Executive Sponsor Project Co-Leaders Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick Maricopa Community Colleges Project Co-Leaders Dr. Lisa Young, Scottsdale Community College Paul Golisch, Paradise Valley Community College
How much do full-time college students spend annually on textbooks? Approx. $1200 http://www.doughroller.net/education/websites-to-buy-and-sell-your-college-textbooks/
Average Cost of Textbooks -- $133 http://www.textbookequity.com/a-case-study-amazon-com-college-textbook-prices-1915-2010-to-2012/
Tough Choices … OR http://finance15.com/paying-bills/
“… 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 http://www.esriblog.info/engaging-with-challenging-theory/confused-student-e1350394401788/
What is it like to take a class without a textbook?
What if tomorrow’s conference sessions were at Paradise Valley Community College? “Sorry. You need to pay a GPS fee.” - Siri http://www.flickr.com/photos/jorgeq82/4732700819/ http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleguide.com%2Ffavorite_shortcuts.html&h=0&w=0&sz=1&tbnid=sdKdvWqGYo0lZM&tbnh=234&tbnw=216&zoom=1&docid=rgw1cPgIK-hJnM&hl=en&ei=cf2GUtLTIaH12wXVm4D4Bw&ved=0CAQQsCU
Not Every Student Buys New Books …Right? MCCCD Textbook Sales Dollars 74% New 14% Rental 11% Used 1% Digital Some students sell back books at a fraction of the purchase price … others creatively reuse them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/
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How much should a textbook cost? We think $ _______ Or at most … $ _______ 30 - 50 http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/04/vintage-textbook-art-from-1940s-60s.html
The Students Agree … Student Comment -
And so do Senators Durbin and Franken http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/11/15/senators-introduce-bill-fund-open-education-resources
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)
MOOCs for Business www.mooc-list.com
MOOC vs. OER FREE on Web Site Marathon Training https://www.canvas.net/courses/marathon-training http://run-fit.com/shop/books/runningamarathonfordummies/ http://www.runnersdenaz.com/training/
Quality of OER Materials? Peer Reviewed Rubrics Covering Multiple Topics Instructional Design Support Student Surveys (see below)
Benefits for Faculty Student Access to Materials Materials Before 1st day Happy Students => After the last day Materials Amount Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute Collaboration http://blog.wikimedia.org/author/lianna-davis/
The National OER Scene When will AZ earn a ? Members in CCCOER Notable OER Projects Members in CCCOER Senators sponsoring the Affordable College Textbook Act
Scottsdale Community College Project Co-Leader Dr. Lisa Young Scottsdale Community College
Pockets of OER Adoption in MCCCD Videos (over 3200) Workbooks Textbooks Homework problems Mathematical Association of America
Maricopa Millions Project - $5 Million over 5 Years Fall 2013
MCCCD OER Steering Team meets twice each month Executive Sponsor 2 Presidents 9 Faculty VP & Deans OER STRATEGIC PLAN Instructional Designers Librarian MCLI IT
Call for Proposals Collaborative teams of 3 Faculty Multi-college proposals encouraged Image by fuzzmgoo Evaluated by Steering Team Course Materials Image by Luxamart
Phase 1 Courses Accounting Computer Science Reading Chemistry English Economics Communications Psychology
Training and Support Webinars Training session Review process Monthly reports Growhealthyvending.com
All Developed Materials will be CC-BY creativecommons.org
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
Questions? www.maricopa.edu/oer