Presentation of the goals and plans for ongoing collaboration between OpenCoursesWare's Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) and the Open University's OER Research Hub Project

1. Fellowship in-process at
OER Research Hub
Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium
Rob Farrow, OER Research Hub, Open University
August 13, 2013 1

2. Today’s Agenda
• Where it started …
• OCW and CCCOER
• Community College History
• CCCOER Priorities
• Previous research (COT, ITC, etc)
• OER Hub Hypotheses
• Fellowship Goals
• Fellowship Plans
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3. Where collaboration started
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• Patrina Law attended
– CCCOER Panel featuring OCL, Bridge-
2-Success, College of the Canyons, &
Kaleidoscope Projects
• Open University and OCWC

4. OpenCourseWare(OCW) Mission
“Advance formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-
quality education materials organized as courses.”
Almost 300 institutions in 46 Countries
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5. OCW Consortium Courses
Original and Translated- Oct 2012
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6. Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of
Education
CCCOER History
• Founded 2007
• Joined OCW Consortium
2011
• Enhance teaching and
learning thru adoption of
open education at colleges
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
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7. History of Community Colleges
• Grew out of vocational and technical schools of
early 20th century
• Tracked growth of middle class following WWII
• Expand educational access
– Open enrollment
– Low cost
– Transfer curriculum to
university
Image: Larry Miller CC-BY-NC

8. Community Colleges in US
1948-2013
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2013

9. U.S. Community Colleges
Open access to high-quality affordable
academic programs (1166 nationwide):
– Transfer to 4-year colleges
and universities
– Enter careers in high-demand occupations
– Prepare for college-level work
Community College Consortium for OER

10. 200+
Community & Technical Colleges
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11. Community of Practice
2012-13
• 10 Professional development webinars
– Avg: 108 attendees
– Median: 65 attendees
• 10 OER workshops
• OER Research: ITC and Open
University
• Many conference presentations, panels
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12. Spring 2013 Webinars
• 1/29 Using OER for Workforce Training
• 2/26 Librarians Critical Role in OER
• 3/26 OER Authoring Tools
• 4/30 Open Ed, MOOCs, & Student Access
• 6/4 OER & Competency-based
Learning
Attendees Average: 108, Median: 65
Archives
http://bit.ly/14x9EsK

13. • Document impact of OER on teaching
and learning
• Promote integrations of OER into
college curricula
• Share best practices for adoption of
OER through professional development
opportunities.
CCCOER Priorities
2012-13

14. CCCOER Member Survey
July 2013
• More OER impact research needed
– Grant applications
– Promote faculty adoptions
– Persuade administrators to support
• How to incentivize faculty to adopt
– Finding resources
– Accessibility issues
• How to make OER Sustainable

15. ITC Distance Learning Survey
• Survey of distance
education since 2004
• 80% community college
members
• 2012 survey added
questions about OER
and MOOCs

16. ITC 2012 OER Results
• Anticipated Impact of OER to your
Institutions in next 5 years
• 36 % significant impact
• 64 % little or no impact

17. ITC 2012 OER Results Contd.
• Roadblocks to OER Adoption
– 66% Faculty time to find and evaluate
– 67% Faculty awareness
– 45% Credibility of sources
– 21% Ancillary materials
– 14% Resistance by administrators

18. ITC 2012 MOOC Result
• 42% have no plans to incorporate
MOOC content into online courses
• 44% are exploring options to include
MOOC content into all courses
• Less than 1% exploring credit options

19. Open Textbook Research 2010
• Enhances students interactions with
peers and materials
• Increased faculty collaboration
leading to improved practices
Open Learning Journal, 2011
http://bit.ly/14aGKiP
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20. CCCOER Collaboration
• H1: Use of OER leads to critical reflection by
educators, with evidence of improvement in their
practice.
• H2: Participation in OER pilots and programs
leads to policy change at institutional level.
• Methodology: Teacher interviews and survey,
accompanied by analysis of variations in policy.
Identification of pilot activities across CCCOER member to
select sources of performance data.

21. Additional Hypotheses
• H3: Open education models lead to more
equitable access to education, serving a
broader base of learners than traditional
education
• H4: OER adoption at an institutional level
leads to financial benefits for students
and/or institutions

22. Colleges Participating
Name IRB Rqd Survey Interviews
Foothill College Y, Y Yes Fall
De Anza College Y, Y Yes Fall
Houston Community Y, Y Yes Virtual
South Florida N, N Yes Virtual
Roane State Y, Y Yes Virtual
College of the Cyns Y, N Yes Fall
Broward College Y, N No Winter
Cerritos ?,? Yes Fall
Pasadena College Y, N Yes Fall
Northern Virginia N, N Yes Summer
Maricopa Colleges Y, N No Fall
Washington Colleges Y, N No Fall
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23. Fellowship Big Questions
• OER Policy
– Bottoms-up vs top-down
– Longterm sustainability
• Accessibility
– Faculty awareness
– Lower barriers cost and disability
– Universal design process
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24. Policy: Case Study
• Largest college district (Arizona)
– 250,000 students, 10 colleges
• Pilots at 3 colleges started 2010
– OER-based Math Curriculum
• Five Year Information & Instructional
Technology Plan support OER (2011)
• Established district committee to
expand OER (spring 2013)
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25. Sustainability
• Open Educational Resources
– Quality is not free
– Maintenance
• Business models
– OpenLearn
– No Credit MOOCs at Colleges
• Bridge-2-Success,
• Broward College’s Foundational MOOC
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26. Accessibility
• Faculty awareness
• Tutorials
• Emerging standards and guidelines
for online education.
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27. DIGITAL
+ ACCESSIBLE
OPEN LICENSE
Expanding Access or Not?
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28. Diverse Learner Challenges
• Cognitive learning
disabilities
• Sensory & motor
impairments
• English language
deficits (translations)
• Lack of engagement Kersti Nebelsiek CC-BY
Source: WebAIM

29. Why Accessibility?
• Improve learning
– 707,000 students with disabilities
enrolled in U.S. colleges 2008-09
• It’s the law!
– American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
– Web Content Access Guidelines (WCAG)
– Universal Design for Learning
Morguefile.com
Source: National Center for Education Statistics 2011 29

30. Plans for Fall/Winter
• Conference Papers/Presentations
– Educause Anaheim, CA (attendance only)
– OER UnConference, San Jose State Univ.
– Open Ed, Utah
– eLearning 2014, Florida
• Interview Visits
– 4-5 California Colleges
– 4-5 Washington State College
– 2 Florida Colleges
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31. Thank you for attending!
Contact Information
Una Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Rob Farrow Rob.Farrow@open.ac.uk

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