oer-based degree pathways: emerging trends and lessons learned at u.s. community colleges

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The mission of Achieving the Dream is to lead and support a national network of community colleges to achieve sustainable institutional transformation through sharing knowledge, innovative solutions and effective practices and policies leading to improved outcomes for all students.

Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool(ICAT)

Open educational resources (OER) are freely available materials that can be downloaded, edited and shared to better serve all students.

Administrative champion

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Institutional Strategy

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Faculty Ownership

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Offer at least one OER degree with at least one (1) section of every required course and at least one (1) section of a sufficient number of general education and other elective courses

Collect and share student data to support the initiative’s research and evaluation program

Grantee Goals

Share all educational materials developed through this project with the public

Ensure access by and support for low income students and students of color in their OER degree programs

Grantee Goals

Research & evaluationEducational outcomes of OER Degrees

Economic outcomes of OER Degrees

Implementation of OER Degrees

Funders Partners

Timeline

Thank you

Richard SebastianDirector, OER Degree Initiative Achieving the Dream, Inc. rsebastian@achievingthedream.org@rasebastian