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

1. April 14, 2021, 12:00 pm PDT
Welcome
Unless otherwise indicated, this
presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
K-12 &
Community
Colleges
Collaborate on OER

2. Agenda
• CCCOER overview
• Introductions
• Panel Discussion
• Upcoming events
• Stay in the loop
Previous slide image credit:
stationery-clip image by Leo Zank from Pixabay

3. 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

4. ● Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
● Support faculty choice & development
● Foster regional OER leadership
● Improve student equity & success
CCCOER Mission

5. Membership 2021
http://cccoer.org/Member
18 System-wide Memberships

6. Open Textbooks Pilot
Grant: Interactive OER
for Dual Enrollment
Dr. Teri Gallaway, Associate Commissioner & Executive
Director, LOUIS
Emily Frank, Affordable Learning Program Administrator,
LOUIS
Amelia Brister, Director of Library and Learning
Resources, Louisiana Delta Community College

7. LOUIS
LOUIS is a consortium of public and private college and university libraries in the
state of Louisiana. This partnership was formed in 1992 by the library deans and
directors at these institutions, in order to create a cost-effective collaboration
among the institutions for the procurement of library technology and resources. Our
community provides cost-effective information resources, services and technology
that support the teaching, learning, and research missions of our members’
institutions. We are currently forty-seven members strong.

8. Open Education
Resources (OER)
Teaching, learning, or research
resource that is in the public
domain or has been released
under an intellectual property
license that permits the free use,
adaptation, and redistribution of
the resource by any person.

9. Why Dual
Enrollment?
Postsecondary Success
Students who participate in dual enrollment are more likely than their
peers to enroll in college, build academic momentum, and persist to
completion
Participation Gap
Of students participating in dual enrollment, 65% were white, 27%
Black, and 4% Hispanic. Considering the demographic and socio-
economic composition of the population of Louisiana, these numbers
reflect a lack of parity in access to early college programs for
students from underrepresented and disadvantaged populations.

10. Award Details
$2 Million
One of four awards nationally &
seven since program inception
$1.2 million in system contracts
3 Years
Librarian Cohort Leaders
March 2021 - November 2022
Faculty Cohort Participants
May 2021- August 2023
25 Courses
Dual enrollment general education
courses with high DFW rates
disproportionally affecting minority
students

11. Room for Improvement
Course Outcomes
65,722
26%
Number and percentage of
students ending the
semester with DFW
255,750
22,907
Number of students enrolled
annually statewide
Number of students enrolled
in dual enrollment statewide
37,394
34%
Number and percentage of
minority students ending the
semester with DFW
547
10%
Number and percentage of
minority students enrolled in
dual enrollment ending the
semester with DFW

12. What This Entails
Structured
Approach
Multiple
Stakeholder
Layers of Support
Accessible
Technology
Multiple Ways to
Engage

13. Cohorts
Librarian
Manage training
Provide project definition, direction, and
timeframes
Provide oversight to ensure project
progress and that goals are met
Help address potential challenges during
the life of the project
Engaging regularly, clarifying roles,
running meetings

14. Cohorts
Teaching Faculty
5 faculty
Collaboratively design re-deployable
open course
Openly licensed syllabus with a weekly
lesson guide aligning to student learning
outcome
Open textbook or other comprehensive
material
Interactive assessments and ancillaries

15. Obstacles and Opportunities
Advocates: District adoption
Scripted texts
Digital Divide:
Word vs Google Docs vs PDF
Learning Management Systems
Connectivity

16. Obstacles and Opportunities
The Tale of Two High Schools: Programs and support for students vary by High School
• Campus A
– University Satellite campus
– Instructors: Campus A teachers
– Schedule: follows HS schedule
– Majority of students supply devices
– School provides textbooks
– IP address restrictions: inability to access University
resources
– Learning Management System: same as other
enrolled classes
– Curriculum: University controlled but tweaked by
instructors to cover HS EOC testing materials
• Campus B
– Campus: operates as a HS, not Satellite campus
– Instructors: University instructors
– Schedule: follows University schedule
– Majority of students depend on school provided devices
– Textbooks are not provided
– IP address restrictions: inability to access University
resources
– Learning Management System: same as university
may differ from other HS classes (ex. Canvas vs
Google Docs)
– Curriculum: University controlled, relies on instructor to
cover HS EOC testing materials

17. Opportunities to Collaborate
Digital Inclusion Task Force
Louisiana Board of Regents assembled a Strategic Action Team to explore how a “digital
divide” was impacting the immediate continuation of higher education, to identify short- and
long-term needs, and to co-create a plan for technology-enhanced learning for all LA
citizens seeking postsecondary education.
Connecting the Pipeline
LOUIS will develop and share a model for connecting OER initiatives between secondary
and post-secondary institutions within a library context. LOUIS will utilize interviews, focus
groups, and workshops with school and academic librarian communities to build
connections and capacity in OER support.
Dual Enrollment Task Force
Board of Regents and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education have a joint goal that
beginning with the freshman class of 2025 all Louisiana public high school graduates will
complete high school with college credit (academic and/or career-technical), a
postsecondary credential of value or both.

18. Success
Widespread Adoption
22,907 dual enrollment students in public
institutions.
Bringing in the private colleges will increase
enrollment numbers.
Enrollment
Increase dual enrollment number statewide
DFW%
Access to course materials on day one
Equity Gaps
No cost course materials will remove one
hurdle to access to dual enrollment courses
Funding
Identify sources of funding beyond the current
grant period
Additional Courses
Identify additional courses beyond the 25
general education dual enrollment courses that
can be addressed with additional funding.

19. Kristina Ishmael
Sr. Research Fellow - Teaching,
Learning, & Tech,
New America

20. PreK-12 OER in Practice
Building Awareness
Storytelling
Driving Inclusive Curriculum Conversations
Developing Professional Learning Content
Analyzing Policy

22. Dan McDowell
Director, Learning & Innovation,
Grossmont Union High School
District

23. Panel Discussion
Balloon clouds words by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
● Why are these kinds of collaborations important, either for K12 institutions, higher ed, or
both?
● What specific considerations should those of us in higher education keep in mind when
working with K12 systems?
● How does this kind of collaborative work benefit the broader open education community,
either nationally or internationally?
● What kind of collaborations might be most valuable to foster in the near future?
○ COVID, remote learning in general, equity
● What needs to happen to get this work started?

24. 2021 Spring Webinars
April 14 K-12 & Community Colleges
Collaborate on OER
May 12 Finding Professional Development
Resources for OER Adoption &
Creation
June 9 Making Classrooms Equitable and
Antiracist
bit.ly/CCCOERspring2021
Cherry blossom bumblebee by Rudy
and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay

25. Stay in the Loop
● Upcoming Conferences
See our website under “Get-Involved”
● Join our Community Email
○ https://www.cccoer.org/community-email/
● Read our EDI blog posts & Student
OER Impact Stories
○ https://www.cccoer.org
Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay

26. Questions?
Contact Info:
@unatdaly -- unatdaly@oeglobal.org
@CCCOER Liz Yata -- lizyata@oeglobal.org
Lisa Young -- lisa.young@scottsdalecc.edu
@suetash Sue Tashjian -- stashjian@necc.mass.edu
Thank you!