The Promise of Open Educational Resources Terri Rowenhorst NROC Membership Director Monterey Institute for Technology and Education October 27, 2008

Open Educational Resources

OER Providers

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

OER Check List What you are looking for in OER...  curricular  complete  quality  easy to use  teaching tool

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

NROC Library High School Course Foundations College Prep Physics I College Prep Physics II Algebra 1a Algebra 1b College Course Foundations US History I US History II American Government Introductory Physics I (algebra-based) Introductory Physics II (algebra-based) General Physics I (calculus-based) General Physics II (calculus-based) Introductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus II Environmental Science Religions of the World Elementary Algebra Psychology Statistics for Social Sciences Calculo General I (Spanish) Calculo General II (Spanish) Advanced Placement Course Foundations AP Environmental Science AP Physics B I AP Physics B II AP Physics C I AP Physics C II 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 Biology Also in Development Non-Majors Biology Basic Education Online Developmental Algebra

Quality Editorially rigorous Media rich Instructionally sound

Curricular Complete teaching materials Correlated with popular textbooks and state standards

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HippoCampus.org “THIS IS RADICALLY AWESOME! This program has helped me a bunch. Please make more of these programs. It is helping me understand concepts much better. Keep up the good work!” “I am thoroughly impressed by the content and the presentation of the HippoCampus site.” What People Are Saying About HippoCampus “Incredible resources!! I did not know these were available for the general public!! Thank you!” “First of all let me thank you for your efforts in open education! It is really inspiring.” “I have just discovered HippoCampus and I am very impressed with the algebra and calculus sections.” Thank you for such a wonderful tool.”

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 Bambugare Network (Sub-Saharan Africa) Bethel Covenent (Uganda) Cal State Fullerton Chattanooga State Technical & Community College Clark County Virtual High School Colorado Community Colleges Online CORE (China) CUDI (Mexico) Florida Distance Learning Consortium Georgia Department of Education Hudson County Schools of Technology IDEAL- NM Idaho Digital Learning Academy Illinois Virtual High School Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium Kentucky Department of Education Los Angeles Unified School District Louisiana Department of Education Lubbock Christian University Michigan Virtual High School Minnesota Online Montana State University at Billings Nebraska Partnerships for Innovation Oregon Department of Education South Carolina Department of Education Teachers without Boarders University of Texas Brownsville Utah Electronic High School UT System TeleCampus University of Georgia System Board of Regents West Virginia University at Parkersburg NROC Network A Sampling of our Members

Flexible Customizable by a teacher, a department, or a system Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories

Value of Membership Members use NROC in a variety of ways, Online courses Traditional classroom use Hybrid/blended Select media for iPod downloads and to address a variety of challenges.

NROC Network Case Studies International Outreach CHALLENGE: Promoting education and development through instructional technology.

NROC Network Case Studies CHALLENGE: Bridge the gap between high school and college to support student success. On a statewide collaborative effort: “We want to offer very rigorous, highly interactive and engaged coursework in current technical education and provide a place for secondary and postsecondary educators to come together to expand online learning opportunities. NROC is helping us do this.” -Erika Volker, Administrative Director, PFI College and Career Transitions

NROC Network Case Studies Replacing Costly Textbooks CHALLENGE: Textbook prices are too high. 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 Sharing Learning Resources CHALLENGE: Promote content sharing and save development costs On launching a statewide repository: "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 among 35 member colleges.

Link to HippoCampus from your website Make HippoCampus assignments Incorporate links to HippoCampus in Web 2.0 apps Find other ways to share it with students directly Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools Consider other institutional uses possible through membership Share it---with LEARNERS! Expand Access to Educational Opportunity Mission Possible!

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