Just a quick reminder that we will be having our April Advisory meeting next Tuesday at noon PST, 3:00 pm EST. In addition to sharing project status and open discussions, we want to welcome our newest CCCOER Open Education Consortium members:
North Essex Community College, MA
Athens Technical College, GA
North Central Texas College
Open Discussion this month focused on the Zero-cost-texbook-degree pathways.
5. OEC Global 2015
The theme for Open
Education Global 2015 is
Entrepreneurship and
Innovation, emphasizing
the exciting directions
and developments in open
education around the
world.
Organized by OEC and
Athabasca University.
Where: Alberta, Canada
When: 22-24 April, 2015
http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2015/
6. Open Education
Awards for Excellence 2015
1) OUTSTANDING SITES
• Open College at Kaplan University
• Mountain Heights Academy OpenCourseWare
• Houston Community College Libraries
2) CREATIVE INNOVATION
• BCcampus OpenEd BCcampus / Mary Burgess
• Open Chemistry University of California, Irvine / James Nowick
• CYP-Media The Open University (UK) / Tony Coughlan
3) OPEN RESEARCH
• Qualitative Investigation of Faculty OER Usage
Washington SBCTC / Boyoung Chae & Mark Jenkins
• The Open University (UK) Patrina Law / Leigh-Anne Perryman
7. Individual Awards
for Excellence 2015
Educator Award
• Anne Marenco, Professor of Sociology at College of the Canyons
• Li-Chauan Ou, Professor of Chinese Literature at National
Taiwan University
Leadership Award
• Peter Smith Founding President of the Open College at Kaplan
University (OC@KU) and Senior Vice President of Academic
Strategy for Kaplan Higher Education Group
• Quill West is Open Education Project Manager at Pierce
College District
8. Sharing Time
Please introduce yourself and provide a brief
project update.
.
Boyoung, SBCTC (Participant)
Cynthia - Cerritos College
Quill -- Pierce College
JamesGG – College of the Canyons
Jake – North Central Texas College
Jean Runyon – Anne Arundel Community College
Una -- CCCOER-OEC
Susan -- North Essex College
Sasha – Tri-C Cuyahoga
Sara – Delaware Technical College
Preston – NOVA
Christie Fierro – Tacoma Community College
Ann –- ???
Michael – North Central Texas College
Melissa – Lord Fairfax Community College
9. OEC Projects
• Open MOOCs on edX platform
– Anne Arundel CC is working on Introduction
to Business for offering late spring/early
summer
• Saudi Arabia eLearning Pioneers Project
– 50 Female faculty visiting U.S. colleges and
universities this summer. Contact Una for
more details if interested.
10. Discussion Time
– Zero Textbook Cost Degrees
• Viability at Community Colleges
– Case Studies: NOVA and Tidewater
– Programs starting up: Canyons, Pierce, Cuyahoga, Cerritos, etc.
• Funding
– Philathropic organizations interested in student outcomes, RFPs is
expected in next few months.
• Research
– Cost savings and completion on early z-degrees are promising.
• Marketing to students and faculty
– Overcoming faculty resistance
– Helping students to locate OER-based courses and pathways
– Join the discussion
• http://ztcdegree.org
11. Spring 2015 Webinars
2nd Wed, 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST)
Community College OER Projects
Wed, May 13
Featured speakers will include college instructors and
their students sharing how the use of open educational
resources changed their learning experience.
Wed, June 10 : Topic TBD.
Archived webinars available at
http://oerconsortium.org and OEC youtube channel
13. Una Daly : unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
James Glapa-Grossklag: James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu
Thank you for coming!!
See you on May 13
Hinweis der Redaktion
ELLUMINATE/CCC Conference Opening Script
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Details
At the upper left of your screen, you should see the Participants window, which lists the participants in this session. You can use the icons underneath this window to:
Raise your hand if you have a question or comment and you wish to speak
There are also happy and sad faces and an applaud icon
Below the Participants window is the Chat window to the center-left of this screen where you can type a question or comment into the box at any time. You can also send a private message to another participant at any time, but please be aware that moderators can see all private messages.
Below the chat area is the Audio window in the bottom left of the screen. Click on the raised your hand button to let us know you would like to speak. You can use a head set or your phone for audio chat.
If you are using a microphone and have been recognized to speak,
Click the button with the microphone on it and begin speaking. Remember to click the button again when you finish speaking so that someone else can have a turn.
You can control your mic and volume levels with the sliders.
And if you are having trouble with your headset or microphone, you can access the Audio Setup Wizard from the Tools menu on the top toolbar. From Tools, select Audio, and then Audio Setup Wizard, and follow the on-screen instructions.
[CCC Confer ONLY] If you are using the telephone to speak,
Click on the phone handset below the microphone and audio volume sliders. The call-number and pin will then appear in a dialog box.
The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education Consortium community. These awards recognize distinctive open education sites, technological innovations, notable open courses, and exemplary leaders in Open Education worldwide. The awards are announced each year at the Open Education Global Conference.