Community and technical colleges are increasingly advocating for open educational practices and policies to fulfill their open access mission. Affordability can be a significant access barrier for the high percentage of non-traditional students at community college. Non-traditional students often work to support themselves and family members while they attend college. As funding cuts have lead to higher tuition costs, many are unable to afford the expensive instructional materials. Faculty have responded by adopting open educational resources (OER) and open textbooks to make college more affordable for their students. In the process, they are improving instructional practices as they customize materials to meet the unique needs of students at their college. A focus on online and interactive materials and regional workforce education has been noted. College administrators and trustees noting these successes are proposing open policies to encourage the use of OER in an increasing number of disciplines and in district-wide implementations. Hear case studies from members of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) at OCWC on how adoption and creation of OER and open textbooks has improved affordability and teaching practice. Faculty at College of the Canyons in Sociology, Water Technology, and statistics have created and adopted OER and open textbooks saving students $235,000 over a single year. An OER repository and a flexible infrastructure for supporting the sharing of faculty developed learning objects has been developed. Their Dean of Distance Education leads the CCCOER Advisory Board representing the consortium at conferences throughout the world. Maricopa District, one of the largest community college districts in the U.S., has endorsed “the development and use of OER to support innovative and creative opportunities for all learners,” in its 5-year District-Wide Information and Instructional Technology Strategic Plan. Math faculty at three of the district colleges: Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and Phoenix are sharing resources and strategies to provide multiple sections of high-enrollment math courses using OER. Pilots of OER math at three additional Maricopa community colleges will begin in Spring 2013. Scottsdale College alone has saved students over $200,000 in fall 2012. CCCOER was founded in the Foothill–De Anza College District to create awareness and build a community of practice around OER at public two-year colleges. As proof of concept, the Collaborative Statistics textbook was openly licensed and imported into the Connexions repository at Rice University. The textbook was widely adopted by math faculty at De-Anza college and 20 other colleges in North America and has saved students at De-Anza over a million dollars to date.

2. Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium
James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons
Dr. Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale Community College
Dr. Barbara Illowsky, ACE Educator 2013
Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium
James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons
Dr. Donna Gaudet, Scottsdale Community College
Dr. Barbara Illowsky, ACE Educator 2013
How OER Adoption
Fosters
Practice and Policy Changes
Community College Panel

4. Agenda
•Community College History
•Community Colleges & Open Education
•College of the Canyons Journey
•Scottsdale College Community of
Practice
•California Open Textbooks
•Q & A

5. History of Community Colleges
• Grew out of vocational and technical
schools of early 20th
century
• Tracked growth of middle class
following WWII
• Expanded access to education by
open enrollment and lower costs.
– Transfer curriculum for university

6. Community Colleges in US
1948-2013

7. U.S. Community Colleges
Open access to high-quality affordable
academic programs (1166 nationwide):
– Transfer to 4-year colleges
and universities
– Enter careers in high-demand occupations
– Prepare for college-level work
Community College Consortium for OER

8. Community College Consortium
for OER
Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of
Education
• Founded at Foothill-DeAnza
College District in 2007
• Joined OCW Consortium
2011
• Growth to 200+ colleges in
North America
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

9. CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
–Expand access to education
–Support professional development
–Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation

10. 200+ Community & Technical College

11. Open Education College Journey
James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean, Distance Learning
OCWC Board Member
President of CCCOER Advisory Board

12. • Playlists
• Open Textbooks
• Local repository

13. Community College Students

14. $100$100
$200$200

15. OER Playlists
We gratefully acknowledge the
support of a U.S. Department of
Education FIPSE (Fund for
Improvement of Post Secondary
Education) Special Focus grant

16. What is a
Playlist?
Introductory
text, learning
outcomes, unit
objectives, etc.
Website
with
text/articles
MediaTransition text
Another
website
article/text
Transition text

17. Open Textbooks
• Water Technology
• Sociology
• Statistics
115 classes = $400,000
student savings per year

18. Local Repository
• 0  520 objects in 3 years
• Pros
• Cons

19. Lessons Learned

20. Maricopa College District, AZ
Dr. Donna Gaudet
Math Professor
OCW Award for Excellence Course

21. Communities of Practice
around Open Educational
Resources
Scottsdale Community College
Mathematics
Dr. Donna Gaudet

22. History
• Hybrid classes were the genesis of our efforts
• Need for student resources
• Desire to save students money
Hybrid Bus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trimet/8270609588/
Money Clip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34148992@N07/3343577010/

23. History (continued)
• Began with a couple of faculty
creating materials separately (2008 –
2012)
– Some were creating videos
– Some were creating written materials
– Some were researching open source
textbooks
– Some were investigating an open online
assessment tool
Image :http://froshellin.deviantart.com/art/Icon-folder-red-videos-284155812?q=gallery%3Afroshellin%20randomize%3A1&qo=0

24. Evolution
• Spring 2012 two faculty members put the
pieces together and piloted all the pieces
– Student Workbook with lesson videos
– Open Source Textbook
– Open Source online assessment tool
• Summer 2012
– Team of about 8 faculty worked to restructure
materials and create instructor guides

25. Fall 2012 Implementation
• Completely open source for Intro
Algebra through PreCalculus (5
classes)
• 42 instructors (full time and adjunct)
• 65 sections (around 1820 students)
• Roughly $182,000 student textbook
dollars saved Fall 2012 alone

26. Community Development
• Our effort would not have been successful
without the work of many people
• Team approach to materials development was
critical
• Resulting materials were at a higher level than
an individual could do alone
• Team members participated in areas of strength
(i.e. videos, writing materials, editing, etc…)
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nooku/5170154324/

27. Sharing Resources/Processes
• Dropbox
– Critical tool for developers
– Sharing of resources and collaboration
documents
• Online Site
– Discussion forums for faculty
– Errata, use of materials, other suggestions
• Twice a month meetings
– Discuss errata, changes, how is it going?
Calendar Icon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krcla/3041607076/

28. Policy Change Thru OER
• SCC Mathematics Department
– goals to increased use of OER
• SCC College
– 2020 Goals: Provide a broad array of learner
support resources (e.g. Develop open source
materials to reduce costs)
• Maricopa College District
– Information & Instructional Technology Strategic Plan
(2011-2016): “Support development and use of Open
Educational Resources (OER) to promote innovative
and creative opportunities for all learners”.

29. Thorns and Roses
Roses
•Cost savings for students
•Department community
building and support
•Energy of the new users
•Support of department and
administration
•Introduction of creative
teaching approaches
•Revamp of the curriculum
•Working as a team made the
product better
Thorns
•Huge amount of
development time
•Maintenance and updates
•Distribution (bookstore!)
•Adjunct faculty buy-in
Image: http://juno-janus.deviantart.com/art/Roses-and-thorns-197405243

30. California Open Textbook Story
Dr. Barbara Illowsky
Math Instructor and open textbook co-author
OCW ACE Individual Educator 2013

31. OER: Saves $$$
Amazon $171.25 hardcopy Web - $0
POD - $26.20 + SH
Wiley & Sons Connexions

32. De Anza College
student savings…
One course, one OER text, one
college*:
Estimated student savings of over
$1,000,000
•Elementary Statistics using Collaborative Statistics at
De Anza College since 2008-09 academic year

33. Return on Investment
• Cost savings to students
• Provides faculty with opportunities to share and
remix learning content for customized and
localized use
• Supports low-cost crowd-sourcing of content
translation to other languages
• Fast feedback loop on quality and relevance of
learning content
• Supports continual and improvement and rapid
development
• Supports greater diversity of peer reviewers

34. OpportunitiesOpportunities
Teachers and LearnersTeachers and Learners
 Tailored content
 Students and teachers as
co-creators of knowledge
 Enhanced engagement
and interaction with
materials
 Increased student-
student, teacher-teacher,
and teacher-student
communication around
curriculum
 Navigate and view
content with ease
 Modify, mix and remix
content to meet individual
and classroom needs
 Communicate with peers
around content
 Join workgroups with
peers around content

35. Formats: CC-By license
-Connexions: free (Web 1.0)
-PDF: free to download and/or print
-Lulu: softbound print of pdf ($26)
-iTunesU: free chapter videos
-WebAssign: $27 with hw system
-Kno/20 Million Minds: interactive multimedia
(Web 2.0)
-OpenStax College: update, vetting, graphics

36. Adaptations
•Other technology incorporated
• Excel, Statcrunch, Minitab, Stataco
•
•Saylor Foundation
• paired sections with Khan Academy videos
California Learning Resources Network
•high school OER instead of texts

37. California Community Colleges
• Largest U.S. educational institution
• 2.5 million students
• 112 colleges
• Joined OCW Consortium in 2012

38. Questions, comments?

39. Thank you for attending!
Contact Information
Una Daly, unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Donna Gaudet, donna.gaudet@scottsdalecc.edu
James Glapa-Grossklag, James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu
Barbara Illowsky, illowskybarbara@deanza.edu