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“The Value of OER” An Update on the NROC/SREB Partnership
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The Value of Open Educational Resources An Update on the NROC/SREB Partnership
Terri Rowenhorst NROC Membership DirectorMonterey Institute for Technology and Education
April 17, 2009
MITE/SREB Partnership
Synergies between the NROC Project and the
SREB Educational Technology Cooperative
SCORE repository initiatives: adaptable
learning objects
Resources and research to improve the
quality of online instruction
Commitment to collaboration
Professional development opportunities
Building a community of innovators
Affordable access and sustainable
investments
Open Educational Resources
OER Providers
So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE,
Living Up to the Promise
why isn’t everyone using it?
Unique Among OERs
• Curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary
• Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure
• Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository
Sustained by Members
Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote the continuous improvement of online courses through collaborative development of high-quality content and instruction.
Alabama Department of Education
Cal State Fullerton
Chattanooga State Technical & Community
College*
Clark County Virtual High School (NV)
Colorado Community Colleges Online*
Colorado Online Learning*
Florida Distance Learning Consortium*
Georgia Virtual School (DOE)
Greenville County Virtual School (SC)
Gwinnett County Online Campus (GA)
IDEAL- NM
Idaho Digital Learning Academy*
Illinois Virtual High School
Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium*
Kentucky Statewide Consortium*
Los Angeles Unified School District
Louisiana Virtual School (DOE)
Lubbock Independent School District (TX)
Maryland Virtual Learning Opportunities (DOE)*
Michigan Virtual High School*
Minnesota Online*
Minneapolis Public Schools*
Mid-Hudson BOCES Consortium (NY)
Mississippi Virtual School (DOE)
Missouri Department of Education
Nebraska Statewide Partnerships for
Innovation*
North Carolina Community College System
Oregon Department of Education
South Carolina Virtual School (DOE)
University System of Georgia Board of
Regents*
University of Texas at Brownsville
UT TeleCampus*
Virtual Virginia (DOE)
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Whitfield School District (GA)
A Sampling of Members
Including those from SREB* (*advisors)
NROC Library - 2009
High School Course Foundations
College Prep Physics ICollege Prep Physics IIAlgebra 1a Algebra 1b Curso de Álgebra 1A (Spanish)Curso de Álgebra 1B (Spanish)
College Course Foundations
US History IUS History IIAmerican GovernmentPsychologyStatistics for the Social SciencesReligions of the WorldElementary AlgebraIntroductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus II Calculo General I (Spanish)Calculo General II (Spanish)Introductory Physics I (algebra-based)Introductory Physics II (algebra-based)General Physics I (calculus-based)General Physics II (calculus-based)Environmental ScienceNon-majors Biology
Advanced Placement Course Foundations
AP US History IAP US History II AP US Government and PoliticsAP Calculus AB IAP Calculus AB IIAP Calculus BC IAP Calculus BC IIAP Physics B IAP Physics B IIAP Physics C IAP Physics C IIAP Environmental ScienceAP Biology
Coming in 2010Algebra 1 (NEW)
Quality
• Editorially rigorous
• Media rich
• Instructionally sound
Curricular
Complete teaching materials
Correlated with
popular textbooks & state
standards
Flexible
Customizable by a teacher, a district, or a state.
Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories.
Contextualized Learning Object
Interactive ExerciseDocuments
NewsreelDocumentary Video
Text
Graphics
InstructorPresentation
Advanced or Remedial Study
Lower-Level Course
Reassembling by Purpose
Institutional Member HippoCampus
My HippoCampus
Value of Membership
Member organizations may adapt
NROC material to: Enhance an existing course
Launch a new course
Supplement
Distribute in a variety of ways
and to support institutional
innovation...
Member Usage
Seeding statewide repositories
Making textbooks supplemental
Cross-disciplinary studies
Credit Recovery
Jumpstarting dual enrollment & AP prep
Blended Learning
Reaching students with special needs
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
Seeding a statewide repository to promote content sharing and save development costs
"Starting a statewide digital repository is a challenge. At the core of the project, the repository must offer sufficient rich multimedia and high quality resources to attract and motivate faculty to use repository content. In Florida, we are licensing the high quality NROC content library to form that essential content core."
Susie Henderson, Director, Orange Grove
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
Replacing Costly Textbooks
On teaching US History without a textbook
“. . . we turned to NROC. I left my discussion questions, midterms, and finals the same as they were when we used the textbook, so I could compare outcomes. I was happy to find that my students are right on track with the digital alternative.“
Karen KaemmerlingChair of Social Sciences, CCCOnline
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
Maximize course development budgets by integrating NROC’s high-quality, low-cost, adaptable multi-media learning objects.
“NROC’s content transforms excellent teaching and online delivery
into best practices.” Judy Lowe, Asst. VP of Distributed Education and Multi Media, CSTCC
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
To secure high quality Advanced Placement© content and learning objects to enhance AP course offerings for Michigan students.
The quality and flexibility of the NROC content has assisted MVS instructors and course designers in creating numerous AP courses.
Robert Currie, Executive Director, Michigan Virtual School
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
Course redesign to replace some classroom time with online course components
“We chose the NROC content because it is high quality, and includes lessons, learning objects, activities and assessments, all of which may be used separately. The fact that lessons can be “chunked” in ways that work for the individual faculty member make them more desirable than other third party content.”
Michael Anderson, Assistant Director, UT System TeleCampus
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
To customize and adapt rigorous content for credit recovery
“The use of NROC for content was our starting point to transition credit recovery from the use of content that did not align to the OPS curriculum or standards, to a customized system tied to OPS standards curriculum and graduation requirements.”
Rachel Wise, Ph.D.Director of Secondary Education, OPS
NROC Network Case Studies
Opportunity:
Bridging the gap between High School and College to support student success.
“Perkins IV launched new thinking about how Nebraska could build statewide systems to accomplish program improvement and increase student achievement. Our consortium provides an opportunity to reduce the burden on local institutions by offering resources like NROC for every student and teacher in the state. NROC provides the opportunity for integration of career and academic education in every classroom and learning delivery system.”
Erika Volker, Administrative Director, Nebraska PFI
NROC Network Online Community
• Link to HippoCampus• Make HippoCampus assignments• Blog about it, add links to directory sites
• Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools• Offer feedback on HippoCampus • Know of great content? Suggest HippoCampus as a sharing vehicle
• Consider other institutional uses possible through membership
OER success is measured by usage.
Share it---with LEARNERS!
Questions?
Terri [email protected]
719-783-0804
OER site: Free for individuals! www.hippocampus.org
For more information:www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc
SREB Discounted NROC Agency Membership:3 year term, Centrally-hosted, Unlimited Users
$50,000 ($16,666 per year)
