This document summarizes the Washington State Community and Technical College system. It notes that there are 34 colleges serving over 330,000 students, with 37% of graduates earning credits online or in hybrid courses. It outlines the system's strategic plan to create online learning tools for students. It also describes the Open Course Library project, funded by Gates Foundation, to provide open textbooks for the 81 most common courses. Finally, it discusses transitioning to the Canvas learning management system and the benefits of using open educational resources.

1. Washington State Board for
Community and Technical Colleges
December 13, 2012

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Washington CTC System
• 34 community and technical colleges in Washington
• In 2010-11
– 161,000 FTEs
– 330,000 headcount
– 96,600 students who took an online class
– 34,000 students who took a hybrid class
– 37 percent of all graduates earn 15 or more credits online or
hybrid

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Washington CTC’s Missions
• Transfer
• Workforce development
• Adult basic education

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Strategic Technology Plan
• Strategy I:
Create a single, system-wide suite of online
teaching and learning tools that provides all
Washington students with easy access to
“anywhere, anytime” learning.
• http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx

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WashingtonOnline (WAOL)

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SBCTC Open Policy
All digital software, educational resources and
knowledge produced through competitive
grants, offered through and/or managed by
the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons
Attribution License.
– http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9
_Open_Licensing_Policy.pdf

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SBCTC Open Course Library
Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and WA State Legislature
• Open content for the 81 most common
courses so students pay $30 or less for
textbooks
• Both the content and the processes are
OPEN
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC-BY-NC-SA
http://opencourselibrary.org

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Course Library
Open Course Library Timeline
• Phase 1: 42 courses
– Available October 31, 2011 at
http://opencourselibrary.org
• Phase 2 : 40 courses
– Available Spring 2013

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Open Course Library Development
Faculty course developers
Supported by--
– Research librarians
– Instructional designers
• Modified Quality Matters rubric
– Global education specialist
– Accessibility support specialists

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OCL Lessons Learned
Phase 1: Using a learning management
system was a barrier
– No way to compare work between course teams
– Hard to search for content items
– Must import content into another learning
management system
Phase 2: Building content in Google Docs
– Can collaborate during development
– Easy to share and search
– Separates content from delivery

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Changing to Canvas
• ANGEL discontinued so formal process
for new learning management system
• WAOL ANGEL moving to Canvas
starting July 1, 2012
• ANGEL disappears June 2014
• Negotiating contract that can be used
by any Washington higher ed institution

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Why OPEN?
What is your competitive edge?

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Find OPEN
Watch. Practice.
Learn almost
anything for free.

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Next steps…
• Faculty adoption
• College open policies
• Open and adaptable textbooks
• Database of open resources

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Questions?
Connie Broughton
Director, eLearning and Open Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
cbroughton@sbctc.edu