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

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

1-888-886-3951 (Passcode:837846)

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Collaborate Window Overview

Audio & Video

Participants

Chat

Tech Support available at:1-760-744-1150 ext. 1537, 1554

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Agenda

• Happy Spring Break • Announcements• Open Education Week Mar 10-15• North Essex Community College• Spring CCCOER Webinars• Spring Conferences and Events• Next Meeting: April 16• Open Discussion Time

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Welcome

Introduce yourself and briefly mention any challenges or updates.

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

Susan Tashjian

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240+ Colleges in 17 States & Provinces

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Announcements

• Low cost and free open textbook bill introduced in the U.S. House

• SXSWedu Attendees??

• Developmental Ed Conference?

• OpenEd 2014 in DC this Nov

- Proposals due April 25

• Connexions announces new OER editor, to be unveiled in 2 weeks.

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Raising Awareness of Open Education Worldwide Mar 10-15

• Videos, resources, local events, discussion groups, webinars.

• Social Media promotion

for open education projects.

• Community College Day on Wed, Mar 12

http://openeducationweek.org

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March 12 OER & Accessibility

• Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Awareness of Open and Accessible Educational Resources:– NFB, CSU-MERLOT, and OCW Consortium

• Accessibility of OERs for Diverse Learners and Guidelines for Dyslexia in Modern Language Learning– Open University and OCW Consortium

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March 13Community College OER Day

• Washington's OER Faculty Training and Lane College's OER Faculty Fellowship Program

• Maricopa Millions district-wide OER Project, Kaleidoscope Project at Cerritos College, and Northern Virginia’s OER-based General Education Program

• Scottsdale College’s OER Math Program and Tacoma College’s Liberate Project 

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NECC

Susan Tashjian

Coordinator of Instructional Technology,Center for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning

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NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

OER Pilot ProjectJody Carson

Sue Tashjian

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HISTORY – STAGE 1 Textbook Taskforce Fall 2012 started Bill Heineman, VP

of Academic and Student Affairs, as a direct result of

student concerns over high cost and use of textbooks.

Members include: Faculty, Staff (CIT, Library, Financial

Aid, Learning Accommodations, Advising), Students,

Administrators (VPs), Bookstore Managers, Admin

Support

3 subcommittees formed: Faculty Training and

Resource Development, LibGuides, Student Support

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HISTORY – STAGE 2Presented the work of the taskforce at Division

Meetings, Student Senate, and Student Affairs

Developed a faculty Libguide – Textbook

alternatives

Financial Aid Lending Library

Student Survey (over 300 responses)

Pilot Project

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PILOT PROJECT Secured funding ($5,000) from Academic Affairs Budget

Put out a call to faculty interested in transitioning to free

open-access, instructor produced, and/or library material in

place of traditional textbooks currently required for their

courses.

$1,000 stipend per course (no cost to students to access

materials)

13 applications

5 courses were chosen based on based on greatest savings to

students (at least $100 per course x # of seats and sections)

Project total savings for Fall 2014 semester - $52,876

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NEXT STEPS Faculty training

Analyze results from student survey

Faculty presentation of their projects

Securing funding (additional OER project stipends

and training) NOTE: We just secured another

$5,000 from TAA Grant for Summer 2014

Create Reusable Learning Objects database at

NECC

Sharing resources and best practices!

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OUR QUESTIONS FOR YOU

Student Issues: Printing

Evaluation (courses and student success)

Long-term sustainability

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

• April 9 – OER Impact Research Findings from Community Colleges and Librarians.

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

• Archived:– February 5 - Open Textbooks: SUNY Geneseo,

OpenStax College– March 12 - Community College OER Day

http://oerconsortium.org

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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.

• April 16 - Welcome to Delaware County and Delaware Tech Community Colleges

• May 21 - ???• Archived

– Jan 22 – College of Southern Maryland– Feb 19 – OER and Bookstores– March 19 - North Essex Community College

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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

Sloan MERLOT ET4 Online Dallas Apr 9-11

OCWC Global Conference Slovenia Apr 23-25

NISOD Austin May 25-28

CCC Online Teaching Conference San Diego June 20-21

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Thank you for participating!

• Next Advisory Meeting:

Wed, April 16, 2:00 pm (EST)

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Open Discussion Time