Join us to hear from a statewide and a regional consortium who are establishing open education policy and collaboration models to accelerate the creation and adoption of OER across disciplines and crossing the segments from K-20. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania, a grant-funded project lead by the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), is now entering its second year of supporting the creation of a robust OER community among higher education campuses throughout Pennsylvania and the region for the active development and use of open textbooks and related educational resources. The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) OER Policy and Implementation Summit in the fall of 2018 launched a regional effort to help Midwestern states to scale and expand their OER projects. Leadership teams from the 12 states are working with MHEC to develop and coordinate on action plans. When: Wednesday, June 5, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET Featured Speakers: Bill Hemmig, Dean, Learning Resources and Online Learning, Bucks County Community College, Affordable Learning PA Steering Committee Jenny Park, Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives, Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) Tanya Spilovoy, Director of Open Policy, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)

1. Three statewide OER/Zero Textbook Cost Degree Initiatives
Regional Models for OER Implementation
June 5, 2019, 12:00 pm PST
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2. Agenda
● Introductions
● CCCOER Overview
● Presentations
● Panel Discussion
● Q & A

3. Speakers
Moderator:
Regina Gong
Bill Hemmig
Dean, Learning Resources
and Online Learning
Bucks County Community
College
Affordable Learning PA
Steering Committee
Jenny Park
Director of Academic
Leadership Initiatives
Midwestern Higher
Education Compact (MHEC)
Tanya Spilovoy
Director of Open Policy
Western Interstate Commission
for Higher Education (WICHE)
Cooperative for Educational
Technologies (WCET)

4. ● Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
● Support faculty choice & development
● Improve student success
CCCOER Mission

5. Membership Spring 2019
http://cccoer.org/Member
15 State-wide Memberships

6. Collaboration to Advance and Promote OER

7. Bucks County Community College
Bill Hemmig
Dean, Learning Resources
and Online Learning
Affordable Learning PA
Steering Committee

8. Affordable
Learning
Pennsylvania
CCCOER
REGIONAL MODELS FOR OER IMPLEMENTATION
BILL HEMMIG
JUNE 5, 2019

9. Pennsylvania has approximately 150
public and private colleges and universities
(14 community colleges).
In the Philadelphia region alone there
are more than 60 colleges and
universities in a 25-mile radius.
Prior to 2016 not one of them was collaborating
with the others on textbook affordability.

10. Began in 2016 with a small organizing group.
The Pennsylvania Academic Library
Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) was invited to provide
experience managing statewide projects.
June, 2017: At PALCI’s annual meeting, PALCI
was urged to organize and lead a statewide
textbook affordability project.

11. PALCI became a consortial member of the
Open Textbook Network (OTN).
Reached out to other OTN consortia members
to identify organizing structures.
Steering Group was organized.
Initial goal was to obtain a grant from the
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

12. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania (ALPa)
Generously supported with LSTA funds from the Office of Commonwealth
Libraries.
Project Overview:
Affordable Learning Pennsylvania will build a community of practice of
academic librarians to advance textbook affordability for our students
through programs to create awareness, build expertise to lead OER
initiatives, and promote best practices and collaboration in the
community.

13. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania (ALPa)
Project Goals:
• Increase participation in OER initiatives - aim to engage at least 30
institutions.
• Create a program that will save PA college students $$ on textbooks.
• Increase awareness of and knowledge about OER, especially among faculty,
with librarians and students as advocates.

14. Project Timeline: Year One
January 2018 - December 2018
▪ Joined OTN.
▪ Created Governance Structure.
▪ Identified OER Specialists and Campus Partners.
▪ OER Specialists attended OTN Institute and Summit (7/18).
▪ Held two OTN workshops for Campus Partners (9/18).

15. How ALPa Works
Steering Group:
Steven Bell, Rebecca Miller Waltz, Charlotte Droll,
Barb Zaborowski, Alice Lubrecht/Sarah Greene, Jill Morris
OER Specialist OER Specialist OER Specialist OER Specialist
Project
Coordinator
Campus Partners
OER Community: Faculty Champions, Textbook Reviewers, Adopters, Students, Advocates
Data Gathering &
Assessment
Working Group
Communications &
Outreach
Working Group
Training & Education
Working Group
OpenTextbookNetwork(OTN)

16. Campus Partners
Campus partners are responsible for serving as their campus‘s liaison to the
ALPa project. This is a volunteer position requiring a two-year initial
commitment with the possibility of renewing for an additional two years.
Responsibilities Include:
• Attending Affordable Learning PA training, programs, and strategy
meetings (in-person & virtually),
• Occasional travel to local/regional workshops within Pennsylvania,
• Organizing and conducting OER training for faculty, librarians, and
staff,
• Serving on at least one Affordable Learning PA working group (mostly
virtual participation).

17. Campus Partners
Qualifications/Commitments:
▪ Campus Partner should be a Library staff member or Library appointed
designee;
▪ Experience with OER learning content or a desire to learn more about
OER;
▪ Experience with teaching/training, especially with adult learners;
▪ Demonstrated advocacy or leadership ability.

18. 69 Current Campus Partners
▪ Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
▪ Bucknell University
▪ Bucks County Community College
▪ Butler County Community College
▪ California University of PA
▪ Carlow University
▪ Chatham University
▪ Clarion University of PA
▪ Community College of Allegheny County
▪ Community College of Philadelphia
▪ Delaware County Community College
▪ Dickinson College
▪ Drexel University
▪ Duquesne University
▪ East Stroudsburg University of PA
▪ Eastern University
▪ Elizabethtown College
▪ Franklin & Marshall College
▪ Gannon University
▪ Gettysburg College
▪ Harrisburg Area Community College
▪ Jefferson-East Falls
▪ Juniata College
▪ Kutztown University
▪ Lafayette College
▪ La Salle University
▪ Lebanon Valley College
▪ Lehigh University
▪ Luzerne County Community College
▪ Lycoming College
▪ Marshall University
▪ Marywood University

19. 69 Current Campus Partners
▪ Messiah College
▪ Millersville University of PA
▪ Misericordia University
▪ Montgomery County Community College
▪ Muhlenberg College
▪ Northampton Community College
▪ Pennsylvania College of Technology
▪ Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
▪ Pennsylvania State University
▪ Point Park University
▪ Reading Area Community College
▪ Robert Morris University
▪ Rowan University
▪ Rutgers University
▪ Saint Francis University
▪ Saint Joseph's University
▪ Seton Hall University
▪ Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
▪ Slippery Rock University of PA
▪ Susquehanna University
▪ Swarthmore College
▪ Temple University
▪ University of Pittsburgh
▪ University of Scranton
▪ Valley Forge Military Academy & College
▪ Villanova University
▪ Washington & Jefferson College
▪ West Chester University of PA
▪ West Virginia University
▪ Widener University
▪ Wilson College

20. 11 Community College Campus Partners
▪ Bucks County Community College
▪ Butler County Community College
▪ Community College of Allegheny County
▪ Community College of Philadelphia
▪ Delaware County Community College
▪ Harrisburg Area Community College
▪ Luzerne County Community College
▪ Montgomery County Community College
▪ Northampton Community College
▪ Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
▪ Reading Area Community College

21. OER Specialists
Volunteer leaders who participate in the OTN Summer Institute and Summit,
with all travel costs covered by grant funds.
Goals:
• Advance the adoption of textbook affordability on campuses across the
Commonwealth and the region;
• Serve as trainers, advisors, and advocates for building OER and textbook
affordability efforts.

22. Project Timeline: Year Two
January 2019 - September 2019:
▪ Survey institutional interest and readiness to participate.
▪ OER Specialists continue to support Campus Partners.
▪ Initiate webinar series.
▪ Set up working groups: Assessment, outreach, etc.
▪ Identify second cohort of 4 OER Specialists.
▪ New OER Specialists attend OTN Summer Institute July 2019.
▪ Statewide OER Summit: August 9, 2019.
▪ Identify faculty champions.

23. Project Timeline: Future
October, 2019 & Beyond:
▪ We’re very optimistic about a third year of funding in support
of this project’s goals!

24. Bill.Hemmig@Bucks.edu

25. WICHE/WCET
Tanya Spilovoy
Director of Open Policy
Western Interstate
Commission for Higher
Education (WICHE)
Cooperative for Educational
Technologies (WCET)

26. Features of
State and
Regional
OER
Initiatives
Learning from other states and champions
Support the grass-roots efforts with policy, funding, and high-level
support
Sharing what works/doesn’t work
Honoring differences (governance, student population, structure,
reporting, funding etc.)
Reducing duplication
Increasing searchability
Encourage state funding and support for OER
Data collection, and reporting
Research

27. State Spotlight: North Dakota
Lawmakers
invested
$107,250
2015
650 OER
Courses
15,000
students
Students
saved at
least $1-2
million
• Even with a modest state investment, if it’s a good plan, if its implemented well, OER can yield
really high student cost savings.” (Spilovoy, 2018)
• Same or better student learning outcomes. (Clinton, 2018)
• “Auditors saw major potential for savings in high-enrollment general education courses and
urged the system to ensure that students know during registration which courses will include
OER materials.” (IHE, 2018)

29. State Spotlight: Colorado
Lawmakers
invested
$550,000
2018
650 OER
Courses
15,000
students
Cost Savings
Data coming
soon
• OER Council (librarians, faculty, technologist, system employees, students)
• Brought me in as an OER Consultant
• 3 statewide surveys and report
• Broad input from a variety of stakeholders
• State funding and support
• Statewide OER Summit, May 31, 2019

31. Implementation = People Working Together

32. Questions?
For more information please contact:
Tanya Spilovoy
Director of Open Policy, Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Cooperative for Educational Technologies
(WCET)
tspilovoy@wiche.edu

33. Midwestern Higher Education
Compact
Jenny Park
Director of Academic
Leadership Initiatives
Midwestern Higher
Education Compact (MHEC)

34. What’s MHEC Doing with OER?
● Networking & Sharing
○ Newsletter
○ List server
○ Webinars
● Convening: November 2018, Chicago
● State OER Action Teams
● MHEC OER 12-mo plan: July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020
● Collaboration with other regional compacts

35. MHEC.org/OER

36. MHEC State OER Action Teams
● Members come from educational constituencies throughout their
states to create a plan to work together and build upon each other
states’ successes
○ SHEEO offices, K-12 Agencies
○ Legislators, Students
○ Faculty, Librarians, Administrators
● MHEC provides support for this work

37. MHEC State OER Action Teams:
Examples of Accomplishments
• Presentations to legislatures
• Statewide surveys of institutional OER work
(establish baseline)
• Create/combine repositories: single repository in
some states with common guidelines and metadata
• State memberships in OTN and Openstax

38. Next Steps
●Continue support and networking support
●Work on additional convenings (looking for
funding)
●Develop more specific plans with feedback from
state teams in June 2019 (12 month plan)

39. Questions?
For more information on MHEC’s work with
Open Educational Resources, please contact:
Jenny Parks
Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives
jennyp@mhec.org
(612) 677-2779

40. Panel Discussion

41. Stay in the Loop
● Upcoming Conferences
See our website under “Get-Involved”
● Stay in touch thru Community Email
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42. Spring Webinar Series
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This is the last webinar in our Spring Webinar Series. We will
announce our Fall Series in late summer.
If you missed any of our spring webinars the archives are
available here:
http://bit.ly/CCCOERspring2019
The archives for all CCCOER webinars are available at
CCCOER.org/webinar

43. Questions?
Contact Info:
@unatdaly -- unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
@quill_west -- oclquill.west@gmail.com
@cccoer Liz Yata -- lizyata@oeconsortium.org
Thank you!