Community College Consortium for OER Panel: Increasing Student Retention and Success with Open...
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Panel Discussion: Increasing Student Retention and Success with Open Educational Resources Thurs, June 19, 2:15 pm Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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Panel Discussion: Increasing Student
Retention and Success with Open Educational Resources
Thurs, June 19, 2:15 pmUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
Agenda
• Introductions• Open Education Overview• Marketing OER• OER at Santa Ana College• OER in Online Education Initiative (OEI)• Launching an OER Initiative• Q & A
Welcome Everyone!
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Una DalyCCCOER Director
Open Education Consortium
James Glapa-GrossklagDean Ed Tech, Learning Resources &
Distance LearningCollege of the Canyons
Barbara IllowskyDean of Basic Skills & OER Online Education Initiative
Cherylee KushidaDistance Ed Coordinator
Santa Ana College
Katie DatkoInterim Dean Distance Learning
Pasadena City College
What is Open Education?
• The open sharing of digital learning materials, tools, and practices that ensures free access to and legal adoption of learning resources
.
Cost Savings
Publisher: Wiley & Sons Publisher : OpenStaxCollege
Amazon $135Bookstore $150
Digital Access - $0Hardcopy: $30-55
Community of Practice
A 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
Increasing Cross-Institution Collaboration
• “Universities are joining consortia to combine resources or to align themselves strategically with innovation”
• “Emerging consortia are founded with the express purpose of helping institutions continuously adopt best practices for digital learning”
New Horizon Report 2015Longterm Trend: Driving Ed Tech Adoption for next 5 yrs
Community of hundreds of higher education institutions & organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact
globally.
Open Education Consortium
• Expand access to high-
quality open resources• Support faculty choice
and development• Improve student success
Community College Consortiumfor OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
Come In, We're Open gary simmons cc-by-nc-sa flickr
250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces
CCC
Chancellor
’s Office
Collaboration Opportunities
• Monthly webinars
• Monthly Advisory Meetings
• Meetups at Conferences
• Research, Course Development, and Grants
Webinars Spring 2015
• Feb 11: A Review of OER Research
• March 9 : Open MOOCs at Scottsdale
• March 11: The Z-degree Programs at NOVA and Tidewater
• April 8: OER Publishing Tools• May 13: College OER Projects in
Arizona, California, & Minnesota
Join our Community
• Access to a community of OER experts• Online advisory email list• Professional development • Collaboration opportunities
email:[email protected]
Marketing OER
Katie DatkoInterim Associate Dean Distance EducationInstructional Design
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PCC Context
Online Model Course Program
– 8-Week accelerated fully online courses
– 8 Courses developed; 5 in development
– Shared Curriculum• Content• Assessments
– PCC owns copyright to course materials
S p r i n g 2 0 1 3 1
S u m m er 2 0 1 3
F a l l 2 0 1 3 S p r i n g 2 0 1 4
S u m m er 2 0 1 4
F a l l 2 0 1 4 S p r i n g 2 0 1 5
S u m m er 2 0 1 5
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10 29
141
57
111
115
57
118
39
131
252
134 16
9
180
134
PCC Online Model Courses
Model Course Sections Total Fully Online Sections
Marketing – The 4 Ps
Product
Price
S p r i n g 2 0 1 4 S u m m e r 2 0 1 4
F a l l 2 0 1 4 S p r i n g 2 0 1 5 S u m m e r 2 0 1 5
T o t a l S a v i n g s
$67,
865.
00
$24,
237.
50
$67,
865.
00
$58,
170.
00
$43,
627.
50
$261
,765
.00
$20,
408.
50
$12,
005.
00
$19,
208.
00
$21,
609.
00
$13,
205.
50
$86,
436.
00
OER Savings GEOG 1 ($138.50) SOC 1 ($34.30)
PlaceModel Courses
– Sole Textbook• PSYCH 1• GEOG 1
– Supplemental Materials
• POLS 1• SOC 1
Promotion
Current:• Distance Education Department
– Direct outreach to lead faculty– Announcements & news items– Advocacy
Future:• Showcase faculty currently using OER • Use shared governance to create recommendations for OER adoption
– Ideal: Textbook Zero or affordable materials for Model Courses – Real: Supplemental course content is OER
• Work with key stakeholders to develop comprehensive plan for College-wide OER adoption
Faculty Feedback
-$Student-friendlyAccessEase of use
Quality• Content• Links• Graphics ‘Student motivation to work’
Faculty Comments…not having a textbook is no longer a barrier to access. I feel that this helps us provide a more level playing field for students. The textbook is thorough, and interactive. I have not had one single complaint from a student.
The main advantage is the cost. I think this is PRIMARY for community college students and students in general. The other advantage is the ease of use particularly for students who are consciously already using the technology in online classes.
More engaging. Students can learn using interactive slide shows and test their knowledge with various objects like Crosswords.
Student Comments
I wish all the other courses used softchalk* as a way to provide further information. I feel like it condenses it down to the important things that we need to know without all the filler words.
I liked the softchalk* and self-testing assignments. It really helped me retain information better.
*OER materials are built into courses using this tool
OER at Santa Ana College
Cherylee KushidaDistance Education Coordinator
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• Located in Southern California, Orange County
• Fall 2014 Credit Headcount, 18,491
• Ethnically diverse• Celebrating our
Centennial in Fall 2015!
OER at SAC
• Began OER in Fall 2011• Kaleidoscope Project (Gates Next
Generation grant)
• Seedling approach• Growing into targeted courses• Expect to have an OER Pathway
soon
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“Germinated seedling.jpg” by Dbxsoul is licensed under CC-BY-3.0
What’s Working
• Partnering with Lumen Learning
• Jump start for OER• OER Librarian• Create “template course” for
department sharing• Funds for development and
sharing
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“20070212 tomato seedlings” by Jennifer is licensed under CC BY 2.0
What’s Working cont.
• Formed faculty OER workgroup• Working with “open” faculty• Continued Professional
development on OER• Identify OER courses on schedule
course search• Tracking data on courses and
student savings
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Phys 217 Soc 100 Phys 210 Chem 219 Mus 101 Educ 100 Hud 200 Psyc 1000%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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100%
Success Rate Comparison
Traditional OER
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Phys 217 Soc 100 Phys 210 Chem 219 Mus 101 Educ 100 Hud 200 Psyc 1000%
10%
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100%
Retention Rates
Traditional OER
OER at SAC
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Student OER comments:• “The open textbook is much easier to access, instead of being
carried to classes its just by a click away that we can use the textbook. “
• “I would like an actual textbook to hold on to rather than the online resource. I find it to be much easier to have. “
• “… it was easy for me to read it on my phone because I always have it with me, plus I would read it in my free time and carrying the book could be hard for me as I always use the bus as transportation. “
Online Education Initiative,California Community Colleges
Barbara IllowskyDean, Basic Skills and [email protected]@DrBSI
una daly
The Online Education Initiative (OEI) is a collaborative effort among California Community Colleges (CCCs) to increase student success and completion by working together to increase access to quality online courses and support services for students.
http://ccconlineed.org/
OER in OEI at OTC
Basic Skills SupportHandbook: http://bit.ly/1EdTSVE OEI:http://CCCOnlineEd.org
Course Materials SupportInformation about open textbooks, support materials, colleagues http://cool4ed.org/
Creative Commons Licensed MaterialsAll materials produced under this grant will be CC BY licensed
Example – ESL (CDEV)
Example – Library
Assignment: write a paper with two references
Problem: student does not know how to use online libraries and cannot get to school when the on-campus library is open
Solution: “Need help? Press here.”https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/558/1/
Example - Reading
Assignment: read Chapters 1 – 4 of the text
Problem: student has basic skills need in active reading
Solution: “Need help reading? Press here.”https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/63104/pages/introduction-to-active-reading?module_item_id=952338
Example - Writing
Assignment: write an x-page paper
Problem: student does not know the formatting requirements in writing and has not yet taken English composition
Solution: “Need help with formatting? Press here.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAfIqRt60c&list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D
Example - Writing
Assignment: write an x-page paper
Problem: student does not understand difference between plagiarism and quoting sources
Solution: “How to quote? Press here.”https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/63104/pages/plagiarism-3?module_item_id=952312
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/3/33/
Example – Sociology Course
Example – Mathematics (ECON)
Economics assignment: find the equilibrium point for a supply/demand problem
Problem: student does not remember how to find intersection point of two lines
Solution: “Need help? Press here.”4-minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he5HPPIIdVY
Example – Mathematics (PSYCH)
The average IQ score on an IQ test is 100. Standard deviations describe how data are dispersed in a population and give context to large data sets. The bell curve uses the standard deviation to show how all scores are dispersed from the average score (Figure). In modern IQ testing, one standard deviation is 15 points. So a score of 85 would be described as “one standard deviation below the mean.” How would you describe a score of 115 and a score of 70? Any IQ score that falls within one standard deviation above and below the mean (between 85 and 115) is considered average, and 82% of the population has IQ scores in this range. An IQ score of 130 or above is considered a superior level. ** From Psychology by OpenStax College, CC BY
Solution: “Need help? Press here.”
http://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]:40/
Introductory_Statistics
Launching an OER Initiative
James Glapa-GrossklagDean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning
President, Open Education Consortium
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Starting out …
"Remote Marathon" by Marines is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Student Impact
• 48% take fewer classes or different classes
• 65% choose to not buy textbook
• 94% report concern that grades affected
Source: Fixing the Broken Textbook Market, 2014
Survey of 2039 students at 156 campuses across 33
states
At My College?Does the price of a textbook does influence your choice of a class?
41%
Which type of textbook do you prefer?
Used books 66%
Free/low cost ebooks 53%
Rental books 52%
New books 18%
"your choice!" by Martin Fisch is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: 6th Annual Student Survey of Online Classes Fall 2013 Report #286
Project Goal(s)
• Lower student costs?
• Increase faculty collaboration?
• Reach a total cost savings number?
• Improve learning?
" Project 365 #237: 250809 Fingers Crossed!"
by pete is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Understand Stakeholders
How do faculty and students• Create content?• Find content?• Share content?• Interact with content?• Interact with each other?
Collaborate with Stakeholders
"Creative Teamwork" by Creative Sustainability is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Professional Development
"Creative Teamwork" by Creative Sustainability is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Practice Openness
Do you:• Share ideas with
colleagues?• Openly license teaching
materials?• Publish in open access
journals?• Recognize OER as
legitimate scholarly work?• Help students to gain
digital literacy?"Mirror" by Yasunari Nakamura is licensed under
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Involve Students
"Creative Teamwork Day 1" by Creative Sustainability is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Leadership & Vision
Berlin Marathon, akiwitz, CC-BY 2.0
Thank you for coming!
Una Daly : [email protected]
Katie Datko : [email protected]
James Glapa-Grossklag: [email protected]
Barbara Illowsky: [email protected]
Cherylee Kushida: [email protected]
Questions?
Panel Questions
• Each of you has an OER project at your institution…and OER projects can differ quite a bit from one institution to another. How would you describe your project as an elevator pitch?
• What strategies do you use to get faculty involved?
• What types of resistance or hesitancy do you encounter from faculty and how do you overcome this?
• What do you hear from students? Do you involve students in the project?
• What benefits does OER bring to your institution?
• How do you find resources and share ideas? (Opportunity to promote CCCOER as our community of practice.)
