Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar promoting OER Adoption at colleges through structured, public student-faculty dialogues on costs of textbooks and a campus wide faculty development effort to create awareness of existing open educational resources. Date: Thur, March 10, 
Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
 Student Voices Panel: A panel of students from the Pierce College District in Washington will share their thoughtful public dialogues, co-sponsored by the Center for Engagement & Learning, with faculty about lowering textbook costs through OER. Moderator: Quill West, OER Project Manager, Pierce College District Campus-wide OER Faculty Development: Sue Tashjian and Jody Carson co-chairs of the Northern Essex Community College’s (NECC) Textbook Task Force will share how they nurtured a small program on campus to incentivize 5 faculty to adopt OER has grown over the last two years. Through faculty development to help instructors faculty find high-quality open educational resources and additional OER funding, NECC has saved students over $450,000 and growing. Jody Carson, professor and instructional coach in Center for Instructional Technology Sue Tashjian, adjunct CIS faculty and Coordinator of Instructional Technology

1. OER Adoption: Student Panels and
Campus-wide Faculty Development
Jody Carson, Northern Essex Community College, MA
Susan Tashjian, Northern Essex Community College, MA
Quill West, Pierce College District, WA
March 10, 2016, 10:00 am PST
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3. Happy Open Education Week
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4. Agenda
• Introductions
• CCCOER Overview
• Students from Pierce College District
• Faculty Development at Northern Essex
Community College
• Q & A

5. Welcome
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Moderator: Una Daly
CCCOER Director
Jody Carson,
Faculty and Instructional Coach
Northern Essex Community College
Quill West, Manager
Open Education Project
Pierce College District, WA
Susan Tashjian
Instructional Design Coordinator
Adjunct Faculty
Northern Essex Community College

6. • Expand access to high-
quality open materials
• Support faculty choice
and development
• Improve student success
Community College Consortium
for OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
Come In, We're Open gary simmons
cc-by-nc-sa flickr

7. 250+ Colleges in 21 States
& Provinces

8. OER Adoption
• Student voices and dialogues with
faculty and administration.
• Faculty champions, funding, and
friends

9. Pierce Student Panel
President, CCCOER
Quill West
Open Education Project Manager

10. Student Voice in
Open Education
RoxAnne Simon
President
Associated Students of
Pierce College, Puyallup
Quill West
Open Education Project Manager
Pierce College

11. 2014-15 Activities
• Small survey of students
• Textbook Cost Panel Session in the spring
• Social media campaign

12. 2015-16 Awareness

13. #textbookrevolution

15. What is next?

16. Campus-wide OER Faculty
Development
Sue Tashjian
Instructional Design Coordinator
Adjunct Faculty
Jody Carson
Faculty
Instructional Coach

17. “Motivating Faculty to Adopt Open" by Sue Tashjian and Jody Carson, Northern Essex Community College is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Campus-wide OER Faculty
Development

18. Welcome
Jody Carson, M.Ed.
jcarson@necc.mass.edu
@profjcarson
Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.
stashjian@necc.mass.edu
@suetash@NorthernEssex

19. The OER Paradigm Shift

20. Where did we start?
 Student complaints
 Student forums by VP
 The Textbook Taskforce/Fall
2012
 Formal Committee/Spring 2015
 Enlisting Stakeholders

21. Adopting Open
Pedagogy
Faculty Project

22. Funding
 Academic Affairs Budget
 TAACCT Grant
 NECC Fund
 Faculty Driven Process

23. Spreading the Word – an ongoing
process
• College Meetings
– All College Assembly
– Division Meetings
– President’s General staff meeting
– Student Senate
– Student Textbook Rallies
– New faculty orientation
• Presentations
– Professional Day – faculty panel
– Innovations conference
– TLSD

24. Application Process
 Why OER? Current cost of textbook
 4th Round
 Over 60 applications received to date
 The courses were chosen based on
greatest savings to students
 23 projects funded/$1,000 stipend
 (5 courses pending Fall 2016)

25. Helping Faculty Get Started
• Half-Day Training
• One-on-one coaching
• Share CCCOER Resources
• Sharing examples
• Highlighting Faculty Work
• Recognizing Faculty
• Scheduling tool Registrar

26. The First Round

27. Early Childhood
Sociology Biology Psychology
English
World History
Communications
ChemistryInformation Technology Psychology

28. What Faculty Said About Using OER
 Cost Savings
 Variety of materials
 Different learning styles
 Current course materials
 Access on the first day of
class
 Richer content
 Full course sections
 Student engagement

29. What We’ve Observed
 Mindset change – deeper reflection on content
 Alignment with outcomes (QM Rubric)
 Greater collaboration among faculty
 Student engagement
 Open sections enroll first

30. Cost Savings
Fall 2014
• $56,758
Spring
2015
• $167,147
Fall 2015
•$319,000
Spring 2016
•Projected
Savings
•$450,000 +
Over 2,000
Students
Investment of $18K
1:24 Ratio

31. Top 10 Motivation Tips
10. Talk a lot about textbooks
9. Advertise savings often
8. Share your work
7. Find your faculty champions
6. Involve students

32. Top 10 Motivation Tips
5. Make friends and collaborate
3. Call it a “Pilot”
4. Start small
2. Ask for money
1. Talk a lot about textbooks

33. Questions/Comments?
Jody Carson, M.Ed.
jcarson@necc.mass.edu
@profjcarson
Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.
stashjian@necc.mass.edu
@suetash@NorthernEssex

34. Wednesday, March 23 @
11 am PST, 2:00 pm EST
Open Textbook Adoption at
Bay College, Michigan
CCCOER March Advisory

35. Thank you for coming!
Contact Info:
Una Daly : unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
Quill West: CWest@pierce.ctc.edu
Jody Carson: jcarson@necc.mass.edu
Susan Tashjian: stashjian@necc.mass.edu
Questions?