From Shared To Open: The Evolution of Open Education in Washington State
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From Shared To Open:The Evolution of Open Education
in Washington State Open Ed 2011 – Park City, UT
October 25, 2011
Connie Broughton, Director of eLearnng and Open EducationTom Caswell, Open Education Policy Associate
WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
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In the distant past…
….when COBOL ruled the land….
34 community and technical colleges banded together to create and share a single student management system.
Time passes……
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1997• The colleges form a consortium to
share online courses– 20 completely online courses that
constitute an AA degree• Built and taught by local faculty• Courses freely available
– Colleges pooled enrollments in these courses using the shared student management system
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Pooled Enrollments1. Allow students to access all courses
and services at one institution2. Allow colleges to offer a wider
variety of courses and to serve small numbers of students
3. Are flexible and efficient – can scale up or down quickly to meet demand
WashingtonOnline (WAOL)
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Total eLearning Enrollments
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Strategic Technology Plan• Strategy I:
Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning.
• http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx
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• ANGEL Learning• Tegrity• Collaborate• NW eTutoring Consortium• Professional development• Open Course Library
Shared Tools and Services
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http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”
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Internet + Digital Content + Open License
= Lower Cost
Greater AccessGreater Quality
Making the Case for “Open”
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The high cost of textbooks has reduced Washington citizens’ access to higher education.
Full-time students spend over $1,000 on textbooks every year.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
Textbook Affordability
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Textbook Affordability
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WA CTC Student Voice Academy
Top issue three years running:
CUTTING TEXTBOOK COSTS
Student Advocacy
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SBCTC Example:English Composition I
50,000+ enrollments / year x $100 textbook $5+ Million every year
Textbook Affordability
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• SSHB1025– Faculty consider the least costly practices in
assigning course materials, such as adopting the least expensive edition available, adopting free, open textbooks when available, and working with college librarians to put together collections of free online web and library resources, when educational content is comparable as determined by the faculty…
Washington Legislation
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• SSHB1946 – two big ideas – share technology and share content.
• (v) Methods and open licensing options for effectively sharing digital content including but not limited to: Open courseware, open textbooks, open journals, and open learning objects…
WA Legislation
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All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
State Board “Open” Policy
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• Open Course Library Goals– Design and share 81 high enrollment,
gatekeeper courses– Improve course completion rates– Lower textbook costs for students (<$30)– Provide new resources for faculty to use
in their courses– Fully engage our colleges in the global
open educational resources discussion.
Open Education
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• Phase 1: 42 courses– Available October 31, 2011 at
http://opencourselibrary.org• Phase 2 : 39 courses
– Available Spring 2013
Open Course Library
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• Efficient use of public funds to increase student success and access to quality educational materials.
• Everything else (including all existing business models) is secondary.
Only ONE Thing Matters: