CCCOER: Regional Models for OER Implementation
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The document outlines the Affordable Learning Pennsylvania (ALPA) initiative aimed at promoting open educational resources (OER) to enhance textbook affordability across Pennsylvania's colleges and universities. It discusses the project's goals, governance structure, partnerships, and activities conducted to engage institutions and raise awareness about OER. The initiative has successfully built a network of 69 campus partners focused on increasing participation in OER and ultimately saving students money on textbooks.
CCCOER: Regional Models for OER Implementation
- 1. Three statewide OER/Zero Textbook Cost Degree Initiatives Regional Models for OER Implementation June 5, 2019, 12:00 pm PST Welcome to image: pixabay.com Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
- 2. Agenda ● Introductions ● CCCOER Overview ● Presentations ● Panel Discussion ● Q & A
- 3. Speakers Moderator: Regina Gong Bill Hemmig Dean, Learning Resources and Online Learning Bucks County Community College Affordable Learning PA Steering Committee Jenny Park Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) Tanya Spilovoy Director of Open Policy Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)
- 4. ● Expand awareness & access to high- quality OER ● Support faculty choice & development ● Improve student success CCCOER Mission
- 5. Membership Spring 2019 http://cccoer.org/Member 15 State-wide Memberships
- 6. Collaboration to Advance and Promote OER
- 7. Bucks County Community College Bill Hemmig Dean, Learning Resources and Online Learning Affordable Learning PA Steering Committee
- 8. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania CCCOER REGIONAL MODELS FOR OER IMPLEMENTATION BILL HEMMIG JUNE 5, 2019
- 9. Pennsylvania has approximately 150 public and private colleges and universities (14 community colleges). In the Philadelphia region alone there are more than 60 colleges and universities in a 25-mile radius. Prior to 2016 not one of them was collaborating with the others on textbook affordability.
- 10. Began in 2016 with a small organizing group. The Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) was invited to provide experience managing statewide projects. June, 2017: At PALCI’s annual meeting, PALCI was urged to organize and lead a statewide textbook affordability project.
- 11. PALCI became a consortial member of the Open Textbook Network (OTN). Reached out to other OTN consortia members to identify organizing structures. Steering Group was organized. Initial goal was to obtain a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
- 12. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania (ALPa) Generously supported with LSTA funds from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Project Overview: Affordable Learning Pennsylvania will build a community of practice of academic librarians to advance textbook affordability for our students through programs to create awareness, build expertise to lead OER initiatives, and promote best practices and collaboration in the community.
- 13. Affordable Learning Pennsylvania (ALPa) Project Goals: • Increase participation in OER initiatives - aim to engage at least 30 institutions. • Create a program that will save PA college students $$ on textbooks. • Increase awareness of and knowledge about OER, especially among faculty, with librarians and students as advocates.
- 14. Project Timeline: Year One January 2018 - December 2018 ▪ Joined OTN. ▪ Created Governance Structure. ▪ Identified OER Specialists and Campus Partners. ▪ OER Specialists attended OTN Institute and Summit (7/18). ▪ Held two OTN workshops for Campus Partners (9/18).
- 15. How ALPa Works Steering Group: Steven Bell, Rebecca Miller Waltz, Charlotte Droll, Barb Zaborowski, Alice Lubrecht/Sarah Greene, Jill Morris OER Specialist OER Specialist OER Specialist OER Specialist Project Coordinator Campus Partners OER Community: Faculty Champions, Textbook Reviewers, Adopters, Students, Advocates Data Gathering & Assessment Working Group Communications & Outreach Working Group Training & Education Working Group OpenTextbookNetwork(OTN)
- 16. Campus Partners Campus partners are responsible for serving as their campus‘s liaison to the ALPa project. This is a volunteer position requiring a two-year initial commitment with the possibility of renewing for an additional two years. Responsibilities Include: • Attending Affordable Learning PA training, programs, and strategy meetings (in-person & virtually), • Occasional travel to local/regional workshops within Pennsylvania, • Organizing and conducting OER training for faculty, librarians, and staff, • Serving on at least one Affordable Learning PA working group (mostly virtual participation).
- 17. Campus Partners Qualifications/Commitments: ▪ Campus Partner should be a Library staff member or Library appointed designee; ▪ Experience with OER learning content or a desire to learn more about OER; ▪ Experience with teaching/training, especially with adult learners; ▪ Demonstrated advocacy or leadership ability.
- 18. 69 Current Campus Partners ▪ Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania ▪ Bucknell University ▪ Bucks County Community College ▪ Butler County Community College ▪ California University of PA ▪ Carlow University ▪ Chatham University ▪ Clarion University of PA ▪ Community College of Allegheny County ▪ Community College of Philadelphia ▪ Delaware County Community College ▪ Dickinson College ▪ Drexel University ▪ Duquesne University ▪ East Stroudsburg University of PA ▪ Eastern University ▪ Elizabethtown College ▪ Franklin & Marshall College ▪ Gannon University ▪ Gettysburg College ▪ Harrisburg Area Community College ▪ Jefferson-East Falls ▪ Juniata College ▪ Kutztown University ▪ Lafayette College ▪ La Salle University ▪ Lebanon Valley College ▪ Lehigh University ▪ Luzerne County Community College ▪ Lycoming College ▪ Marshall University ▪ Marywood University
- 19. 69 Current Campus Partners ▪ Messiah College ▪ Millersville University of PA ▪ Misericordia University ▪ Montgomery County Community College ▪ Muhlenberg College ▪ Northampton Community College ▪ Pennsylvania College of Technology ▪ Pennsylvania Highlands Community College ▪ Pennsylvania State University ▪ Point Park University ▪ Reading Area Community College ▪ Robert Morris University ▪ Rowan University ▪ Rutgers University ▪ Saint Francis University ▪ Saint Joseph's University ▪ Seton Hall University ▪ Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania ▪ Slippery Rock University of PA ▪ Susquehanna University ▪ Swarthmore College ▪ Temple University ▪ University of Pittsburgh ▪ University of Scranton ▪ Valley Forge Military Academy & College ▪ Villanova University ▪ Washington & Jefferson College ▪ West Chester University of PA ▪ West Virginia University ▪ Widener University ▪ Wilson College
- 20. 11 Community College Campus Partners ▪ Bucks County Community College ▪ Butler County Community College ▪ Community College of Allegheny County ▪ Community College of Philadelphia ▪ Delaware County Community College ▪ Harrisburg Area Community College ▪ Luzerne County Community College ▪ Montgomery County Community College ▪ Northampton Community College ▪ Pennsylvania Highlands Community College ▪ Reading Area Community College
- 21. OER Specialists Volunteer leaders who participate in the OTN Summer Institute and Summit, with all travel costs covered by grant funds. Goals: • Advance the adoption of textbook affordability on campuses across the Commonwealth and the region; • Serve as trainers, advisors, and advocates for building OER and textbook affordability efforts.
- 22. Project Timeline: Year Two January 2019 - September 2019: ▪ Survey institutional interest and readiness to participate. ▪ OER Specialists continue to support Campus Partners. ▪ Initiate webinar series. ▪ Set up working groups: Assessment, outreach, etc. ▪ Identify second cohort of 4 OER Specialists. ▪ New OER Specialists attend OTN Summer Institute July 2019. ▪ Statewide OER Summit: August 9, 2019. ▪ Identify faculty champions.
- 23. Project Timeline: Future October, 2019 & Beyond: ▪ We’re very optimistic about a third year of funding in support of this project’s goals!
- 25. WICHE/WCET Tanya Spilovoy Director of Open Policy Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)
- 26. Features of State and Regional OER Initiatives Learning from other states and champions Support the grass-roots efforts with policy, funding, and high-level support Sharing what works/doesn’t work Honoring differences (governance, student population, structure, reporting, funding etc.) Reducing duplication Increasing searchability Encourage state funding and support for OER Data collection, and reporting Research
- 27. State Spotlight: North Dakota Lawmakers invested $107,250 2015 650 OER Courses 15,000 students Students saved at least $1-2 million • Even with a modest state investment, if it’s a good plan, if its implemented well, OER can yield really high student cost savings.” (Spilovoy, 2018) • Same or better student learning outcomes. (Clinton, 2018) • “Auditors saw major potential for savings in high-enrollment general education courses and urged the system to ensure that students know during registration which courses will include OER materials.” (IHE, 2018)
- 29. State Spotlight: Colorado Lawmakers invested $550,000 2018 650 OER Courses 15,000 students Cost Savings Data coming soon • OER Council (librarians, faculty, technologist, system employees, students) • Brought me in as an OER Consultant • 3 statewide surveys and report • Broad input from a variety of stakeholders • State funding and support • Statewide OER Summit, May 31, 2019
- 31. Implementation = People Working Together
- 32. Questions? For more information please contact: Tanya Spilovoy Director of Open Policy, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) tspilovoy@wiche.edu
- 33. Midwestern Higher Education Compact Jenny Park Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
- 34. What’s MHEC Doing with OER? ● Networking & Sharing ○ Newsletter ○ List server ○ Webinars ● Convening: November 2018, Chicago ● State OER Action Teams ● MHEC OER 12-mo plan: July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020 ● Collaboration with other regional compacts
- 35. MHEC.org/OER
- 36. MHEC State OER Action Teams ● Members come from educational constituencies throughout their states to create a plan to work together and build upon each other states’ successes ○ SHEEO offices, K-12 Agencies ○ Legislators, Students ○ Faculty, Librarians, Administrators ● MHEC provides support for this work
- 37. MHEC State OER Action Teams: Examples of Accomplishments • Presentations to legislatures • Statewide surveys of institutional OER work (establish baseline) • Create/combine repositories: single repository in some states with common guidelines and metadata • State memberships in OTN and Openstax
- 38. Next Steps ●Continue support and networking support ●Work on additional convenings (looking for funding) ●Develop more specific plans with feedback from state teams in June 2019 (12 month plan)
- 39. Questions? For more information on MHEC’s work with Open Educational Resources, please contact: Jenny Parks Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives jennyp@mhec.org (612) 677-2779
- 40. Panel Discussion
- 41. Stay in the Loop ● Upcoming Conferences See our website under “Get-Involved” ● Stay in touch thru Community Email -- https://www.cccoer.org/community-email/ Image: pixabay.com http://cccoer.org
- 42. Spring Webinar Series Image: pixabay.com This is the last webinar in our Spring Webinar Series. We will announce our Fall Series in late summer. If you missed any of our spring webinars the archives are available here: http://bit.ly/CCCOERspring2019 The archives for all CCCOER webinars are available at CCCOER.org/webinar
- 43. Questions? Contact Info: @unatdaly -- unatdaly@oeconsortium.org @quill_west -- oclquill.west@gmail.com @cccoer Liz Yata -- lizyata@oeconsortium.org Thank you!