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Community College Open Textbook Project Scholar/Experts Meeting January 16, 2008 Sponsored by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Community College Open Textbook Project - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Community College Open Textbook Project
Scholar/Experts MeetingJanuary 16, 2008
Sponsored by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
& the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
AGENDA
9:00- 9:15 a.m. Welcome & Introductions9:15-10:15 a.m. Community Colleges and the Open Textbook Landscape
Why the Focus on Open Textbooks and Why the Need for a Community College Consortium for OER?• Cathy Casserly, Director, Open Educational Resources,
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • Martha Kanter, Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza CCD
Critical Distinctions: Open Textbooks, Courses, Articulated Courses and Community College State System Requirements for Distance Learning - The California Example• Martha Kanter
• Barbara Illowsky, Academic Senate President, Foothill-De Anza CCD
Community Colleges and Connexions Rich Baraniuk, Founder, Connexions at Rice University
Growing the Use of Community College Open TextbooksGroup Discussion
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
AGENDA (continued)10:15-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30-12:00 noon Accessibility Implications for Using Community College Open Textbooks: Understanding Legal Mandates and Campus Responsibilities
• David LaDue, U.S. Dept. of Ed, Office for Civil Rights, SF • Sarah Hawthorne, Assistant Provost, Academic Compliance
& Disability Standards, UC Berkeley • Carl Brown, Director, High Tech Center Training Unit • Sean Keegan, Web Accessibility Specialist, High Tech
Center Training Unit12:00-12:45 p.m. Working Lunch12:45-2:00 p.m. Open Textbook Development & Repurposing: Proposed Work Flow, Timeline & CC Licenses
• Judy Baker, Dean of Global Access, Foothill College • Barbara Illowsky • Group Discussion
2:00-3:00 p.m. Conclusion and Next Steps • Group Discussion
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
The OER Landscape and the Context for Open
Textbooks: The Flyover
Dr. Cathy Casserly, DirectorOpen Educational Resources
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Community CollegeOpen Textbook Project
Dr. Martha Kanter, ChancellorFoothill-De Anza Community
College District
Vision
Open Textbooks for the Community College Transfer Core Curriculum
Open Textbooks in Math, English and ESL for the Community College Basic Skills Curriculum
Community CollegeOpen Textbook
Project
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
College Level # Students
Mathematics 543,145
English 503,757
Physical Education 313,614
Psychology 270,581
History 269,303
Speech 209,182
Biology 166,643
Music 162,086
Sociology 149,859
Political Science 149,695
Philosophy 125,623
Health Education 114,824
Spanish 109,807
College Level # Students
Art 109,574
Child Development 106,231
Anthropology 100,166
Economics 99,683
Chemistry 89,606
Accounting 85,501
Business 73,959
Information Technology 71,716
Geography 59,726
Anatomy & Phys. 48,196
ESL College Level 18,980
College Reading 8,368
* California Community Colleges Research & Planning Unit, January 2007
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Pre-Collegiate/ Basic Skills
# Students
Pre-Algebra 58,814 ESL (General) 52,999 Reading Skills 47,420 Writing 27,589 ESL Survival Level 2,862
Basic Skills (Gateway) CoursesHighest Demand Courses (California Sample)
* California Community Colleges Research & Planning Unit, January 2007
Community College Open Textbook Project
Overarching Goal
To make the CCOT Project a success by building engagement and investment from community colleges, universities, state higher education and K-12 systems, professional associations, and foundations.
Community College Open Textbook Project
Goal of Today’s Meeting
To identify opportunities, challenges and next steps in the creation, repurposing and adoption of high-quality, accessible, culturally relevant Community College Open Textbooks for the Transfer Core Curriculum
Creating the Road Map:Expected Outcomes from the
Scholar/Experts’ Meeting
1. Best methods to identify and load CC open textbooks onto an easily accessible central website for community colleges
• Determine most efficient infrastructure & support needed2. Best ways to document CCOT attributes (e.g., high quality, articulation requirements, accessibility review, operability requirements, cultural relevance, etc.)3. Explicit commitment(s) to support the CCOT Project from each partner (e.g., confirm partner support & contributions of content, process, etc.)4. Best approach to determine the workflow process for quality assurance,
institutional buy-in and marketing 5. Critical elements of a business/sustainability plan for the CCOT Project
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Critical DistinctionsOpen Textbooks
Courses
Articulated Courses
Community College State System Requirements for Distance Learning
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
1,550 courses to date
1,800 courses by 2007
33 disciplines
MIT OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW)
MIT OCW reports:
100 institutions worldwide are openly publishing courses
Over 2,000 courses are now openly published globally, one third from institutions other than MIT
FULL COURSES OFFEREDFULL COURSES OFFERED
31 Courses Now Available
14 AP high school courses
Algebra 1A & 1B
College Prep Physics I & II
13 College Courses
Published Eight Open Published Eight Open CoursesCourses
http://sofia.fhda.edu/gallery
Open Publishing in Sakai
PUBLIC DOMAIN SURVEYPUBLIC DOMAIN SURVEY
Key Findings80% interested in using OER in their classes31% already using OER in their classes61% viewed them as high quality BUT39% viewed them as lacking in qualityDiscuss the findings broadly and widely
Link findings to current technology projects underway
Where Are We Now?Where Are We Now?
Follow-up to OER Spring Survey119 faculty respondents in spring 2006New statewide & national surveys underway to determine their specific OER involvement, needs and interests
Stimulate interest among facultyGrow the Community College Consortium for OER from 30-100 institutions (2008-2010)
Open TextbooksContent Standards
High Quality Content
Community College-University Articulation
Culturally Relevant & Appropriate
Technical StandardsAccessible for Students with Disabilities
Ease of Use
Interoperability
CMS Interface
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Specific Goals
1: Develop and expand the Community College Consortium for OER toward sustainability
2: Design an easily accessible website to house current information about the development, identification, standards and criteria (articulation, accessibility, interoperability and cultural relevance) and links to high-quality Open Textbooks appropriate for community college instruction which satisfy the standards and criteria supported by CCCOER
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Specific Goals3: Create and document a work flow process for collecting,
using and disseminating community college Open Textbooks (quality assurance, institutional buy-in and marketing)
4: Prepare to conduct formative and summative evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the CCCOER faculty network and student use of community college Open Textbooks
5: Prepare a business plan to sustain the use of Community College Open Textbooks
Community College Open Textbook ProjectSponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District