innovating within constraints: two higher education cbe design stories (287593819)

8/20/2019 Innovating within Constraints: Two Higher Education CBE Design Stories (287593819)

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Negotiating Opportunity: Washington State’sSystem-wide, OER-Based CBE Pilot

Mark Jenkins, Director, eLearning | Open Education

Washington State Board for Community !echnica" Co""eges



Who We Are

# 34 colleges

# Operate as asystem

# 160,000+student FTEsannually



Competency-Based

Program Concept# Business transfer degree shared system-

wide

# OER content sourced and supported byLumen Learning

# Students must demonstrate mastery ofep!icit competencies to recei"e credit

# Students recei"e constant support based ontheir indi"idua! !earning needs

# Learning# not time# is the determining factor



$he %oa!# Competency-based

# Completely online

# el!-paced

# Openly-licensed "OE#$

# i%-mont& term

# 'ultiple start dates# FTE tuition "()66* plus !ee

# ailable Fall )01

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Pi!ot Co!!eges

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# O!ympic

# Pierce Co!!ege

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Pedagogy# 0astery !earning

> Outcomes based

> Rigorous a!ignment' outcomes-content-assessment

> 0u!tip!e assessment attempts a!!owed

> Abundant student support

# Emphasis on'

>

Engagement# 6ntegration# and synthesis> 6nstructiona! design based on !earning

science

> ?eeping the facu!ty member 63 the !oop



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Competency '' Why it 0atters



Why Pi!ot as a System2

Bui!d on EistingAssets

9 Strong transferagreements

9 Shared coursesystem <WAOL=

9 Shared L0S<Can"as=

9 Common eLearningtoo!s

9 Commitment to OER9 Western e$utoring

Consortium9 AsWA

Optimie SharedResources

9 Share initia!de"e!opment costs

9 Share stang tosupport se!f-pacedstudents

9 Centra!ie hiring#stang for pi!otprogram

9 Students Dbe!ongto co!!ege where

they enro!!



Biggest cha""enges to sustaina$i"ity

# &e"e!oping a stang mode! thata!!ows students to wor at their ownpace and tae as many courses as

they are ab!eFdicu!t in the contetof a transfer degree with manydistribution credits

# &e"e!opment funding

# ?eeping the cost attracti"e tostudents

# Gpdating and "a!idating the

curricu!um



3egotiating Cha!!enges

Stang

# Gsed CBCJs specia! facu!ty

contract to hire four fu!!-timeand si adKunct facu!ty who arepaid for +:, days a year ratherthan on number of c!asses or

students taught*

# (unded by consortium ofco!!eges so one co!!ege is not

trying to support the who!e



(irst (acu!ty Cohort

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8egotiating

C&allenges&e"e!opment funding# Created a consortium of co!!eges

to in"est# Gsed system assets to sharecourses and techno!ogy <WAOLshared programming# common

!earning management system#estab!ished direct transferagreements# etc*=



8egotiating

C&allenges9eeping t&e cost attractie tostudents

# Si month# a!!-you-can-eatterms

# Ec!usi"e use of openeducationa! resources <OER= so

students ha"e no tetboocosts



Open Educational

Content# DOpen courses using openeducationa! resources

# Curated by teaching facu!ty

# Open!y pub!ished using CC BM!icensing

# Abi!ity to mae time!y#continuous impro"ements tostrengthen !earning



Cost Sa"ings

<Presumed no credits transferredin=

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Program Tuition Books Total

CBE Online BusinessDegree

(18 months ifMaximized)

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CBC (# $ears) 8!%"" 1!8"" 1"!&""

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Cost a-ings 2ith CBE#!/33 41%!333

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8egotiating

C&allengesHa!ue to students as a transfer degree# $ranscribed as regu!ar# common!y

numbered credit-based courses so studenteIort wi!! be recogniab!e at transferinstitutions

# (o!!ows a !ong-estab!ished transferagreement*

# We wor with businesses as we!! as transferinstitutions to "a!idate assessments andoutcomes*

# Because the content is open# it is a"ai!ab!efor commentFand for re"ision or

adKustment based on feedbac*



8egotiating

C&allenges(acu!ty and staI pushbac# Started with high-!e"e! endorsement

# 0ade a!! aspects of the program

de"e!opment open# 6n"ited facu!ty to he!p bui!d competencies

and nd open educationa! resources

# Ad"ertised Kobs within the state system <:

of the , facu!ty are from Washingtonco!!eges=

# 0et with system# facu!ty and co!!ege groupsto ep!ain the program and answer

uestions



T&e #ig&t 5eople,

t&e #ig&t #oles# tudent 5ro:le; Some co!!ege or

wor eperience

# disors; D6ntrusi"e ad"isors ateach co!!ege

# Completion coac&es; EncourageprogressQ remo"e barriers <hiredcentra!!y for pi!ot=

# Teac&ing !aculty; 6nstructors withindiscip!ine who teach and assess

<hired centra!!y for pi!ot=



Net Steps ! New Challenges

# Create and Re"ine %rogram "e&e" ru"es and po"icy $ased on

pi"ot e'perience(

# Continuous impro#ement of a"ignment $et)een content

and assessment(

# $e#elop e#identiary models to represent student progressand success to system go&ernance(

# Re%ruit ! mar&et internally to $ring ne) *in&estor co""eges+

to the ta$"e(

# Coordinate and disseminate shared marketing resources

and $est practices(# $e#elop ! etend )orkforce re"ationships

# S%ale, s%ale, s%ale



$han MouMark JenkinsDirector, eLearning | Open Education

Washington State Board for Community !echnica" Co""eges

menkins-s$ctc.edu

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