advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

CCCOER Advisory MeetingFeb 19, 2014, 2:00 pm Eastern

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Agenda• Happy President’s Day Week• Announcements• BookStores and OER

– Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale College– Barbara Illowsky, De Anza College– Connie Broughton, State Board Washington States– Robin Donaldon, Florida Virtual College– Danielle Budzick, Tri-C Cuyhoga Community College

• Open Education Week Mar 10-15• Spring CCCOER Webinars• Spring Conferences and Events• Next Meeting: Mar 19

Welcome

Please introduce yourself and your OER projects.

Your hosts:– Una Daly, Community College Outreach Director at Open

Courseware Consortium– Donna Gaudet, Vice-president of CCCOER Advisory Board,

Math Chair at Scottsdale Community College

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Welcome New Members

Nevada

Pennsylvania

240+ Colleges in 17 States & Provinces

Announcements

• Student PIRGs report January 2014

• eLearning Conference last week

• Open Education Week Mar 10-15

Student PIRGs Report - Jan 2014

• 65% choose NOT to buy college textbook due to cost

• 94% report concern that grades affected due to this choice

• 48% take fewer classes or different classes based on cost of textbooks.

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“Fixing the Broken Textbook Market: How Students Respond to High Textbook Costs and Demand Alternatives.” Student PIRGS, January 2014

eLearning 2014• OER Half-day Workshop

– Jean Runyon, James Glapa-Grossklag Rob Farrow

• CCCOER Faculty & Curriculum Panel– Quill West, Cynthia Alexander, Paul Golisch

• CCCOER Hub Research Presentation– Dr. Rob Farrow, Open University

• CCCOER Administrators Panel– Preston Davis, James G-G, David Shulman, Jean Runyon

• Gamification in Education– Paula Ascher

• Video Captioning– Cynthia Alexander

Bookstores & OER: how can we make this work?

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Scottsdale Community College

Donna Gaudet

Math ProfessorDepartment Chair

OER and Bookstore

Challenges and Recommendations

F2012

• Start of our major OER implementation

• OER materials published through local publisher

• Sold in bookstore

Challenges

• Not enough workbooks were being ordered

• Students were having to wait for workbooks

• Students were not allowed to pre-order workbooks

• Bookstore markup (40%ish) still applies

Adjustment for Spring 2013

• Met with bookstore and publisher reps

• Bookstore agreed to order more books if publisher would guarantee returns of unused copies

• Bookstore markup (40%ish) still applies

Recommendations

• Communicate early with bookstore and involve them in planning

• Help them understand goals of OER and how they can be a part of helping students

• Be willing to compromise (i.e. 40% markup remained in place) to help them meet their bottom line

• Touch base with them each semester to keep communication lines open

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De Anza Community College

Barbara Illowsky

Math ProfessorOpen Textbook Faculty Co-Author

Collaborating with the campus Bookstore

Collaborative Statistics• 1994 – 2007: for profit text;

– $38 bookstore cost; $50 student cost• #1 text sold at college in terms of quantity• 2008 – 2014: OER text

– with hard copy purchase option• First open textbook used at college

Logistics: 2008+• Met with Bookstore manager:

– Ordering hard copies for faculty• limited desk copies available from a grant• added <$1 to each hard copy cost sold to cover faculty,

library, tutoring center copies

– Expected great loss of sales• Initially sales went up, students used print copy as workbook• Each year more students using only online or pdf versions

– QOOP/Lulu cost under $30 for direct purchase– 15-20 % Discount for Bookstore ordering in volume– Bookstores still charge markup 24-28%

Outcomes

PROS• Still #1 text sold on

campus in terms of quantity

• Still good relations with Bookstore

• Reduced cost to students

• Saved students > $1m

CONS• Decreased sales at

decreased price.

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Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges

Connie Broughton

Director of eLearning and Open Education

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Florida Textbook Affordability Law

Robin Donaldson

Assistant Director Instructional Resources & SupportDistance Learning & Student Services

Florida Textbook Affordability Legislation

Florida 1004.085 Textbook Affordability

Minimizing cost and maximizing access• Adoption of college and university system

policies, procedures and guidelines• Posting of textbook information

http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/1004.085

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“Tri-C” Cuyahoga Community College

Danielle Budzick

District Director, Innovative Learning Design and Quality

Raising Awareness of Open Education Worldwide Mar 10-15

• Submit videos, resources, local events,

or webinars in February.

• Discussion groups online.

• Social Media promotion

for open education projects.

• Community College Day on Wed, Mar 12 – Sign up to participate in panel: bit.ly/1jchuC8

http://openeducationweek.org

Spring Webinars (Wed, 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST)

• February 5 - Open Textbooks: SUNY Geneseo, OpenStax College

• March 11 - OER & Accessibility• March 12 - Community College OER Day

• April 9 – OER Impact Research Findings

• May 14 - Intellectual Property: Open Licensing, Trademarks, Patents, etc.

http://oerconsortium.org

OER Impact Research at Community Colleges (2013-14)

• Use of OER leads to – critical reflection with evidence of improvement in

practice. – policy change at institutional level. – more equitable access to education– financial benefits for students and/or institutions

• http://www.slideshare.net/robertfarrow/open-educational-resources-impact-in-community-colleges

Advisory Meetings

(3rd Wed, 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST)

We are looking for short project presentations at these meetings. Please make a suggestion.

• Jan 22 – College of Southern Maryland• Feb 19 – OER and Bookstores• March 19 -• April 16 -• May 21-

Spring Conferences

Conference Location Date

eLearning 2014 Orlando Feb 15-18

League for Innovation Anaheim Mar 2-5

National Assoc. Developmental Ed Dallas Mar 5-8

Alliance of Distance Educators Palm Springs March 20

Connexions Conference Houston Mar 31- Apr 4

American Association of Community Colleges

DC April 5-8

OCWC Global Conference Slovenia Apr 23-25

NISOD Austin May 25-28

CCC Online Teaching Conference San Diego June 20-21

Thank you for participating!

• Next Advisory Meeting:

Wed, Mar 19, 2:00 pm (EST)

March 10-15Submissions in February