology, Sacramento City College, CA
Jalal Ghaemghami, Professor, Environmental Science, Roxbury Community College MA
Michelle Huss, Biology Faculty, Portland Community College, OR
Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, OR
Joy Shoemate, Director of Online Learning, College of the Canyons, CA
Moderators:
Ted (Totsaporn) Intarabumrung, Coordinator of Library Services, Roxbury Community College, MA
Una Daly, CCCOER Director, Open Education Global
CCCOER Presents: Professional Development Resources for OER Adoption and Crea...Una Daly
Do you, or the faculty and staff you work with, need more help getting started with OER adoption and creation? In this webinar, we will talk with experienced open education practitioners and trainers who will share free and inexpensive professional development resources and opportunities. We’ll explore resources that can be adapted to train faculty and staff at your institution.
When: Wednesday, May 12, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Panelists:
Cheryl Cuillier, Open Education Librarian, University of Arizona
Shanna Hollich, Interim Director of Library Services, Wilson College
Ursula Pike, Associate Director, Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex)
K-12 and Community Colleges Collaborations on OERUna Daly
Open Educational Resources (OER) can make education more equitable and inclusive at any level of education, but what does effective collaboration between K-12 and Higher Education look like? Hear from a panel of K-12 and community college educators as they share the benefits and challenges of transforming learning with open practices and open content that is adaptable by teachers and students. The topic of why and how faculty can work together across school sectors to support students in their local community will be explored.
When: Wednesday, April 14, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Panelists:
Amelia Brister, Director of Library and Learning Resources at Louisiana Delta Community College
Emily Frank, Affordable Learning Administrator, LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Teri Gallaway, Executive Director and Associate Commissioner, LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Kristina Ishmael, Sr. Research Fellow, Teaching, Learning, & Tech, New America
Dan McDowell, Director, Learning & Innovation, Grossmont Union High School District
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, former Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Open for AntiRacism: The Math Equity ToolkitUna Daly
This webinar will introduce A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction, a toolkit of resources that were developed by math teachers, coaches, professional development providers, and language development specialists to support teachers in their journey towards anti-racist instruction. Stride 1, Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction, is the focus which provides educators with a framework and a learning cycle to transform traditional approaches to anti-racist practices.
Speakers:
Dani Wadlington, Master Math and West African Dance Teacher, Quetzal Consulting
Rachel Ruffalo, Director of Educator Engagement at Education Trust-West
CCCOER Presents: Inclusive Course Design and MaterialsUna Daly
This document provides an agenda for an event on inclusive open course design and materials. It introduces three speakers who will discuss their experiences with digital storytelling, making open educational resources (OER) content inclusive, and decolonizing the humanities curriculum. The speakers are faculty from Montgomery College, Butte College, and Central Lakes College. The event is hosted by California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources (CCCOER).
Integrating Antiracist Pedagogy into Your ClassroomUna Daly
This webinar will focus on how to integrate anti-racist pedagogy into your course both through classroom practices and the selection and updating of instructional materials. Professor Alisa Cooper, co-author, of the Anti-racist Discussion Pedagogy Guide, will share how instructors can prepare themselves and their students to conduct authentic discussions that support perspectives from traditionally underrepresented voices. Professor Shawna Brandle, author of It’s (Not) in The Reading: American Government Textbooks’ Limited Representation of Historically Marginalized Groups will share her research on why and how to evaluate and update openly licensed instructional materials to be anti-racist.
Speakers:
Dr. Alisa Cooper, English Professor, Glendale Community College, Maricopa College District, Arizona
Dr. Shawna M. Brandle, Political Science Professor, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York.
When: Jan 22, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
CCCOER Presents: Navigating the Virtual Open Education ConferencesUna Daly
In November, two conferences for engaging and sharing with others who are passionate about open education (OpenEd20 and OEGlobal 2020) are happening online, in back-to-back weeks. Join us for this pre-conference webinar to hear about the varied highlights, approaches, and how to avoid burnout while learning, connecting, and enjoying social interactions. Presenters include planners from both conferences who will share the inspiration and aspirations for these conference experiences.
When: Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Open Education Conference 2020
Amy E. Harris Tan, Dean – English and Communications, Houston Community College
Lee Miller, Director of Innovation and Compliance, Center for Innovation and Excellence, Barton Community College
OEGlobal 2020
Susan Huggins, Director of Communications, Open Education Global
Alan Levine, Strategy and Engagement Director, Open Education Global
Moderator:
Una Daly, Director of CCCOER, Open Education Global
CCCOER Presents: Culture Shift to Academic FreedomUna Daly
Open Education gives faculty the academic freedom to find, adapt, and create materials that are focused on how and what their students need to learn and be successful in their courses. It takes time and a different approach to your teaching practice. No longer limited by a commercial textbook’s outline of topic materials and lack of access by a significant percentage of their students, a faculty member can engage their students in more meaningful and effective learning experiences. Hear from faculty, an administrator, and a student who are engaged in this sometimes challenging culture shift to reduce inequity and grow our pedagogical practices.
When: Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Alisa Cooper, English Faculty, Glendale Community College
Barbara Gooch, Student at Volunteer State Community College and OpenStax Intern
William Hoag, Library Director, Roxbury Community College
Dr. Veronica Howard, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Reducing Equity Gaps & Creating Reliency with OERUna Daly
Textbook affordability and flexibility is more important than ever in times of shrinking budgets, enrollment concerns, and remote learning. Students’ lives have been disrupted and helping them get back on track to complete their education is critical. Open educational resources significantly reduce student costs and have been shown to improve outcomes particularly for traditionally underserved populations. Open resources also provide flexibility for faculty as they continue to adapt their teaching for unfolding circumstances.
Join the Midwestern Higher Education Compact as they host the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) to hear how higher education institutions can work together on open education policy, professionalism, stewardship, and sustainability across regional and state boundaries to find solutions to common challenges. CCCOER is leading conversations with regional leaders of open education (RLOE) to support statewide and national projects for expanding access while creating resilience and sparking innovation at institutions of higher education.
Presenters: Denise Cote, PhD, Librarian, College of DuPage; and Una Daly, MA, Director, CCCOER
This document outlines the agenda and speakers for a webinar on decolonizing courses. The webinar will feature presentations from three speakers - Justine Blau, an English lecturer; Heather Blicher, a library coordinator; and Joe Brenkert, a mathematics faculty member. They will discuss their experiences with and approaches to decolonizing courses. The webinar aims to expand awareness of open educational resources and support more equitable education. It provides information on upcoming related events and resources for open education.
California ZTC Degrees Panel: Past, Present, and FutureUna Daly
Online Teaching Conference 2020: Twenty-six California Community Colleges embarked on a journey to create thirty-four Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degrees to dramatically reduce the financial burden of earning an associate degree or career technical education certificate. More than 20,000 students over three years would benefit from this approach to eliminating the barrier of textbook costs. Data collected from participating colleges show that all students in ZTC pathways did better than those in non-ZTC courses, and that traditionally underserved populations did even better.
With proven results of reducing equity gaps, the Governor has proposed doubling the initial $5 million ZTC program to $10 million in FY21, opening this opportunity to more colleges wishing to leverage ZTCs to increase student achievement and reduce equity gaps. Join us to hear from ZTC champions who led the initiative, supporting the faculty who transformed their courses to lower barriers and improve students learning, and ensuring the sustainability of the program. Consider how to integrate a ZTC approach with your distance education, equity, pathways and other student success-centered initiatives. Learn about how students and librarians are poised to play an essential role in the proposed $10 million grant. Finally, learn the critical steps for success and how to assess your college’s readiness for developing ZTC degrees.
This document provides an introduction and overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) presented by Una Daly, the director of CCCOER. The presentation discusses the benefits of OER for students and institutions, highlights key OER repositories and licensing options, and outlines funding opportunities and recent research findings showing positive student outcomes with OER. It also promotes the community of practice for open education and opportunities for collaboration within the open education field.
CCCOER Presents: User Friendly OER Course Design for Remote and F2F LearningUna Daly
When faculty start using OER, one of the most exciting opportunities that the open license affords is for faculty to customize their courses to fit the needs of their students. In this discussion, we will explore some of the theory and practice around designing engaging, accessible, and inclusive OER courses. We will discuss how using OER can enable faculty to embrace good design principles for student-centered instruction in fully online courses or face-to-face courses, augmented with online components. We’ll discuss the advantages of this approach in our current, COVID-19 world.
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Ben Kohntopp, Instructional Designer – Colorado Community College Online
Sophia Strickfaden, eLearning Technologist – Colorado Community Colleges Online
Scott Robison, Ph.D., Associate Director – Digital Learning and Design, Office of Academic Innovation, Portland State University
Open Education Resilience in Crisis and BeyondUna Daly
Schools, colleges, and universities have closed their campuses and pivoted to remote instruction in a matter of weeks as the COVID-19 threat became a reality. Student’s lives are being disrupted not only by the adjustment to remote instruction but also due to job loss, family responsibilities, and healthcare needs. Commercial publishers are offering faculty and students one-time “free” instruction materials during the crisis in hopes of gaining new customers. Colleges are now facing big questions about their future including maintaining student enrollment, selecting instructional materials, managing faculty and staff costs, and even how the physical campus might be reconfigured.
Join our panelists to hear how open education has made their campuses more resilient and continues to help with student equity including support for underrepresented populations and students with disabilities. You will hear strategies and talking points for helping stakeholders on your campus understand how open educational resources, prudent fair-use, and open educational practices (pedagogy) support both teaching and learning in the crisis and will continue to contain costs, address student needs, and inspire innovation for the future.
When: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Tonja Conerly, San Jacinto Community College, Texas
Meredith Jacob, Creative Commons USA at American University Washington College of Law @meredithjacob
Michael Mills, Montgomery College, Maryland
Suzanne Wakim, Butte Community College, California
Quill West, Pierce College District, Washington
Faculty and Students Share about Open PedagogyUna Daly
Open Pedagogy is a collection of open practices in the classroom made possible by replacing commercial textbooks with open educational resources. These emerging practices enabled by open content licensing (and an open mindset) involve students in making decisions about their own learning experiences and contributing directly to global knowledge to impact not only other students but generate renewable value outside of the classroom.
Join us to hear about the learning benefits from faculty and students who have participated in open pedagogy projects that were enabled through the adoption of open education resources and open practices. Learn how students working with instructional designers and librarians have begun to help faculty adopt, create and implement open content across their campus.
When: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
David Dwork, Mathematics Faculty, Paradise Valley Community College
Jessica Parsons, Open Educational Resource (OER) Specialist, Paradise Valley Community College
Zev Cossin, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Montgomery College
Eduardo Chaves Serrano, student, Zero Hunger Assignment, Montgomery College
Karen Cangialosi, PhD, Professor of Biology, Keene State College
Moderator:
Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Faculty-in-Residence OER Coordinator, Scottsdale Community College/Maricopa Community Colleges
Open Education Week: Students and OER AdvocacyUna Daly
This document provides information for students on advocating for open educational resources (OER). It discusses why students get involved in OER advocacy, avenues for involvement like student government and library internships, and examples of student-driven OER victories. It then outlines a statewide student initiative in California to create an OER toolkit for students, covering topics like what OER is and how to create and market OER. The document discusses best practices for creating the student team and toolkit, both benefits and challenges. Finally, it provides guidance for students on bringing OER advocacy to their own campuses by setting goals, identifying stakeholders, and making the case for support.
CCCOER Presents: Regional Leaders of Open EducationUna Daly
When: Wednesday, March 4, noon PST/3pm EST:
Launched in fall 2019, the Regional Leadership for Open Education (RLOE) initiative was inspired by CCCOER members’ growing need to collaborate across institutional and state boundaries to find solutions for issues impacting OER adoption at diverse, multi-institution systems. Many open education leaders face similar issues of advocacy and implementation beyond their home institution and wish for the opportunity to craft common solutions and eliminate duplication of efforts. Leaders from colleges, universities, library consortia, and government agencies were invited to participate in four workgroups to discuss and build solutions. Each workgroup has developed a focus project for pursuing in 2020 and will share early efforts and invite community feedback
Policy & Strategy: focusing on a bibliography of open education policies and building a video repository of statewide OER policy clips.
Stewardship: focusing on emerging frameworks for stewardship of open education resources and student privacy and data.
Professionalism: focusing on building a matrix of emerging “open education” roles and their associated competencies to better identify training needs.
Sustainability: focusing on building a virtual file cabinet of higher education infrastructure documents/templates integrating open education.
Featured Speakers:
Denise Cote, Reference Librarian, College of DuPage
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
Quill West, Open Education Project Manager, Pierce College District
Lisa Young, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching & Learning, Scottsdale Community College
Moderator: Una Daly, CCCOER Director
Beginning to Open Up: Ideas for Colleges Early in their OER JourneyUna Daly
This document provides an agenda for a panel discussion on open educational resources (OER) featuring six panelists from community colleges and state university systems in Kansas, Wisconsin, Texas, Minnesota, Montana, and Nevada. The panelists will introduce themselves and their experience with OER, share an accomplishment from the past year working with OER, discuss something they wish they could do over, and future plans regarding OER. Contact information is provided for questions.
Arizona OER Summit: Connections to Sustain and Grow Open EducationUna Daly
Keynote for DAY 2 of the Arizona OER SUmmit 2020. Emphasizing the importance of connections between people, institutions, organization over the implementation details of technology, licensing, and content for open education growth. Moving from the Maricopa College District to the entire state of Arizona and through the national CCCOER organization and other open education community members in North America to the world. The world view starts with OEGlobal and then internationally to UNESCO's OER 40C Resolution and finally bringing it back to student benefits through an open pedagogy project at Montgomery College and Kwantlen Polytechnical University linking to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CCCOER Presents: Attributions. Authoring, and OER PlatformsUna Daly
Remixing openly licensed materials from different sources is a hallmark of OER but can make for complicated attributions. The webinar will start with best practices for attribution of curated openly licensed works. Three faculty will then share their experiences authoring and providing attributions of remixed OER in the Pressbooks and Libretexts platforms.
When: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12pm PT/ 3pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Jennryn Wetzler; Assistant Director of Open Education for Creative Commons
Dave Dillon; Author of “Blueprint for Success in College and Career”
Athena Kashyap; English Professor at City College of San Francisco
Heather Ringo; English Professor at Solano College
Moderator:
Suzanne Wakim, OER, Distance Education, Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Coordinator; Biology Faculty at Butte-Glenn Community College District
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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Certified as an ISO/IEC 27001: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Lead Implementer, Data Protection Officer, and Cyber Risks Analyst, Denis brings a heightened focus on data security, privacy, and cyber resilience to every endeavor.
His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of reporting, database, and web development applications, underpinned by an exceptional grasp of data storage and virtualization technologies. His proficiency in application testing, database administration, and data cleansing ensures seamless execution of complex projects.
What sets Denis apart is his comprehensive understanding of Business and Systems Analysis technologies, honed through involvement in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). From meticulous requirements gathering to precise analysis, innovative design, rigorous development, thorough testing, and successful implementation, he has consistently delivered exceptional results.
Throughout his career, he has taken on multifaceted roles, from leading technical project management teams to owning solutions that drive operational excellence. His conscientious and proactive approach is unwavering, whether he is working independently or collaboratively within a team. His ability to connect with colleagues on a personal level underscores his commitment to fostering a harmonious and productive workplace environment.
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CCCOER OER Research Hub Fellowship
1. Fellowship in-process at
OER Research Hub
Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium
Rob Farrow, OER Research Hub, Open University
August 13, 2013 1
2. Today’s Agenda
• Where it started …
• OCW and CCCOER
• Community College History
• CCCOER Priorities
• Previous research (COT, ITC, etc)
• OER Hub Hypotheses
• Fellowship Goals
• Fellowship Plans
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3. Where collaboration started
3
• Patrina Law attended
– CCCOER Panel featuring OCL, Bridge-
2-Success, College of the Canyons, &
Kaleidoscope Projects
• Open University and OCWC
4. OpenCourseWare(OCW) Mission
“Advance formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-
quality education materials organized as courses.”
Almost 300 institutions in 46 Countries
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6. Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of
Education
CCCOER History
• Founded 2007
• Joined OCW Consortium
2011
• Enhance teaching and
learning thru adoption of
open education at colleges
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
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7. History of Community Colleges
• Grew out of vocational and technical schools of
early 20th century
• Tracked growth of middle class following WWII
• Expand educational access
– Open enrollment
– Low cost
– Transfer curriculum to
university
Image: Larry Miller CC-BY-NC
8. Community Colleges in US
1948-2013
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2013
9. U.S. Community Colleges
Open access to high-quality affordable
academic programs (1166 nationwide):
– Transfer to 4-year colleges
and universities
– Enter careers in high-demand occupations
– Prepare for college-level work
Community College Consortium for OER
11. Community of Practice
2012-13
• 10 Professional development webinars
– Avg: 108 attendees
– Median: 65 attendees
• 10 OER workshops
• OER Research: ITC and Open
University
• Many conference presentations, panels
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12. Spring 2013 Webinars
• 1/29 Using OER for Workforce Training
• 2/26 Librarians Critical Role in OER
• 3/26 OER Authoring Tools
• 4/30 Open Ed, MOOCs, & Student Access
• 6/4 OER & Competency-based
Learning
Attendees Average: 108, Median: 65
Archives
http://bit.ly/14x9EsK
13. • Document impact of OER on teaching
and learning
• Promote integrations of OER into
college curricula
• Share best practices for adoption of
OER through professional development
opportunities.
CCCOER Priorities
2012-13
14. CCCOER Member Survey
July 2013
• More OER impact research needed
– Grant applications
– Promote faculty adoptions
– Persuade administrators to support
• How to incentivize faculty to adopt
– Finding resources
– Accessibility issues
• How to make OER Sustainable
15. ITC Distance Learning Survey
• Survey of distance
education since 2004
• 80% community college
members
• 2012 survey added
questions about OER
and MOOCs
16. ITC 2012 OER Results
• Anticipated Impact of OER to your
Institutions in next 5 years
• 36 % significant impact
• 64 % little or no impact
17. ITC 2012 OER Results Contd.
• Roadblocks to OER Adoption
– 66% Faculty time to find and evaluate
– 67% Faculty awareness
– 45% Credibility of sources
– 21% Ancillary materials
– 14% Resistance by administrators
18. ITC 2012 MOOC Result
• 42% have no plans to incorporate
MOOC content into online courses
• 44% are exploring options to include
MOOC content into all courses
• Less than 1% exploring credit options
19. Open Textbook Research 2010
• Enhances students interactions with
peers and materials
• Increased faculty collaboration
leading to improved practices
Open Learning Journal, 2011
http://bit.ly/14aGKiP
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20. CCCOER Collaboration
• H1: Use of OER leads to critical reflection by
educators, with evidence of improvement in their
practice.
• H2: Participation in OER pilots and programs
leads to policy change at institutional level.
• Methodology: Teacher interviews and survey,
accompanied by analysis of variations in policy.
Identification of pilot activities across CCCOER member to
select sources of performance data.
21. Additional Hypotheses
• H3: Open education models lead to more
equitable access to education, serving a
broader base of learners than traditional
education
• H4: OER adoption at an institutional level
leads to financial benefits for students
and/or institutions
22. Colleges Participating
Name IRB Rqd Survey Interviews
Foothill College Y, Y Yes Fall
De Anza College Y, Y Yes Fall
Houston Community Y, Y Yes Virtual
South Florida N, N Yes Virtual
Roane State Y, Y Yes Virtual
College of the Cyns Y, N Yes Fall
Broward College Y, N No Winter
Cerritos ?,? Yes Fall
Pasadena College Y, N Yes Fall
Northern Virginia N, N Yes Summer
Maricopa Colleges Y, N No Fall
Washington Colleges Y, N No Fall
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23. Fellowship Big Questions
• OER Policy
– Bottoms-up vs top-down
– Longterm sustainability
• Accessibility
– Faculty awareness
– Lower barriers cost and disability
– Universal design process
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24. Policy: Case Study
• Largest college district (Arizona)
– 250,000 students, 10 colleges
• Pilots at 3 colleges started 2010
– OER-based Math Curriculum
• Five Year Information & Instructional
Technology Plan support OER (2011)
• Established district committee to
expand OER (spring 2013)
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25. Sustainability
• Open Educational Resources
– Quality is not free
– Maintenance
• Business models
– OpenLearn
– No Credit MOOCs at Colleges
• Bridge-2-Success,
• Broward College’s Foundational MOOC
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28. Diverse Learner Challenges
• Cognitive learning
disabilities
• Sensory & motor
impairments
• English language
deficits (translations)
• Lack of engagement Kersti Nebelsiek CC-BY
Source: WebAIM
29. Why Accessibility?
• Improve learning
– 707,000 students with disabilities
enrolled in U.S. colleges 2008-09
• It’s the law!
– American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
– Web Content Access Guidelines (WCAG)
– Universal Design for Learning
Morguefile.com
Source: National Center for Education Statistics 2011 29
30. Plans for Fall/Winter
• Conference Papers/Presentations
– Educause Anaheim, CA (attendance only)
– OER UnConference, San Jose State Univ.
– Open Ed, Utah
– eLearning 2014, Florida
• Interview Visits
– 4-5 California Colleges
– 4-5 Washington State College
– 2 Florida Colleges
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31. Thank you for attending!
Contact Information
Una Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Rob Farrow Rob.Farrow@open.ac.uk