The document discusses creating a new higher education model using open courses. It describes developing open courses that are free, self-paced, and faculty-supported. These courses mirror traditional university courses and have had over 2,000 registrations. Learners can earn college credit through course assessments supported by the open courses. Tools are provided to maximize credit for prior learning through an open course on learning recognition and applying experiences to a degree program. Over 3,600 learners have accessed the open courses and over 500 have received college credit through portfolio assessments, showing promising results. Student feedback praised advisors, program structure, and linking prior learning to credit.

1. Using ‘open’ to create a
new, innovative higher
education model

2. Using ‘open’ to create a new, innovative
higher education model
Share and demonstrate the innovative project of creating
a personalized learning pathway using open courses,
maximizing non-traditional learning, providing various
assessment methods – all resulting in a formal degree.

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(2001). M.I.T. plans on Wednesday to announce a 10-year
initiative, apparently the biggest of its kind, that intends to create
public Web sites for almost all of its 2,000 courses and to post
materials like lecture notes, problem sets, syllabuses, exams,
simulations, even video lectures.

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Open Courses
• Developed by SME faculty
• Free, self-paced, faculty-supported
• Mirror their sister-university courses
• 2,345 registrations since January 2014
-Learning Recognition Course – 658
-Introduction to Management – 262
-Developing a Personal Financial Plan - 260

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Course Assessments
• Leading to college credit
• Supported by the open courses
• Available to any learner
Tools to Maximize Prior Learning
Learning Recognition Course (LRC100)
• Free, self-paced open course
• Assessed by SME faculty

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• Maximizes transfer credit
• Offers flexibility to earn undergraduate credit for
learning from MOOCs and work/life experiences
• Applies to a wide variety of possible careers based on
your interests
• Uses a subscription model
Degree Program

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• Approximately 3,666 unique learners have accessed
the OC@KU open courses and have registered for
4,402 courses
• 93 have submitted prior learning portfolios for
assessment
• Learners have received college credit for 567 courses
as a result of the portfolio assessment
The evidence is positive

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Students expressed their
needs:
• Support
• Responsiveness
• Accurate information
• Support from family
The evidence is positive – student feedback
Being the one making
their decisions:
• Positive
• Course choice is #1
• Pace is #2
• Different from other
college experience

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What we do well:
• Nearly everything
• Praise for advisors (by
name)
• Program structure
• Linking PL to credit
The evidence is positive – student feedback
Common themes:
• Transparency
• Personalized
• Process not goal
• Growth happens when
they want it

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@OpenCollegeKU
#AllAboutOpen
Drew Ross, Dean Susan Huggins, Director
aross@kaplan.edu shuggins@kaplan.edu
@DeanDrewRoss @SusanHuggins