1. 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

2. How much do full-time college students spend annually on textbooks?
Approx. $1200

3. Average Cost of Textbooks -- $133

4. Tough Choices … OR

5. “… 7 of 10 current college students have skipped buying a textbook because it was too expensive.”

6. What is it like
to take a class
without a textbook?

7. What if tomorrow’s conference sessions were at Paradise Valley Community College?
“Sorry. You need to pay a GPS fee.”
- Siri

8. 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.

10. How much should a textbook cost?
We think
$ _______
Or at most …
$ _______

11. The Students Agree …
Student Comment -

12. And so do Senators Durbin and Franken

13. 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)

14. MOOCs for Business www.mooc-list.com

15. MOOC vs. OER FREE on Web Site Marathon Training

16. Quality of OER Materials?
Peer Reviewed
Rubrics Covering Multiple Topics
Instructional Design Support
Student Surveys (see below)

17. Benefits for Faculty Student Access to Materials Materials
Before 1st day
Happy Students =>
After the last day
Materials
Amount
Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
Collaboration

18. 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

19. Scottsdale Community College
Project Co-Leader
Dr. Lisa Young
Scottsdale Community College

21. Pockets of OER Adoption in MCCCD
Videos (over 3200)
Workbooks
Textbooks
Homework problems
Mathematical Association of America

22. Maricopa Millions Project - $5 Million over 5 Years
Fall 2013

23. MCCCD OER Steering Team meets twice each month
Executive Sponsor
2 Presidents
9 Faculty
VP & Deans
OER STRATEGIC PLAN
Instructional Designers
Librarian
MCLI IT

24. Call for Proposals Collaborative teams of 3 Faculty
Multi-college proposals encouraged
Image by fuzzmgoo
Evaluated by Steering Team
Course Materials
Image by Luxamart

25. Phase 1 Courses Accounting Computer Science Reading Chemistry English
Economics
Communications
Psychology

26. Training and Support Webinars Training session Review process
Monthly reports
Growhealthyvending.com

27. All Developed Materials will be CC-BY
creativecommons.org

28. 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

29. Questions?