OER-based Degree Pathways: Emerging Trends and Lessons Learned at U.S. Community Colleges
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OER Degrees Panel: Impact at U.S. Community Colleges Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream Quill West, Pierce College, WA James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons, CA Preston Davis, Northern Virginia Community College, VA Una Daly, Open Education Consortium Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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Transcript of OER-based Degree Pathways: Emerging Trends and Lessons Learned at U.S. Community Colleges
OER Degrees Panel: Impact at U.S. Community
CollegesRichard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
Quill West, Pierce College, WAJames Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons,
CAPreston Davis, Northern Virginia Community
College, VA
Una Daly, Open Education ConsortiumUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
Welcome to Panel
Moderator: Una DalyCCCOER Director
James Glapa-Grossklag, DeanEd Tech, Learning Resources &
Distance LearningCollege of the Canyons
Quill West, ManagerOpen Education Project
Pierce College District, WA
Preston Davis, DirectorInstructional Services ELI
NOVA Community College, VA
Richard Sebastian, Director OER Degrees InitiativeAchieving the Dream
Community College History
• Junior colleges• Vocational education • Evolution post-WWII• New college every week in the 1960s
• 1108 colleges as of 2017• 7.3 million students
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Source: http://time.com/4078143/community-college-history/
Community College Mission
• Open enrollment• Teaching focused• Career development• College preparation• First two years of university
Source: American Association of Community Colleges Fast Facts (Feb 2016). http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/Pages/fastfactsfactsheet.aspx
Image: Community College of Allegheny County
Average age 25-39 years: 45%Employed while attending full-time: > 60%Undergraduates at community colleges: 45%
Source: American Association of Community Colleges Fast Facts (Feb 2016). http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/Pages/fastfactsfactsheet.aspx
Who are our Students?
Female: 57%Single parents: 17%
Receive financial aid: 58%First in family to attend college: 36%
More about our Students
OER Degree GoalsComplete pathway of courses converted to use OER instead of traditional textbooks
• Access & equity• Degree completion• Faculty choices• Enhance pedagogy• Grow open course repositories
Achieving the Dream
Dr. Richard Sebastian, @rsebastianDirector OER Degree Initiative
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.
Administrative champion
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Institutional Strategy
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
Pierce Open Pathways
President, Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER)
Quill West, @quill_westOpen Education Project Manager
● Tuition Assistance does not pay for books● Full pathway saves $2,200 on average
“Student Rally” by The Puyallup Post, Used with Permission.
Start with savings, stay for the pathway.
The path has to go somewhere
OER Associate Degrees
Dr. Preston Davis, @lazyphilospherDirector of Instruction, Extended Learning Institute
VP, CCCOER Partnerships
Creating a Shared Vision• Established goal of degree without textbook costs
• Selected popular online degree programs
• Partnered with innovative faculty
• Built a team (faculty, IDs, librarians, IT)
• Leveraged internal capacities and technologies
• Relied on OER community support
• Followed best practices of other OER leaders
• Shared OER courses with other institutions
• Used success to foster grassroots culture shift
Putting NOVA Students First• 50+ courses online and on-campus using free digital and Open
Educational Resources with zero textbook costs to provide degree pathways at lower cost to students
• Two complete OER-based Associate Degree programs online and third campus OER degree pathway under development
• Students can save $150 per course, $3000 per degree
• Lowering cost of course materials can result in more credits taken and quicker degree completion
• 20,000 NOVA students have completed an OER course and saved nearly $3,000,000 USD since 2013
We are the Future of Education
Z-Degrees in California
James Glapa-Grossklag @jglapagrossklagDean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning
President, OEC Board of Directors
Leadership & Vision
Listen to Students
Contact Info:
Una Daly : [email protected] Sebastian: [email protected] Glapa-Grossklag: [email protected]
Quill West: [email protected] Davis : [email protected]
Questions for our Panelists
