Una Daly, Open Courseware Consortium Dec 3, 2013 (888) Passcode: Una Daly, Open Courseware Consortium Dec 3, 2013 (888) Passcode: OER for Workforce Development 1 Except where otherwise noted these materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY)CC BY

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Welcome Una Daly Community College Outreach Director OpenCourseWare Consortium Please introduce yourself

Promote adoption of OER to enhance teaching and learning –Expanding access to education –Supporting faculty development –Advancing community college mission Mission 4

240+ Community & Technical College

Agenda True or False? Some Definitions Government role in Workforce Ed Case Studies: NSC, Saylor, College of the Canyons Adapting OER for Workforce –Bridge STEM and contextualizing Q & A 6

True or False? OER = Public Domain There is little OER for Workforce development Corporations have no interest in OER for training. 7

What are Open Educational Resources? U.S. Dept. of Education –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 or repurposing by others. 8 cc-by donkyhotey/flickr adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license

OER Examples Includes – Course materials Lesson Plans Modules or lessons OpenCourseWare (OCW) Open textbooks Videos Images Tests Software Any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support ready access to knowledge adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license

What is an Open License? Free: Free to access online, free to print Open: Shared, usable and re-usable Creative Commons: less restrictions than standard copyright but author retains full rights.

Creative Commons Licenses Simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions Adapted from Ronda Neugebauer Slidesshare Permission: Attribute Commercial?Share alike?

Cost Savings Publisher: Wiley & Sons ©All rights reserved Publisher : Connexions Amazon Kindle - $59.50 Hardcover - $ Digital Access - $0 Softbound: $26.20

Government Resources in the Public Domain Public Domain Generally

Department of Energy Energy Education & Workforce Development –Clean Energy Jobs & Career Planning –Lesson Plans & Activities –Energy Literacy –Education & Professional Development 14

Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration –Career pathways –Best practices for workforce development programs –TAACCCCT Grants

Open Educational Resources Who has used an open educational resource before? –Where did you find it? –What kind of open license? 16

Case Studies National STEM Consortium Saylor Foundation College of the Canyons 17

CC-BY Licensed by Mike Alvord and Regina Blasberg

Water Technology Program Open textbooks developed by faculty Address regional water certification programs in California. Existing textbooks were poor Contextualized math problems for water management Can be revised as needed. 19

Saylor’s Professional Development Courses HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EDUCATION FREE

Workplace Skills COMPUTER SKILLS AND LITERACY PROFESSIONAL WRITING WORD PROCESSING (Microsoft Office 10) SPREADSHEETS TIME AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EDUCATION FREE Job Search Skills JOB SEARCH SKILLS RESUME WRITING INTERVIEWING SKILLS PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EDUCATION FREE Career Advancement CUSTOMER SERVICE ACCCOUNTING PRINCIPLES INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT PAYROLL APPLICATIONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & PROCESSING HTML and CSS FOR BEGINNERS INTRO TO HUMAN RESOURCES MGMT CRISIS COMMUNICATION

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EDUCATION FREE NEXT PHASE: MULTICOURSE CERTIFICATES MULTI-COURSE PROGRAM EXAMPLES SALES CUSTOMER SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS / SOCIAL MEDIA

NATIONAL STEM CONSORTIUM “Workforce training and job placement for high-demand science, technology, engineering, and math jobs” Students Employers Educators Workforce Agencies

National STEM Consortium 5 STEM 1-Year Certificate Programs –Composites –Cyber Technology –Electrical Vehicle Technology –Environmental Technology –Mechatronics 26

National STEM Consortium STEM Bridge Course –Overarching course to help students master basic reading and math competencies contextualized for STEM disciplines 27

Adapting OER for Workforce Adjust reading levels Translations Contextualize for workforce sector Change cultural contexts 28 Find Share Adapt

Find & Adopt open textbook workshops Understanding open licenses Open textbook development workflow Online accessibility Faculty and student surveys Access to community of OER practitioners & experts Need Help Getting Started? We can help …

Fall Webinars (Wed, 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern) 12/11 California Community Colleges Share It Forward with CC-BY –Cable Green, Creative Commons –Barbara Illowsky, California Community College Chancellor’s Office –Beth Smith, California Community College Academic Senate

Thank you!! Questions Contact Info: –Una Daly, 31

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