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

1. Cynthia Alexander, Cerritos College
Michelle Pilati, Rio Hondo College
Lisa Storm, Hartnell College
Moderator: Una Daly, Open Education Consortium
Faculty Panel:
Benefits and Challenges of
Adopting Open Educational
Resources

2. Welcome
.
Una Daly,
CCCOER-OEC,
CA State University
Lisa Storm
Hartnell College
Cynthia Alexander
Cerritos College
Michelle Pilati
Rio Hondo College

3. Agenda
• Community College Consortium for OER
Overview
• Rio Hondo College and Open Psychology
• Cerritos College and Lumen’s Online
Learning Course
• Hartnell College and Open Criminal
Justice MOOC
• Questions for our Panelists

4. Community College Consortium
for OER
Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of
Education
• Founded at Foothill-DeAnza
College District in 2007
• Joined Open Education in
Consortium 2011
• Growth to 250+ colleges in
17 states & provinces
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

5. • Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
–Expanding access to education
–Supporting faculty innovation
–Advancing community college mission
Mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation

6. 250+ Colleges in 17 States & Provinces

7. Many Motivations for OER
• Increase student access
• Support faculty innovation
• Foster collaboration
• Market your college
– Attract new students
– Educational leadership
– Learning research focus

8. Open Textbook:
Intro to Psychology
Dr. Michelle Pilati
Psychology Instructor
Academic Senate President 2011-13
California Community College System

9. Implementing OER – Intro
Psych
Instructor’s initial expectations and
biases
Appropriate resources should be
plentiful – choosing will be hard!
Critical that materials be entirely
downloadable/printable.
Moving from a printed text to OER
should be easy.

10. Implementing OER – Intro
Psych
Instructor’s realities
Appropriate resources are not plentiful.
Limiting one’s choices to
downloadable/printable is… limiting.
http://www.saylor.org/courses/psych101/?is
missing=0&resourcetype=1
“San Bernardino Community College:
Professor T. L. Brink’s Psychology: A
Student Friendly Approach”
Different iterations of Stangor’s text –
originally developed for Flatworld

11. Different Iterations?
http://www.peoi.org/Courses/Coursesen/p
sy3/contents/frame1.html
Flatworld – presently free access to 1st 3
chapters..
https://learn.canvas.net/courses/65/modul
es
And others…

12. Implementing OER – Intro
Psych
Instructor’s realities
Reviewing and preparing
assessments for a new “text”
takes a long time and is truly not
fun.
But – a great opportunity to
increase use of supplemental
materials that just might go away.

13. Implementing OER – Intro
Psych
Student realities
Some desirous of a traditional text.
Solution – encourage obtainment of ANY text as a
secondary resource.
Instructor’s observation of students
Not as thrilled with not having a text as one would
hope.
Appears that reliance on general websites is
increasing.

14. Implementing OER – Intro
Psych
Next steps?
Identify and/or develop supplements to
address challenging topics for students
Seek student feedback on materials
Secure appropriate permissions for all
resources – ideally with easy access to
a low-cost print version

15. Open Course:
Intro to Online Learning
Dr. Cynthia Alexander
Educational Technology Professor & Chair
Distance Education Coordinator

16. Kaleidoscope Project
Phase III – Where We Are Now

17. Introduction to Online Learning
Cerritos College - California
Spokane Community College - Washington
Central Community College - Nebraska
Mercy College – New York

18. Two-Day Workshop
Compare Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Determine content
Assign tasks
Create timeline
All documents shared in Google Docs – course
finalized in Canvas

19. Courses Generically Designed
Content is modular
SLO-specific
Activities and assessments for each module
Also SLO-specific

20. Course Setup

24. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Rewarding
Share ideas
Increase student involvement
Multimedia
Use of exclusive CC materials
Examine my own course
Disappointing
Lack of participation

25. MOOCsicle:
Remediation & Student Support
Dr. Lisa Storm
Professor Administration of Justice
Textbook Author and MOOC Developer

26. Is Preparing Students For Online
Learning an Effective Practice?
Yes!
• An orientation for online students should be
available
• The orientation should include self-
assessment of technical skills and readiness
for DE, and include learning strategies
• A student success course for online learning
could also improve retention and success
• MOOCs can be useful as preparation for
taking a course

27. MOOCSICLE: MOOC Student
Information Center for Legal
Education
• I will be building MOOCSICLE for Hartnell College
• Primary focus: remediation and ongoing student
support
• Every Administration of Justice student will
automatically be enrolled
• I will encourage all students to visit MOOCSICLE on a
regular and ongoing basis to enhance success and
retention rates in the Administration of Justice
courses and programs

28. MOOCSICLE Home Page

29. MOOCSICLE
• MOOCSICLE orientation will include use
of the CMS (Etudes), navigation of the
course shell, use of the course shell, DE
student best practices, email etiquette,
and how to access and use Hartnell
College online student support services
• The orientation will also include all ADJ
syllabi and textbook information
• In addition to basic technology and
student success skills for online
learning, the orientation will include a
module on writing effectively in the
online environment

30. After Participating in the
Orientation. . .
• Students will be directed to complete an Online
Student Readiness Assessment (OSRA)
• The OSRA will provide recommendations for
remediation
• After an initial test-run, the OSRA may be
administered as a pre and post-test

31. MOOCSICLE Will Also be an
Assessment Center
• All ADJ course-level SLO assessment will be
accomplished through MOOCSICLE each
semester
• At least one PLO will be assessed each
semester as well
• All data will be centrally located, available,
and updated so that instructors can correct
anomalies immediately

32. MOOCSICLE Course Content
PowerPoint, Printable
Study Notes
For all foundational
legal topics in the
Administration of
Justice programs: the
Certificate program,
A.S. Degree, and A.S.
Degree for Transfer
Assessments and
Discussion Boards
Distinct from
assessments and
discussion boards in
the Administration of
Justice online courses
Videos, Puzzles,
Interactive Exercises,
Games
To support principles in
law enforcement,
correctional science,
and paralegal
emphases

33. Goals of MOOCSICLE:
• Improve ADJ student success
• Increase ADJ student retention
• Enhance and enforce ADJ student understanding of
basic ADJ principles
• Provide continuous SLO and PLO assessment
• Provide a gentle introduction to technology for face-
to-face students

34. • Find & Adopt open textbook workshops
• Understanding open licenses
• Online accessibility
• Faculty and student surveys
• Access to community of
OER practitioners & experts
• Webinars and monthly OER advisories
Need Help Getting Started?
Join CCCOER

35. Cynthia Alexander: calexander@cerritos.edu
Michelle Pilati: mpilati@riohondo.edu
Lisa Storm: lstorm@hartnell.edu
Una Daly: unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
James Glapa-Grossklag: James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu
Thank you for coming!!
Questions for Panelists

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