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Consortia Success Stories: Institutions Working Together on OER Innovations February 24, 2016 • The webcast will begin shortly. • There is no audio being broadcast at this time. • An archive of this webcast will be available on the WCET website next week. wcet.wiche.edu

Consortia Success Stories: Institutions Working Together on OER Innovations February 24, 2016 wcet.wiche.edu

Consortia Success Stories: Institutions Working Together on OER Innovations Welcome. • Use the question box for • questions and information exchange. Archive, PowerPoint, and • Resources available next week. Megan Raymond Manager, Events and Follow the Twitter feed: • Programs, WCET #WCETwebcast. mraymond@wiche.edu @meraymond wcet.wiche.edu

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Overview Introductions Multi- and Overview institutional of Consortia strategies Audience Q&A Conclusion CIG • Mary Burgess • Tanya Spilovoy • Kevin Corcoran wcet.wiche.edu

Moderator Kevin Corcoran  Executive Director  Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium wcet.wiche.edu

WCET eLearning Consortia  Common Interest Group of Systems and Consortia supporting member campus eLearning initiatives.  Forum for successes and experiences.  In the works: more webinars, pre-conference workshop at WCET 2016 Annual Meeting. wcet.wiche.edu

Presenters Mary Burgess Tanya Spilovoy  Executive Director  Director, Distance Education and State Authorization  BCcampus  North Dakota University System wcet.wiche.edu

Mary Burgess  Executive Director  BCcampus wcet.wiche.edu

The Power of System Collaboration The BC Open Textbook Project Mary Burgess Executive Director BCcampus WCET Consortia Success Stories Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to use, modify or distribute any or all of this presentation with attribution

What is BCcampus? 5 research universities 6 teaching universities 11 colleges 3 institutes 25 public post-secondaries

The 5 Rs of Open Source: David Wiley, http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221 March 5, 2014, CC-BY

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open = free + permissions Free, unfettered access perpetual, irrevocable wcet.wiche.edu

How did we start? Online Program Development Fund 2003-2011 wcet.wiche.edu

Open Textbooks 2012 - 40 free & open textbooks for highest enrolled 1 st & 2 nd year post- secondary subjects in BC 2013 – 20 for skills & training First province in Canada 2013 – AB & SASK MOU 2015 – MB partnership 2012 - $1 million 2013 - $1 million Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under CC-SA license

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Articulation Committees Multi-institutional groups accustomed to collaborating Access to attitudes within a discipline Plant the seed of OT collaboration wcet.wiche.edu

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Require Collaboration wcet.wiche.edu

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Sector Advisory Groups wcet.wiche.edu

System Working Groups Up next, BC OER Instructional Designers… wcet.wiche.edu

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Our Numbers 139 Open Textbooks 11,541 Students Student Savings $1,154,100-$1,437,240 wcet.wiche.edu

http://open.bccampus.ca Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to use, modify or distribute any or all of this presentation with attribution

Tanya Spilovoy  Director, Distance Education and State Authorization  North Dakota University System wcet.wiche.edu

North Dakota’s Open Educational Resources Initiative  Tanya M. Spilovoy, Ed. D.  Aka “Open Textbook Fairy”  Director Distance Education & State Authorization  North Dakota University System

What is an OER? “Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” - The Hewlett Foundation wcet.wiche.edu

What is the ND Open Educational Resources Initiative?  Legislative Funding and Interest  North Dakota University System Led Initiative  Collaboration with the Open Textbook Network & Open Textbook Library at University of Minnesota  System-wide Open Educational Resources Summit  Data-driven, System-wide faculty survey (Babson Research)  Grant funds for Campus Initiatives  Goal: Reduce student textbook costs wcet.wiche.edu

The Higher Education Machine: Funding, Governance, Policy STATE BOARD Of Higher Ed North Dakota University System Office Accreditors North Dakota University System Community Colleges 4 Year Institutions Research wcet.wiche.edu The NDUS Edge 31 2/24/2016

But…WHY did you do this? wcet.wiche.edu

In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to: 63.6% Not purchase the required textbook 49.2% Take fewer courses 45.1% Not register for a specific course 33.9% Earn a poor grade 26.7% Drop a course 17.0% Fail a course http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

Student Learning wcet.wiche.edu

What About the Faculty? “The CCF recognizes technological advances may influence how we traditionally view the educational process, and asks the legislature to proactively support open resource initiatives with funding. The CCF affirms that faculty should be sensitive to the rising costs of textbooks whenever possible. However, the CCF affirms that the choice of textbooks and any other course-related materials must be faculty-based and at the faculty member’s discretion for provision of the best course possible; the CCF requests the legislature and the SBHE affirm this statement.” wcet.wiche.edu

OER Survey Report http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/oer.html

KEY FINDINGS: Opening Public Institutions, OER in ND and the Nation Key findings from the report include:  NDUS faculty are more aware of open educational resources than their counterparts nationally.  Similar to their peers nationally, NDUS faculty are taking the initiative with OER adoption. NDUS faculty report similar barriers to adoption; however, they also report that they are currently using a variety of OERs for instruction (primarily videos).  More than half of NDUS faculty and those at national public institutions report that they are not sufficiently aware of OER to judge its quality. wcet.wiche.edu

KEY FINDINGS: Opening Public Institutions, OER in ND and the Nation Cont. Key findings from the report include:  The most significant barrier to wider adoption of OER remains a faculty perception of the time and effort required to find and evaluate it.  Faculty are the key decision makers for OER adoption. At the two-year Associates level, North Dakota University System faculty enjoy significantly more autonomy in the selection of course materials than their peers who teach at the associates level at public institutions nationally.  A majority of North Dakota University System faculty say that they “will” or “might” use open resources in the next three years. wcet.wiche.edu

Where can I find OER?  University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library  Your Institution’s Library  Instructional Designers on your campus  Merlot  Rice OpenStax  Khan Academy  YouTube  TEDx  Any Openly Licensed Learning Object wcet.wiche.edu

But…HOW can I do this in my state? 1. Listen to what people want. Tell them what’s in it for them.  Legislators=Doing something good for their constituents and state. Safeguarding state funds. ROI. Reelection. Accountability.  Faculty=Control over the curriculum. Learning outcomes. Autonomy. Student Learning.  Students=Save money. Accessibility. Technology. Learning experience.  Administrators=Bottom line. Human Capitol. Return on Investment. Enrollments. 2. Don’t try to change anyone’s religion. 3. Make a plan and stick with it. 4. Repeat the message. 5. Know where to get the signature. 6. DON’T QUIT! wcet.wiche.edu

Questions from the Audience wcet.wiche.edu

Contact Information Mary Burgess, 250-516-8378 | mburgess@bccampus.ca @maryeburgess Kevin Corcoran, 860-515-3737 | kcorcoran@ctdlc.org @kevincorcoran Tricia Donovan, 403-210-5638 | tricia.donovan@ecampusalberta.ca @triciadonovan Tanya Spilovoy, 701-328-4102 | tanya.spilovoy@ndus.edu @TanyaSpilovoy wcet.wiche.edu

Join us for our next webcast on March 17 Learning to Adapt 2.0: The State of Adaptive Learning in Higher Education Today  Gates Bryant, Partner, Tyton Partners  Brian Fleming, Principal, Tyton Partners  David Pinkus, Higher Education Consultant  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/336379676870 6554116 wcet.wiche.edu