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, WAMarch 10, 2016, 10:00 am PSTUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

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Agenda

• Introductions• CCCOER Overview• Students from Pierce College District• Faculty Development at Northern Essex

Community College• Q & A

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Moderator: Una DalyCCCOER Director

Jody Carson,Faculty and Instructional Coach

Northern Essex Community College

Quill West, ManagerOpen Education Project

Pierce College District, WA

Susan TashjianInstructional Design Coordinator

Adjunct FacultyNorthern Essex Community College

• Expand access to high- quality open materials• Support faculty choice and development• Improve student success

Community College Consortiumfor OER (CCCOER)

http://oerconsortium.org

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250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces

OER Adoption

• Student voices and dialogues with faculty and administration.

• Faculty champions, funding, and friends

Pierce Student Panel

President, CCCOER

Quill WestOpen Education Project Manager

Student Voice in Open Education

RoxAnne SimonPresidentAssociated Students of Pierce College, Puyallup

Quill WestOpen Education Project ManagerPierce College

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

2015-16 Awareness

#textbookrevolution

What is next?

Campus-wide OER Faculty Development

Sue TashjianInstructional Design CoordinatorAdjunct Faculty

Jody CarsonFacultyInstructional Coach

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Campus-wide OER Faculty Development

Welcome

Jody Carson, M.Ed.jcarson@necc.mass.edu

@profjcarson

Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.stashjian@necc.mass.edu

@suetash@NorthernEssex

The OER Paradigm Shift

Where did we start? Student complaints Student forums by VP The Textbook Taskforce/Fall

2012 Formal Committee/Spring 2015 Enlisting Stakeholders

Adopting Open Pedagogy

Faculty Project

Funding

Academic Affairs Budget TAACCT Grant NECC Fund Faculty Driven Process

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

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)

Helping Faculty Get Started

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

The First Round

Criminal Justice

Early Childhood

Sociology Biology PsychologyEnglish

Internet Security

World History

Communications

ChemistryInformation Technology PsychologyPhysics

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

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

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 $18K1:24 Ratio

Top 10 Motivation Tips10. Talk a lot about textbooks

9. Advertise savings often

8. Share your work7. Find your faculty champions

6. Involve students

Top 10 Motivation Tips5. Make friends and collaborate

3. Call it a “Pilot”

4. Start small

2. Ask for money1. Talk a lot about textbooks

Questions/Comments?

Jody Carson, M.Ed.jcarson@necc.mass.edu

@profjcarson

Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.stashjian@necc.mass.edu

@suetash@NorthernEssex

Wednesday, March 23 @ 11 am PST, 2:00 pm EST

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CCCOER March Advisory

Thank you for coming!

Contact Info:Una Daly : unatdaly@oeconsortium.orgQuill West: CWest@pierce.ctc.edu

Jody Carson: jcarson@necc.mass.eduSusan Tashjian: stashjian@necc.mass.edu

Questions?