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2009 Report on Open Educational Resources

2009 Report on Open Educational Resources. Dr. Judy Baker February 2, 2009. Open Educational Resources. OER at FHDA International survey about faculty and OER Community College Consortium for OER Hewlett Foundation Open Textbook Project Grant. Statistics Open Textbook.

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2009 Report on Open Educational Resources

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  1. 2009 Report onOpen Educational Resources Dr. Judy Baker February 2, 2009

  2. Open Educational Resources • OER at FHDA • International survey about faculty and OER • Community College Consortium for OER • Hewlett Foundation Open Textbook Project Grant

  3. Statistics Open Textbook Collaborative Statistics by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean Long-term effort by authors to make their statistics textbook more affordable Available at Connexions http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/

  4. Adopters ofCollaborative Statistics Fall 2008 • De Anza College • Yatman Au Young • Nadia Bensidi • Lenore Desillets • Harmon Dhaliwal • Janice Hector • Renuka Kapur • Charles Klein • Lisa Markus • Kathryn Plum • Rupinder Sekhon • Frank Snow • San Diego Mesa College • SUNY Purchase • CSU Dominguez Hills • University of Colorado Winter/Spring 2009 • De Anza 2009 • Roberta Bloom • Barbara Illowsky • Vladimir Logvenenko • Lorraine Moen • Diane Mathios • Andrew Phelps • Sacramento City College • Los Rios College • University of Toledo • Frederick Community College • Arkansas Tech University Estimated savings of $87,040 forDe Anza students each quarter

  5. De Anza College • Math instructor, Rupinder Sekhon • Adopted his own Applied Finite Mathematic open textbook instead of adopting a $120 traditional textbook • Represents $120 potential savings for each De Anza College student • Estimated total savings of $4,800 each quarter for De Anza College students

  6. Foothill College • Open textbook recommended for ENG 48B: American Literature in the Gilded Age • English instructor, Scott Lankford

  7. CCCOER Survey Results • 1,203 faculty respondents • 12 Districts and 28 colleges • 66% full-time • Represent wide range of disciplines • 91% indicated interest in using OER materials in their classes • 34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field • 66% interested in helping to produce or identify OER materials • Support needed for faculty to develop of OER • Training • Guidelines and/or templates • Paid compensation or stipend • Website repository of OER materials

  8. Community College Consortiumfor Open Educational Resources Joint effort to develop and use open educational resources and open textbooks in community college courses Launched July 2007

  9. 85 colleges from AZ, CA, FL, IA, MD, NV, NY, OH, TX,WA, Ontario

  10. Recognition • Recipient of the 2008 Technology Focus Award from the California Community Colleges System Office • California Mathematics Council Community Colleges (CMC3) unanimously passed a resolution in support of CCCOER in May 2008

  11. October 2008, Volume 9, Number

  12. Media Coverage and Published Articles January/February 2009 It Takes a Consortium to Support Open Textbooks Summer 2008 A Culture of Shared Knowledge Developing a Strategy for Low-Cost Textbook Alternatives Aug. 12 Open Textbook Meets Community Colleges April 29 Online Texts for Community College Students August 17, 2008Digital books become more appealing April 29, 2008 Community College Open-Textbook Project Gets Under Way

  13. Websitecccoer.wordpress.com

  14. Open Textbooks Over 200 open textbooks identified, catalogued, and listed on CCCOER site and in MERLOT Collection

  15. OER Training & Presentations • Foothill College one-unit course, LINC 215 • Conferences • Sloan-C 2008 International Symposium • Open Ed 2008 Conference • 2008 CIT, League for Innovations in Community Colleges • Association of Community College Trustees (presentation by Hal Plotkin) • Community College League of California Annual Convention • California Mathematics Council Community Colleges annual conference • Colleges campuses including FHDA District Opening Day • Online tutorials (Connexions, @ONE webinar & Etudes)

  16. Hewlett Foundation GrantOpen Textbook Project • Increase scope and membership of CCCOER • Centralize Open Textbook information • Document work flow model • Design and conduct research studies • Develop sustainability plan

  17. Project Partners

  18. Next Steps Kenneth Ransom,, 2000. Pics4Learning • Identification of Campus OER Champions • Building Faculty Engagement & Investment • Training Needs • Identifying Discipline Experts • Growing the Consortium

  19. Timeline to Success • Winter 2009 • Foster faculty interest in OER • Presentations and trainings • Submit grant proposals • Spring 2009 • Offer OER training • Identify faculty OER champions • Plan new faculty survey

  20. Measures of Success Outcomes by 2010 • Increased number of: • Colleges with membership in CCCOER • Faculty trained in OER use and development • Open Textbooks used by faculty • Open Textbooks developed by faculty • Train-the-Trainer coordination with Student PIRGs

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