The document discusses an open course library project that aims to lower textbook costs for students in Washington state. The project will provide openly licensed curriculum for 81 high-enrollment college courses. Faculty will design the courses, which will be available on an open online platform. The goals are to improve course completion rates by increasing affordability and engaging faculty in open educational resources. Over 400,000 students could save over $40 million annually in textbook costs if 25% of course sections adopt the open materials. Challenges include measuring adoption rates and addressing copyright and technical issues, while opportunities exist to improve course design and accessibility.

1. CONNECTING COLLEGE FACULTY TO OPEN CONTENT REPOSITORIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Tom Caswell Policy Associate, Open Education Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges Sept. 14, 2011

5. Typical OCW Workflow Support Staff Master Course Faculty Problem: Open course updates require ongoing support staff time because the open course is separate from the faculty’s master course. Open Course Faculty create their curriculum, and later send their course materials to support staff, who sort our copyright and compile them into an open course.