advancing formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality
education materials organized as courses.
Open, Open Everywhere:
Open Education in California Community
Colleges
Online Teaching Conference, June 14, 2012
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA

Welcome
• Introductions
– Una Daly, moderator
Community College Outreach Manager
at the Open Courseware Consortium

Agenda
• Community College Consortium Overview
• Authoring Open Textbooks and Adopter
Communities
• Authoring Open Textbooks with Flat World
Knowledge
• Developing OER Playlists
• Integrating OER into Professional Development
• Questions ?

Overview

Open Educational Resources
Digitized materials offered freely and openly
for educators, students and self-learners to
use and re-use for teaching, learning, and
research
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2007

Examples
Includes –
• Course materials
• Modules or lessons
• Open CourseWare (OCW)
• Open textbooks
• Videos
• Images
• Tests
• Software
• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used
to support ready access to knowledge
Creative Commons CC-BY license, Dr. Judy Baker 6

Consortium History
• Founded 2007
• Growth to 200+ colleges
Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of • Joined OCW Consortium
Education (2009-12)
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning.
– Expand access to education
– Support faculty development to find,
create, and reuse OER.
– Advance community college mission
Community College Consortium for OER

Priorities 2012-13
• Document impact of OER on teaching
and learning
• Promote integration of OER into curricula
• Continue Educational Outreach
Community College Consortium for OER

Education Webinars 2012
Month Topic
January 31 Open Math Home Assessment Systems
February 28 Writing Commons: Open Textbook Community
March 27 Fostering OER-friendly policies at your college
May 1st Finding and Selecting High Quality OER
May 2nd Revolution in Learning: Community College
Consortium for OER
May 22 Open Course Library : Public Speaking
June 26 Faculty Perceptions of OER& Transform Your Teaching
Community College Consortium for OER

Help Us Grow
Community College Consortium for OER

Why Join?
• Information: Stay in the loop on
issues in open education.
• Collaboration: Participate in community,
attend webinars, join the advisory board.
• Collective Visibility: Gain global exposure
through OCWC’s website and shared media
exposure.
• Direction: Provide direct input to OCWC’s
focus on community colleges.
Community College Consortium for OER

Dr. Barbara Illowsky
Math Professor, Dept. Chair
Collaborative Statistics Co-Author
Adopter Community Builder
Founding Director of CCCOER
CCCOER Advisory Member

Collaborative Statistics formats
• Connexions: free (Web 1.0)
• PDF: free always! (download and/or print)
• QOOP: hard copy of pdf – purchase
• iTunesU: free chapter videos
• WebAssign: $26 with hw system
• Kno/20 Million Minds: enhanced with interactive
multimedia (Web 2.0)
• OpenStax College

Involvement
• FHDA CCD
• Hewlett Foundation
• CCCOER/OCW Consortium
• Maxfield Foundation
• 20 Million Minds Foundation
• Connexions
• StudentPIRGS
• Kno Corporation
• FACCTS & AMATYC - articles

Lisa Storm, J.D.
Professor, Administration of
Justice
Open Textbook Author
Criminal Justice, Flatworld
Knowledge
CCCOER Advisory Member

Publishing an Open Textbook
With Flat World Knowledge

About FWK
• URL: http://www.flatworldknowledge.com
• New to publishing (2007)
• Started by a group of publishing professionals
• Supported by Random House, Bertelsmann Digital
Media Investments and others
• Publishes textbooks that are free online, low-cost
in print
• Also provides student and instructor supplements
such as PPT slides, flash cards, instructor’s
manual, test banks

How it Works at FWK
• Browse the catalog
• Select a textbook
• Customize a textbook
• Adopt a textbook

Why I chose to publish with
FWK
• FWK provides openandaffordable
print options
• FWK is amenable to new authors
• FWK provides royalties just like
traditional publishers
• My open textbook

What it is like to publish with FWK
• The process begins with a textbook proposal
• The next step is to submit a tentative TOC,
chapter, and the textbook proposal to 20-30
reviewers for comments and evaluation
• If FWK decides to proceed with your textbook,
the contract will then be negotiated and signed
• Textbook submitted in batches and reviewed by
5-10 reviewers

James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean of Educational Technology,
Learning Resources, and
Distance Learning
President, CCCOER Advisory

OER Playlists at
College of the Canyons
We gratefully acknowledge
the support of a U.S. Department
of Education FIPSE (Fund for
Improvement of Post Secondary
Education) Special Focus grant

Why consider playlists?
• Open content is already out there
• Could playlist development be an easier process
to sustain than textbook development?
– A fusion of both playlist and open textbook
approaches?
• Fundamentals of the technique are familiar
– Faculty are accustomed to assembling existing
content already (think learning units in a
course management system)
– We aim to make it a more formal process

What is a playlist?
Introductory
Website
text, learning Transition text
with
outcomes, unit
text/articles
objectives, etc.
Another
website Transition text
article/text Media

Dr. Andrea Henne
Dean of Online & Distributed
Learning
CCCOER Advisory Member
OCW Consortium Membership Committee

SDCCD Online Faculty Training and
Certification Program
310 Online Faculty - 10 Self-Paced Online
Modules
Required Training includes OER
Module 5: Interacting with Students
Faculty Contribute to a Wiki and describe OER that they
use in their instruction and why students find it useful
Module 6: Adding Content to your Course
Faculty Research OER and Share
Discipline-Specific OER in Discussion Forum

Module 5: Interacting with Students
Instructors contribute to the course Wiki with 3
links
and descriptions of OER in their subject area:
Examples:
Music
Can you hear the difference between oboe and clarinet? Listen to orchestral
instruments from http://www.dsokids.com/listen/instrumentlist.aspx
Art History
Maya Masterpiece Revealed - Goes into depth on the symbolism and mythology
of the San Bartolo paintings in a Guatemala Cave.
Biology
www.biointeractive.org/lectures - Provides on-demand webcast of some of the
latest development in biological science to the classroom. There are couple of
good lectures about origin of modern human that could be a good addition to
evolution class. Students get really excited to learn about new findings.

Module 5: Interacting with Students
Faculty Have Contributed links to over 300
resources in these subject areas:
Arts and Languages
Business Studies
Computers and Technology
English and Communications
Health Sciences and Physical Education
Math and Natural Sciences
Social, Behavioral, Cultural Studies
Student College Success

Module 6: Adding Content to your Course
Faculty Research OER and Share
Discipline-Specific OER in Discussion Forum

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OER Content is Improving Instruction
We’ve Just Added a New Section to Module 6 -
“Advice From Your Colleagues”:
“I recently incorporated an OER resource into my Business Law class . I used
a video, the first episode of Harvard Professor Michael Sandel's Justice course, to
kick off a Blackboard discussion. The video prompted increased activity in that
forum. I surveyed my students about the video at the end of the course, and here
are some of the responses I received”:
"I think video lecture from the Harvard professor was an excellent idea. This is
interesting and not boring, this is an active learning when you are not just reading
the book and learn special terms, but your brain is actually working, it help us to
develop our critical thinking skills.“

Questions, comments?
Join our CCCOER Advisory Google Group
http://oerconsortium.org

Thank you for attending!
Contact Information
Una Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Barbara Illowsky illowskybarbara@deanza.edu
Lisa Storm lstorm@hartnell.edu
Andrea Henne ahenne@sdccd.edu
James Glapa-Grossklag James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu

Suggested Questions
• Tell us about the impact that OER is having on student learning and other institutional
goals?
• How do students perceive OER and how can this help promote and sustain open
educational practices?
• How can OER support collaboration between 2-year colleges and 4-year colleges and
universities?
• How do you get institutional buy-in from administrators and faculty?
• Can you talk about the sustainability plans for making OER a core part of your
institution’s mission?
• What are the next steps for your project that will make its impact even greater?