Welcome to the Community of Practice for OER Degrees

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Una Daly, Director CCCCOEROER Degree Initiative Kickoff Institute

June 14, 2016

Welcome

• Introduce college• OER degree

• Special Guests– Quill West, OER Project Manager, Pierce

College– Preston Davis, Director ELI, Northern Virginia

Community College

Una DalyDirector, CCCOER)

• Expand awareness of quality open resources

• Support faculty choice and innovation

• Improve student engagement

Community College Consortiumfor OER (CCCOER)

http://oerconsortium.org

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250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces

Community of PracticeA group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

Etienne Wenger

CCCOER Executive Board

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Quill WestOpen Ed Project ManagerPierce Community College

Preston Davis, EdDELI Director of Instruction

Northern Virginia Community College

Christie FierroOER Coordinator, Instructional Design

Tacoma Community College

Cynthia AlexanderDistance Ed Coordinator, Education Chair

Cerritos College

Lisa Young, EdDDirector of Teaching & Learning

Scottsdale CollegeCo-chair of Maricopa Millions

Key Attributes• Mutual engagement: expert & apprentice

• Common understanding of joint enterprise

• Shared repertoire of communal resources

• Evolving and aligning as needed

Source: Wenger-Trayner Introduction to Communities of Practice, 2015

Collaboration Opportunities• Monthly webinars

• Monthly advisory meetings

• Meetups and panels at conferences

• Mentoring, research, and resource sharing

Image: Open Access Good Practice by JISC, CC-BY-NC-SA

Webinars 2015-16• Sept 9: Finding & Adopting OER• Oct 14: OER & Accessibility• Dec 2: OER & Competency-based Education• Feb 10: Motivating Faculty to Adopt OER• March 7-11: ZTC-Degree Showcases Student Voices in OER OER Faculty Development• May 11: Faculty OER Perspective• June 8: Designing for Open Pedagogy

Upcoming Conferences• Open Ed 2016

– Nov 2-4, Virginia

• Dream 2017– Feb 21-24, California

• OE Global 2017– Mar 8-10, Cape Town, South Africa

OER Impact on Teaching

• Collaborate more with peers• More up-to-date in their field• Use more materials in different

formats

• Student benefits from OER– Cost reduction– More self-reliant and independent

learnersAttribution: OER Research Hub, 2012-14, CC-BY

Evolving & Aligning

• New members still need help planning campus strategies, finding and vetting resources.

• Longtime members expanding to full OER degree pathways

• We continue to ask all our members about their needs

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What one thing can CCCOER do to make your institution successful in this project?

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Please share contact info for your college

Questions?

Una Daly Email: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org

Twitter: @unatdaly, @cccoerSlideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/UnaDaly/