MCCA Board of Directors Meeting October 5, 2018

Agenda State of Online Education at Michigan Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative Collaborative Programs Initiative

State of Online

State of Online Percentage of total enrollment   Fall 2017 Fall 2015 Average 20.47% 21.31% Median 20.80% 17.90% Range 5.3% - 44.50% 7% – 57.14% Percentage of total enrollment Average: (2016 - 21.3%) (2012 - 15%) (2014 – 18.75%) Median: (2016 -17.9%) (2012 - 15%) (2014 – 13.7%)

State of Online Demand for online courses In 2016 – 58% being met 42% - exceeding supply

State of Online Typical online student Female Between 18 -25 years old Resides in the college district

State of Online Organizational structure

State of Online State Authorization

State of Online Challenges for DE Program Addressing accessibility & universal design Operating and equipment budgets Adequate student support for online students Support staff needed for training and technical assistance Maintaining awareness of new trends

Open Educational Resources Initiative

MCO OER Initiative Goals: Improving student success Lowering costs for students Increasing inter-institutional faculty collaboration

MCO OER Initiative Statewide Steering Committee Representation from all 28 community colleges Meets every 6 – 8 weeks Activities to support Initiative Goals

Federal Efforts US Department of Ed – OER Project Grant One award - $4.9 million LibreText – UC Davis STEM focused & CTE Consortium of 4 universities/8 community colleges FY19 – US DoE – OER Grant $4.9 million Planned multiple awards Longer proposal time – 60 days

Open Educational Resources MCO Survey Impact on institutions 32% - Very Little (27.1% - Nationally) 36% - Significant (69.5% - Nationally) 32% - Not Sure Roadblocks to adoption Faculty reluctance to use (19) Lack of faculty awareness (14) Time needed to locate/evaluate resources (19) Credibility of sources (8) Lack of ancillary materials (14) Resistance from administration (3)

MCO Repository Hosted by OER Commons Connection to over 80,000 resources Low maintenance costs Authoring tools Training

https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/mco Within a Hub, anyone can search the resources that have been curated into collections. Search also includes resources that are saved to Groups highlighted on a Hub.

Search a Hub Working with the team at OER Commons, the MCO Repository has content collections curated specifically for our faculty and staff. Additionally, unique keywords can be used to further populate a Collection.

Search a Hub Anyone can look at another Group’s collections. Within the MCO Repository each college is organized as a Group - a community of practice on OER Commons where members can curate resources, organize them, collaborate on authoring, and hold discussions using the Discussion board. Search a Hub Anyone can look at another Group’s collections. Get ideas about resources that are in use by others. Find resources that are newly added to Groups of interest. Access your Group via your LMS We offer LTI access to a Group so all your curated resources are easily added to your LMS.

MCO Repository Usage

OER Usage Biology Anatomy & Physiology US History Chemistry Sociology Physics Psychology

Faculty Grants - Adoption Macomb Community College – Analytic Geometry Jon Oakes & Mohamed Zorkot Northwestern Michigan College – Psychology Deb Maison Lansing Community College – Social Psychology Sharon Hughes, Richard Coelho & Vaughn Vowels Mott Community College – US History Brian Harding & Aaron Guylas

Faculty Grants - Adaption Mott Community College - World History Aaron Gulyas & Brian Harding Lansing Community College - Cell Biology & Human Genetics Arthur Wohlwill Lansing/Northwestern – American History Northwestern Michigan College - Mindy Morton Lansing Community College – Anne Heutsche Mid Michigan Community College - Psychology and Communication Maria Gross, Kelly Eltzroth, Diane Miller Kirtland Community College – Psychology Michael Peters

Faculty Grants - Develop Spanish – Lansing Community College Kari Richards, Sara Bostwick and Stephanie Throne Ancillary resources for Spanish I and II Forensic Science – Mott Community College & Genesee Career Institute Mott Community College – Jennifer Fillion Genesee Career Institute - Dawn Bright Introductory text with workbook for Forensic Science Fashion – Lansing Community College Christine Conner, Ann Wojtkowski, Andrea Bartlett, Samantha Bartlett Introductory text and workbook for Principles of Design

MCO OER Activities 2018 MI OER Summit – September 21, 2018 Hosted by St. Clair County Community College Keynote was provided by Dr. Chris Gilliard and focused on Interrogating Open Pedagogy: Privacy, Equity and Open Education Over 165 faculty, administrators and staff from K-12, community colleges and universities from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Canada. Eighteen breakout sessions Discipline-specific roundtables www.mioersummit.org

MCO OER Activities Continued training Continued reporting on usage/savings Open Week Activities – March 2019 Research Project Collaborative Development Project

Collaborative Programs Initiative

Consortium Agreement and Program Addendums Membership Governance Financial Model Instruction Model

Membership Conditions of Membership Institutions of higher education Maintain institutional accreditation Membership in MCCA-MCO Abide by the terms and conditions of MCCA-MCO Memorandum of Understanding Commitment to work collaboratively for the common good of the students and program

Governance Consortium Advisory Board Program Committee Dean/VP representative from each member institution Executive Director of MCCA-MCO Director of Collaborative Programs Directs the Consortium strategic and financial decisions Program Committee For each program of study offered Program Director/Educational Coordinator from each participating institution Establishes and executes processes/procedures to effectively support the collective operation of the program and ensure successful student outcomes.

Instruction Model Member institutions responsible for all instructional aspects Members commit to the MCCA-MCO Guidelines for Online Programs of Study Common curriculum – collaboratively developed and maintained by qualified faculty Cost of curriculum development shared equally – new members contribute Colleges hire and evaluate faculty Programmatic accreditation is completed as a consortium program Program effectiveness standards are established and used by all members Member institutions admit, support and grant the degree for their students in the program

Financial Model All revenue & expenses are shared equally among the members MCCA-MCO is Consortium Fiscal Agent Revenue – tuition from student enrollments in MCO All member institutions have a pre-determined number of students/cohort. Are fiscally responsible for any vacancies. All expenses for the collaborative program are charged to the consortium

Program Updates MRI Technologist Program 2017-18 Cohort graduated 29/30 and so far 11 have passed their boards 2018-19 Cohort has 27 students that started May 2018. Program Completion Rate (5 year average) – 87% Credentialing Examination Pass Rate (5 year average) – 80% Job Placement Rate w/in one year (5 year average) – 99%

Program Updates CT Technologist Program Lead by Mid Michigan College Started Winter 2018 – 4 students 2018-19 Cohort began Fall 2018 with 9 students

Program Updates EEG Technologist Program Lead institution – Lansing Community College Started Winter 2018 – 8 students Clinical partners impressed with students’ skills and knowledge New cohort starts Fall 2019

MCO OER Initiative