distance ed coordinator coolfored presentation jun3 27
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California Open Online Library Presentation at the California Community College's Distance Education Coordinator's meeting on June 27, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Una Daly, CSU Chancellor’s OfficeJune 27, 2014
Discover Free & Open Educational Resources with
California Open Online Library (COOLforEd)
Welcome
Una DalyCCCOER Director
OER Library Services Manager, CSU
Agenda
• The Legislation– Why– What
• Role of the Council• Faculty Survey Results• Digital Open Source Library• Faculty Adoption OER Portfolios• Summer/Fall 2014 Plans
Textbooks Rising 6% per year
• 65% choose to not buy textbook
• 94% report concern that grades affected
• 48% take fewer classes or different classes
Student Impact
CC BY Center of Public Interest Research
Student Debt
• Federal Student Loan Debt– 1-Trillion Dollars
• Avg. loan upon graduation– $25,000+
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed, Forbes Magazine, Aug 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/specialfeatures/2013/08/07/how-the-college-debt-is-crippling-students-parents-and-the-economy/
Image: Welcome Back to CAL licensed CC-BY-NC by Black Hour on Flickr
Education is about Sharing
• Teachers share knowledge freely
• Students share
their understanding
• Teachers share
with each other.
Source: David Wiley, Why be Open, slideshare 2012
Image: Engineering Expo 10, licensed by Westpoing CC-BY-NC-ND
Solution: Open Educational Resources
• Online access to textbook on first
day of class.
• Free online, low-
cost print option
• Faculty can adapt for students
Licensed for re-use by OpenSourceWay
Open Educational Resources
U.S. Dept. of Education
– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits free use or repurposing by others.
Image license: cc-by donkyhotey/flickr
Goal: Make college more affordable by promoting use of high-quality open educational
resources for 50 highest enrolled college courses.
SB 1052, 1053 signed by Governor Brown September 2012
California Open Textbook Law
Image: http://gov.ca.gov
California Open Textbook Law
• SB 1052– Open Educational Resources Council
(COERC)
• SB 1053 – Digital Open Source Library
(COOLforEd)
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ($500,000)
Gates Foundation ($500,000)
Match CA State funding, mandate by SB 1052 & SB 1053.
Grant administered by CSU Chancellor’s Office
CSSA June 014
Funding
California OER Council (COERC)
• Established by ICAS– 3 faculty appointed from each system and non-
voting chair = 10 members
• Council Tasks– Identify 50 highest enrolled course– Survey Faculty and Students for awareness– Establish peer review rubric for open textbooks– Manage peer review panels for open textbooks
• University of California Open Access Research Policy
COERC – alifornia Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
CCC UC CSU
Dianna Chiabotti,Child & Family Studies & Education, Napa Valley
Bob Jacobsen,Physics, Berkeley
Diego Bonilla, Communication, Sacramento
Cheryl Stewart,Library & Information Science, Coastline
Peter Krapp,Film, Media/Visual Studies, Informatics, Irvine
Ruth A. Guthrie,Pomona, begins Fall 2014
Kevin Yokoyama, Mathematics,Redwoods
Randy Siverson, Political Science, Davis
Larry Hanley,English, San Francisco
Katherine D. Harris, English, San Jose State (CSU)Project Coordinator/Chair (non-voting)
COERC Membership (formed Jan 2014)
CSSA June 2014
CORC – California Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: By Discipline1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
CERC – California Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: By Institution1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
CORC – California Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: Awareness 1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
CORC – California Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: Peer Review1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
COER – California Open Educational Resources Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: Administrative Support1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
Council
Katherine D. Harris, Project Coordinator
Faculty Survey: Cost Reduction1,005 Responses (out of 48,000 faculty from CCC, UC & CSU) as of 5/30/14
CSSA June 2014
California Open Online Library(COOLforEd)
• Digital collection of curated open textbooks, peer reviews, accessibility info, and faculty adoption stories
• Administered by the California State University System.
Image: Licensed cc-by 3.0 OpenSourceWay
Publisher: Wiley & Sons Publisher : OpenStax College Amazon $167. 19 Digital Access - $0
Softbound: $34.31
Traditional vs. Open Textbook
Faculty OER Adoption ePortfolios
• Statistics• Chemistry• History• Micro Economics• Public Speaking• Physics
Image: licensed for reuse by Helen Barrett
Open Textbook Accessibility Reviews
Textbook: Collaborative StatisticsAccessibility reviewed by: Virtual Ability, Inc.
California Open TextbooksSummer/Fall 2014
• Establish peer review process– Create faculty panels– Post reviews for 5 initial areas
• Roll-out communications plan• Create student review panels• Promote OER adoption through
faculty development opportunities• Curate OER collection for 50 highest
enrolled courses including accessibility Image: Licensed cc-by 2.0
Photologue_np on flickr
Existing Resources• COERC Project Description
icas-ca.org/coerc
• COERC Glossary: icas-ca.org/oer-glossary
• More to come this summer …
