advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
CCCOER Advisory MeetingMar 19, 2014, 2:00 pm Eastern
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Agenda
• Happy Spring Break • Announcements• Open Education Week Mar 10-15• North Essex Community College• Spring CCCOER Webinars• Spring Conferences and Events• Next Meeting: April 16• Open Discussion Time
Welcome
Introduce yourself and briefly mention any challenges or updates.
Your hosts:– Una Daly, Community College Outreach Director at Open
Courseware Consortium– Donna Gaudet, Vice-president of CCCOER Advisory Board,
Math Chair at Scottsdale Community College
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Welcome New Members
Susan Tashjian
240+ Colleges in 17 States & Provinces
Announcements
• Low cost and free open textbook bill introduced in the U.S. House
• SXSWedu Attendees??
• Developmental Ed Conference?
• OpenEd 2014 in DC this Nov
- Proposals due April 25
• Connexions announces new OER editor, to be unveiled in 2 weeks.
Raising Awareness of Open Education Worldwide Mar 10-15
• Videos, resources, local events, discussion groups, webinars.
• Social Media promotion
for open education projects.
• Community College Day on Wed, Mar 12
http://openeducationweek.org
March 12 OER & Accessibility
• Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Awareness of Open and Accessible Educational Resources:– NFB, CSU-MERLOT, and OCW Consortium
• Accessibility of OERs for Diverse Learners and Guidelines for Dyslexia in Modern Language Learning– Open University and OCW Consortium
March 13Community College OER Day
• Washington's OER Faculty Training and Lane College's OER Faculty Fellowship Program
• Maricopa Millions district-wide OER Project, Kaleidoscope Project at Cerritos College, and Northern Virginia’s OER-based General Education Program
• Scottsdale College’s OER Math Program and Tacoma College’s Liberate Project
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NECC
Susan Tashjian
Coordinator of Instructional Technology,Center for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OER Pilot ProjectJody Carson
Sue Tashjian
HISTORY – STAGE 1 Textbook Taskforce Fall 2012 started Bill Heineman, VP
of Academic and Student Affairs, as a direct result of
student concerns over high cost and use of textbooks.
Members include: Faculty, Staff (CIT, Library, Financial
Aid, Learning Accommodations, Advising), Students,
Administrators (VPs), Bookstore Managers, Admin
Support
3 subcommittees formed: Faculty Training and
Resource Development, LibGuides, Student Support
HISTORY – STAGE 2Presented the work of the taskforce at Division
Meetings, Student Senate, and Student Affairs
Developed a faculty Libguide – Textbook
alternatives
Financial Aid Lending Library
Student Survey (over 300 responses)
Pilot Project
PILOT PROJECT Secured funding ($5,000) from Academic Affairs Budget
Put out a call to faculty interested in transitioning to free
open-access, instructor produced, and/or library material in
place of traditional textbooks currently required for their
courses.
$1,000 stipend per course (no cost to students to access
materials)
13 applications
5 courses were chosen based on based on greatest savings to
students (at least $100 per course x # of seats and sections)
Project total savings for Fall 2014 semester - $52,876
NEXT STEPS Faculty training
Analyze results from student survey
Faculty presentation of their projects
Securing funding (additional OER project stipends
and training) NOTE: We just secured another
$5,000 from TAA Grant for Summer 2014
Create Reusable Learning Objects database at
NECC
Sharing resources and best practices!
OUR QUESTIONS FOR YOU
Student Issues: Printing
Evaluation (courses and student success)
Long-term sustainability
Spring Webinars (Wed, 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST)
• April 9 – OER Impact Research Findings from Community Colleges and Librarians.
• May 14 - Intellectual Property: Open Licensing, Trademarks, Patents, etc.
• Archived:– February 5 - Open Textbooks: SUNY Geneseo,
OpenStax College– March 12 - Community College OER Day
http://oerconsortium.org
Advisory Meetings
(3rd Wed, 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST)
We are looking for short project presentations at these meetings. Please make a suggestion.
• April 16 - Welcome to Delaware County and Delaware Tech Community Colleges
• May 21 - ???• Archived
– Jan 22 – College of Southern Maryland– Feb 19 – OER and Bookstores– March 19 - North Essex Community College
Spring Conferences
Conference Location Date
eLearning 2014 Orlando Feb 15-18
League for Innovation Anaheim Mar 2-5
National Assoc. Developmental Ed Dallas Mar 5-8
Alliance of Distance Educators Palm Springs March 20
Connexions Conference Houston Mar 31- Apr 4
American Association of Community Colleges
DC April 5-8
Sloan MERLOT ET4 Online Dallas Apr 9-11
OCWC Global Conference Slovenia Apr 23-25
NISOD Austin May 25-28
CCC Online Teaching Conference San Diego June 20-21
Thank you for participating!
• Next Advisory Meeting:
Wed, April 16, 2:00 pm (EST)
Open Discussion Time