cccoer webinar: oer degrees emerge in maryland and texas

OER Degrees Emerging in Maryland & Texas

Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott & Carrie Gits, Austin Community College, TX

Dr. Michael Mills & Samantha VenerusoMontgomery College, MD

March 29, 2017, 10:00 am PSTUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

Agenda

• Introductions• CCCOER Overview• OER Degrees• Montgomery College• Austin Community College & Texas Consortium• Stay in the Loop• Q & A

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Welcome

Moderator: Una Daly, Director CCCOEROpen Education Consortium

Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott, AVP Academic Programs

Carrie Gits, Head LibrarianAustin Community College

Dr. Michael Mills, VP eLearning, Innovation, & Teaching ExcellenceSamantha Veneruso, Faculty and

Chair of General Studies

• Expand access to high- quality open materials• Support faculty choice and development• Improve student success

CCCOER Mission

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250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces

OER Degrees• Faculty redesign a pathway of existing courses, leading to a degree or a CTE certificate, to use OER

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General Studies Degree

Dr. Michael Mills, VP of E-Learning, Innovation and Teaching Excellence

Samantha Veneruso, Professor of English

Chair, General Studies Innovation Works, Coordinator

Samantha Streamer Veneruso and Dr. Michael MillsMarch 29, 2017

Serving StudentsOER Degrees At Montgomery College

Montgomery College

Project Description• A.A. degree in General Studies with focus on two transfer

paths: Psychology and English• 30 courses proposed for development• About 9,000 students in degree each semester, but

courses potentially impact about 25,000• Targeted populations include low-income, first-generation

and minority students

Project Motivation• Desire to access, affordability, and success of students at

MC• Decrease time to degree completion by modeling clear

transfer paths in terms of course selection and sequencing

• Focus on various learning styles while decreasing student costs

• Increasing student engagement

Project Challenges• Finding quality open content• Licensing that is complicated, unclear or inaccurate• Sustainability• Faculty collaboration• Creating optimal schedules for target populations

Project Implementation• Monthly cross-functional team meetings

‒ Focus on academic concerns, student concerns, research efforts and infrastructure needs

‒ ELITE professional development offerings and faculty champion support

‒ Meeting and updates to various constituencies: Administrators, Chairs, Student Council, Faculty Council

Project Results• Greater awareness of OER• Scaling infrastructure• Student cost savings

‒ Estimated z-course savings of $340,000 for Spring 2017

• Increased student engagement

Course Ethnicity SIS Enrollment Avg Interactions

All Courses American Indian or Alaskan Native 1,502 44.3

Asian 9,496 57.7

Black or African American 19,850 46.2

Hispanic 1,676 51

Multi-Race 2,624 38.6

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 853 42.3

Unknown 2,611 45.4

White 23,476 46.4

Course Ethnicity SIS Enrollment Avg Interactions

All ZCourses American Indian or Alaskan Native 52 113.93

Asian 492 107.39

Black or African American 801 82.5

Hispanic 75 103.52

Multi-Race 115 83.44

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 44 89.12

Unknown 136 96.07

White 1049 78.47

Course Ethnicity SIS Enrollment Avg Interactions

All Online Courses American Indian or Alaskan Native 132 282

Asian 881 242.2

Black or African American 2,141 212.2

Hispanic 218 296.4

Multi-Race 284 202.9

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 48 232.8

Unknown 243 245.2

White 2,273 262.3

Course Ethnicity SIS Enrollment Avg Interactions

All Online zCourses American Indian or Alaskan Native 11 509.20

Asian 70 407.95

Black or African American 156 542.05

Hispanic 17 396

Multi-Race 25 314.59

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 2 53.47

Unknown 25 397.09

White 216 575.8

Further Detailshttp://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/ http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/mc-open/ http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/ScoreCard/ 

Samantha Veneruso: samantha.veneruso@montgomerycollege.edu

Dr. Michael Mills: michael.mills@montgomerycollege.edu

Questions

Gaye Lynn Scott, Ed.DAssociate Vice President, Academic Programs

Carrie Gits Head Librarian/Associate

Professor Highland Campus Library

General Studies AA and AS

ACC: Who We Are

11 campuses

8 early college high schools

5000 dual credit students

ACC: Who We Are

6 counties

7000 square miles

~76,000 students annually

ACC: Who We Are

1 ACCelerator

Texas Consortium overview

OER Degree Initiative Grant

OER Progress Since June

Role of Texas Grant Director

OER Progress Since June

Communication, communication, communication

Course tracking/scheduling

Recruitment

Budget

OER Progress Since June Role of

Librarians

OER Progress Since June

OER LibGuide

OER Team of Librarians

Faculty Training

One - One Consultations

Department meetings

OER identification and vetting

Surprises/Benefits:Broader understanding

CC licensing / OER = improved creation, adoption, collaboration

Expect the Unexpected

Surprises/Benefits:Broader understanding

CC licensing / OER = improved creation, adoption, collaboration

Faculty realization they “might” have already been using OER engagement among the consortium institutions

Expect the Unexpected

Challenges:Research Partner

Persuading the reluctant Logistics

Communication

Expect the Unexpected

More challenges:Ancillaries

Questions of quality / rigorVendors desire to “work with us”

OER “textbook” adoption

Expect the Unexpected

Next On The OER Horizon

Pairing subject librarians, instructional designers, and area faculty together Identifying faculty

lead for the initiative

College wide policy development

Next On The OER Horizon

Tagging OER course sections in registration system Sustainability -

funding the future– fees– stipends,

release time for faculty

Awareness/PR Campaign

Questions?

Thank you!

Gaye Lynn Scott gls@austincc.eduCarrie Gits carrie.gits@austincc.edu

Stay in the Loop

• Upcoming Conferences– OpenEd 17 – submissions due Fri, Mar 31– See our website under “Get Involved”

• OER Degree Research – April 12– SRI International will report on methodology

and preliminary findings.

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Thank you for coming and Happy Open Education Week !!

Contact Info:Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org

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