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Executive SponsorDr. Maria Harper-MarinickMaricopa Community Colleges

Project Co-LeadersDr. Lisa Young, Scottsdale Community College

Paul Golisch, Paradise Valley Community College

http://www.doughroller.net/education/websites-to-buy-and-sell-your-college-textbooks/

How much do full-time college students spend annually on textbooks?

Approx. $1200

http://www.textbookequity.com/a-case-study-amazon-com-college-textbook-prices-1915-2010-to-2012/

Average Cost of Textbooks -- $133

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OR

http://finance15.com/paying-bills/

Tough Choices …

http://www.esriblog.info/engaging-with-challenging-theory/confused-student-e1350394401788/

“… 7 of 10 current college students have skipped buying a textbook because it was too expensive.”

http://www.studentpirgs.org/news/sp/students-endorse-new-senate-plan-affordable-textbooks

What is it like to take a class

without a textbook?

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“Sorry. You need to pay a GPS fee.”

- Siri

What if tomorrow’s conference sessions were at Paradise Valley Community College?

MCCCD Textbook Sales Dollars

74% New14% Rental11% Used1% Digital

Some students sell back books at a fraction of the purchase price …

others creatively reuse them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/

Not Every Student Buys New Books …Right?

www.nacs.org

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How much should a textbook cost?

http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/04/vintage-textbook-art-from-1940s-60s.html

$ _______Or at most …

$ _______

We think

Student Comment -

The Students Agree …

And so do Senators Durbin and Franken

http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/11/15/senators-introduce-bill-fund-open-education-resources

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What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?

Use one, some or all components

Textbooks

(digital or print)Videos

Online Assessment

(MyOpenMath)

Supplementary Materials

(e.g. worksheets)

Quality of OER Materials?

� Peer Reviewed� Instructional Design Support

� Rubrics Covering Multiple Topics� Student Surveys (see below)

Benefits for Faculty

• Student Access to Materials� Before 1st day � Happy Students =>� After the last day

http://blog.wikimedia.org/author/lianna-davis/

• Materials� Amount� Reuse, Revise,

Remix, Redistribute� Collaboration

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Members in CCCOER

Senators sponsoring the Affordable College Textbook Act

The National OER Scene

Notable OER Projects

When will AZ earn a ?

Project Co-LeaderDr. Lisa Young

Scottsdale Community College

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Pockets of OER Adoption in MCCCD

Mathematical Association of America

� Videos (over 3200)

� Workbooks

� Textbooks

� Homework problems

MCCCD OER Steering Teammeets twice each month

OER STRATEGIC PLAN

9 Faculty

2 Presidents

MCLI

VP & Deans

Instructional Designers ITLibrarian

Executive Sponsor

Maricopa Millions Project - $5 Million over 5 Years

$0

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

PVCC SCC

Psychology

English

Social Science

Math

Fall 2013

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Student Focus Groups

Call for Proposals

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Image by Luxamart

�Collaborative teams of 3 Faculty

�Multi-college proposals encouraged

� Evaluated by Steering Team

�Course Materials

Phase 1 Courses

Accounting Computer Science

Chemistry

CommunicationsEconomics

English

Psychology

Reading

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Training and Support

Growhealthyvending.com

�Webinars

� Training session

� Review process

�Monthly reports

creativecommons.org

All Developed Materials will be CC-BY

FAQs about the Project?

� How will OER courses be defined for students?

� “No cost” for materials

� “Low cost” for materials (amount TBD)

� How will the courses be developed?

� We are recruiting faculty developers - proposals

� Ideally, teams of 3 (three different colleges)

� Small stipend

� Training and support, peer review

� Mandatory adoption by faculty? NO

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Questions?

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MOOC vs. OER

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