The document discusses the benefits of open educational resources (OER) for students, faculty, and taxpayers. It outlines current and future funding opportunities for colleges to adopt OER through incentive grants from the California College Textbook Affordability Act and the Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative. The document also summarizes California's proposed 2016-17 state budget that includes $5 million to create "zero-textbook-cost degrees" using open educational resources at community colleges.

1. Why Should You
Care about
Open Educational Resources
Una T. Daly, Director of CCCOER
DE Coordinator’s Meeting Mar 18, 2016

2. Open Educational Resources
Openly licensed learning materials that can be
used for teaching, learning, and assessment
without cost. They can be modified and
redistributed without violating copyright laws.
U.S. Department of Ed, Office of Ed Technology

3. Open vs. Free
Lumen Learning, 5Rs, http://lumenlearning.com
Creative Commons, http://creativecommons.org

4. Student Learning

5. Faculty Choice

6. Taxpayer Cost

7. Funding Now Available

8. Current and Future Funding
• California College Textbook
Affordability Act 2015
• Achieving the Dream: OER
Degree Initiative
• California State 2016-17 Budget
Proposal: OER Degrees

9. #1: California Textbook
Affordability Act 2015
• Incentive grants to CCC and CSU to
accelerate adoption of OER to save
students money.
• Follow-on from SB 1052, 1053
– California OER Council
– California Open Online Library (COOL4Ed)

10. OER Adoption
Incentive Program
• Apply for $10,000-$50,000 by June 30,
2016
• Bonus grants available in 2018 for
successful grantees if $$$ remain.

11. Let’s Do the Math
• $3 Million Dollars is available
– up to 100 applications will be accepted.
– Average grant award: $30,000
• 113 colleges + 23 CSU = (136) campuses
• Chances of being selected are VERY GOOD
if minimum requirements met.

12. Getting Started
http://cool4ed.org

13. Minimum requirements
• Local academic senate OER resolution.
• Faculty plan to adopt OER or low cost
materials in at least 10 course sections,
saving students at least 30%
• Identify campus coordinator, professional
development plan, distribution for print
• Complete budget expenditures plan
http://cool4ed.org

14. #2: Achieving the Dream:
OER Degree Initiative
• Two-year public higher education institutions in
U.S. or Canada may apply for up to $100,000 by
April 8, 2016
• Other partners: Lumen Learning, CCCOER, and
SRI International

15. Project Elements
• Targeting 20-30 colleges or college systems
to develop one or two-year fully OER-based
degrees
• Technical assistance provided
• Community of practice to support sharing of
strategies, content, and expertise
• Research and evaluation of impacts
http://achievingthedream.org/oer

16. What awardees commit to?
• Develop OER-based Degree with at least one OER
section of courses with plans to scale up.
• Establish cross-functional teams: faculty, student
services, communications, leadership, etc.
• Measure student outcomes, high level financials;
opt-in for advanced research
• Up to 25% in matching funds, hardships may
apply.
http://achievingthedream.org/oer

17. Application Timeline
Term of Grant: June 1, 2016 – Dec 31,2018
Event Date
Announced RFP Feb 24, 2016
ATD OER Degree Webinar Mar 10, 2016 @3pmEST
Grant Proposals due Apr 8, 2016
Interviews with finalists End of April/Early May
Award Notification May 15, 2016
First Grant Installment June 3, 2016

18. #3 California State
Budget Proposal 2016-17
• Governor proposes $5 Million (One Time) for creating
“Zero–Textbook–Cost Degrees” at the California
Community Colleges (CCC).
• Zero–textbook–cost degrees allow students to complete
a degree entirely by taking courses that use only free
instructional materials, called open educational
resources (OER).
• Targeting: 25 degrees
• Timeline: Estimated RFP Available early 2017

19. LAO Analysis
Budget Proposal 2016-17
• Zero–Textbook–Cost Degrees at CCC is a Reasonable
Next Step building on the COOL4ed and College
Textbook Affordability Act of 2015.
• Recommend: modifying the proposal by:
– (1) enhancing technical assistance to help CCC campuses build
capacity for continuing to expand use of OER;
– (2) reducing grant amounts from $500,000 per degree to no
more than $100,000 per degree; and
– (3) prioritizing the use of existing OER, which are broadly
available in most subjects, over the creation of new OER.

20. • Expand access to high-
quality open resources
• Support faculty choice
and development
• Improve student success
Community College Consortium
for OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
Come In, We're Open gary simmons
cc-by-nc-sa flickr

21. 250+ Colleges in 21 States
& Provinces
California
Community
College
Chancellor’s
Office

22. Collaboration Opportunities
• Monthly webinars
• Monthly advisory meetings
• Access to online community of OER
practitioners and experts
• Panel presentations at conferences
• Support for open education grants

23. Free Webinars Spring 2016
• Mar 9: OER Adoption to Scale: Highlights from
4 States
• Mar 10: OER Student Panel & Faculty
Development
• May 11: Faculty Perspectives on OER
• June 8: Designing for Open Pedagogy

24. Professional Development
• Face-2-face or online workshops at your
college
– Find and adopt high quality OER
– Understand open licenses and how to apply.
– Ensure that OER selected is accessible (ADA,
Section 508 compliance)
– Build an advocacy plan to promote open
education at your college.

25. Join our Community
• Access to a community of OER experts
• Online advisory email list
• Collaboration opportunities
• OER Professional development services
Email: cccoer@oeconsortium.org
Twitter: @unatdaly, @cccoer
http://oerconsortium.org