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The Value of Open Educational Resources An Update on the NROC/SREB Partnership Terri Rowenhorst NROC Membership Director Monterey Institute for Technology and Education April 17, 2009

MITE/SREB Partnership Synergies between the NROC Project and the SREB Educational Technology Cooperative  SCORE repository initiatives: adaptable learning objects  Resources and research to improve the quality of online instruction  Commitment to collaboration  Professional development opportunities  Building a community of innovators  Affordable access and sustainable investments

Open Educational Resources

OER Providers

So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE, Living Up to the Promise why isn’t everyone using it?

Unique Among OERs Curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository

Sustained by Members Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote the continuous improvement of online courses through collaborative development of high-quality content and instruction.

Alabama Department of Education Cal State Fullerton Chattanooga State Technical & Community College* Clark County Virtual High School (NV) Colorado Community Colleges Online* Colorado Online Learning* Florida Distance Learning Consortium* Georgia Virtual School (DOE) Greenville County Virtual School (SC) Gwinnett County Online Campus (GA) IDEAL- NM Idaho Digital Learning Academy* Illinois Virtual High School Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium* Kentucky Statewide Consortium* Los Angeles Unified School District Louisiana Virtual School (DOE) Lubbock Independent School District (TX) Maryland Virtual Learning Opportunities (DOE)* Michigan Virtual High School* Minnesota Online* Minneapolis Public Schools* Mid-Hudson BOCES Consortium (NY) Mississippi Virtual School (DOE) Missouri Department of Education Nebraska Statewide Partnerships for Innovation* North Carolina Community College System Oregon Department of Education South Carolina Virtual School (DOE) University System of Georgia Board of Regents* University of Texas at Brownsville UT TeleCampus* Virtual Virginia (DOE) West Virginia University at Parkersburg Whitfield School District (GA) A Sampling of Members Including those from SREB* (*advisors)

NROC Library High School Course Foundations College Prep Physics I College Prep Physics II Algebra 1a Algebra 1b Curso de Álgebra 1A (Spanish) Curso de Álgebra 1B (Spanish) College Course Foundations US History I US History II American Government Psychology Statistics for the Social Sciences Religions of the World Elementary Algebra Introductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus II Calculo General I (Spanish) Calculo General II (Spanish) Introductory Physics I (algebra-based) Introductory Physics II (algebra-based) General Physics I (calculus-based) General Physics II (calculus-based) Environmental Science Non-majors Biology Advanced Placement Course Foundations AP US History I AP US History II AP US Government and Politics AP Calculus AB I AP Calculus AB II AP Calculus BC I AP Calculus BC II AP Physics B I AP Physics B II AP Physics C I AP Physics C II AP Environmental Science AP Biology Coming in 2010 Algebra 1 (NEW)

Quality Editorially rigorous Media rich Instructionally sound

Curricular Complete teaching materials Correlated with popular textbooks & state standards

Flexible Customizable by a teacher, a district, or a state. Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories.

Contextualized Learning Object Interactive Exercise Documents Newsreel Documentary Video Text Graphics

Instructor Presentation Advanced or Remedial Study Lower-Level Course Reassembling by Purpose

Institutional Member HippoCampus

My HippoCampus

Value of Membership Member organizations may adapt NROC material to:  Enhance an existing course  Launch a new course  Supplement  Distribute in a variety of ways and to support institutional innovation...

Member Usage Seeding statewide repositories Making textbooks supplemental Cross-disciplinary studies Credit Recovery Jumpstarting dual enrollment & AP prep Blended Learning Reaching students with special needs

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: Seeding a statewide repository to promote content sharing and save development costs "Starting a statewide digital repository is a challenge. At the core of the project, the repository must offer sufficient rich multimedia and high quality resources to attract and motivate faculty to use repository content. In Florida, we are licensing the high quality NROC content library to form that essential content core." Susie Henderson, Director, Orange Grove

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: Replacing Costly Textbooks On teaching US History without a textbook “... we turned to NROC. I left my discussion questions, midterms, and finals the same as they were when we used the textbook, so I could compare outcomes. I was happy to find that my students are right on track with the digital alternative.“ Karen Kaemmerling Chair of Social Sciences, CCCOnline

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: Maximize course development budgets by integrating NROC’s high-quality, low-cost, adaptable multi-media learning objects. “NROC’s content transforms excellent teaching and online delivery into best practices.” Judy Lowe, Asst. VP of Distributed Education and Multi Media, CSTCC

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: To secure high quality Advanced Placement © content and learning objects to enhance AP course offerings for Michigan students. The quality and flexibility of the NROC content has assisted MVS instructors and course designers in creating numerous AP courses. Robert Currie, Executive Director, Michigan Virtual School

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: Course redesign to replace some classroom time with online course components “We chose the NROC content because it is high quality, and includes lessons, learning objects, activities and assessments, all of which may be used separately. The fact that lessons can be “chunked” in ways that work for the individual faculty member make them more desirable than other third party content.” Michael Anderson, Assistant Director, UT System TeleCampus

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: To customize and adapt rigorous content for credit recovery “The use of NROC for content was our starting point to transition credit recovery from the use of content that did not align to the OPS curriculum or standards, to a customized system tied to OPS standards curriculum and graduation requirements.” Rachel Wise, Ph.D. Director of Secondary Education, OPS

NROC Network Case Studies Opportunity: Bridging the gap between High School and College to support student success. “Perkins IV launched new thinking about how Nebraska could build statewide systems to accomplish program improvement and increase student achievement. Our consortium provides an opportunity to reduce the burden on local institutions by offering resources like NROC for every student and teacher in the state. NROC provides the opportunity for integration of career and academic education in every classroom and learning delivery system.” Erika Volker, Administrative Director, Nebraska PFI

NROC Network Online Community

Link to HippoCampus Make HippoCampus assignments Blog about it, add links to directory sites Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools Offer feedback on HippoCampus Know of great content? Suggest HippoCampus as a sharing vehicle Consider other institutional uses possible through membership OER success is measured by usage. Share it---with LEARNERS!

Questions ? Terri Rowenhorst OER site: Free for individuals! For more information: SREB Discounted NROC Agency Membership: 3 year term, Centrally-hosted, Unlimited Users $50,000 ($16,666 per year)