cccoer webinar: oer degrees emerge in maryland and texas
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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
Image Front Page Attribution:What open means to you johndbritton via flickr CC BY-SA
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
http://cccoer.orgCome In, We're Open gary simmons cc-by-nc-sa flickr
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
Image license: creative beauty cc-by-nc-nd by calexanderson @ flickr
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/
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
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: [email protected]
Questions?
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