1. MCCA Presidents Committee Meeting November 16, 2017

2. Collaborative Programs Initiative
Governance
Business Model
Process
MRI Program Updates & other opportunities

3. Consortium Agreement and Program Addendums
Membership
Governance
Financial Model
Instruction Model

4. 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

5. Governance Consortium Advisory Council 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. MCCA & MCO Role & Responsibilities
College A
College B
College C
College D
College E
College F
Serves as fiscal agent
Provides infrastructure
Agreement/Guidelines
Common registration platform
Common tuition structure
Common Learning Management System for course delivery
Common template for course design
Instructor/student training

9. How to Start New Programs
Consortium Advisory Council
College has a program to share
Group of colleges want to offer/start a program
Vetted through a series of metrics
Each member institution wanting to participate
May need to change some structures, policies, long-held practices
Agree on a shared curriculum
Develop internal communication and support plan for students
Curriculum Committee Approval

10. New Possibilities
CT Technologist – 16 crd certificate – soft launch Winter 2018
EEG Program – Associate degree – soft launch Winter 2018
Meeting with MODAC members generated suggestions:
Associate in Education
Global Endorsement
Health Information Technology
International Business
Medical Lab Technician
Neurodiagnostic Technician
Physical Therapy Assistant
IT Programming
Radiography
Study Abroad
GIS Programming
Study Abroad Programs

11. Open Educational Resources Initiative
Federal & State efforts
MCO OER Repository
Student Savings
Faculty Grants
Upcoming Projects

12. Federal Efforts TAACCCT Grants - http://www.skillscommons.org/
Open digital library for workforce training materials
US Department of Education
Regulation - all products from federal grants are open licensed - Currently delayed
FASTR: Fair Access to Science & Technology Research Act (H.R. 3427/S.1701)
Requires federal agencies with research budgets in excess of $100M to have a public access policy for federally funded research.
Introduced July 26, 2017

13. State Efforts California – College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015
Colorado – Using OER in Higher Education (05/03/2017)
Florida – Postsecondary Access & Affordability (4/14/16)
Maryland – Textbook Cost Savings Act of 2017
Ohio – Operating Budget & Statutes (06/30/2017)
Oregon – OER Grant Program (2015)
Texas – Use of OER (06/09/2017)
Washington – HB (04/21/2017)
CA - The purpose of this bill is to reduce textbook costs for college students and encourage faculty to accelerate the adoption of lower cost, high-quality open educational resources. This bill creates the Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Fund to provide incentives and reward campus, staff, and faculty efforts to accelerate the adoption of open educational resources
CO - Using Open Educational Resources in Higher Education: This bill creates the open educational resources council in the Department of Higher Education. The Department is required to contract with an entity to evaluate the existing use of OER by public institutions of higher education and consider the options for and obstacles to increasing the use of OER. The council must facilitate the work of the contracting entity, and, taking into account the findings of the contracting entity, recommend initiatives to expand the use of OER, resulting in cost savings and other educational benefits for students enrolled.
FL - Each Florida College System Institution and state university shall adopt textbook and instructional materials affordability policies, procedures and guidelines in order to minimize the costs of textbooks. This includes course instructors using open-access textbooks, where possible and instructors are encouraged to develop, adapt, and review open-access textbooks especially in high-demand general education courses.
Maryland - Textbook Cost Savings Act of 2017: The Governor shall include $100,000 in general funds for a grant for the Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative at the University System of Maryland. These funds may be used to: award grants to support and promote the creation of openly licensed educational resources and reimburse expenses incurred in operating the Open Source Textbook Initiative.
Ohio - This bill creates the operating budget for and amends statutes - This bill requires that no later than June 30, 2018, all state institutions of higher education that are located in the same region of the state to enter into an agreement providing for the creation of a compact. This compact, among other things, shall identify, develop, and implement shared curriculum resources to promote educational pathways that minimize the time required to earn a degree. This may include curriculum delivered using open educational resources and online formats.
OR - Establishes Open Educational Resources Grant Program within Higher Education Coordinating Commission: This Act was created to encourage the use of low or no-cost open educational resources in post-secondary institutions of education. This act allows the commission to award grants to applicants who adapt or make use of existing open educational resources and utilizes students in the design or production of open educational resource materials. Finally, this Act also employs an open educational resource specialist who fosters the use of open educational resources in colleges and universities
TX - Relating to the Use of Open Educational Resources: This bill would require that each institution of higher education compile a course schedule indicating, among other things, whether the textbook required for each course is an open educational resource. Institutions shall make reasonable efforts to disseminate information to students, including the availability of courses and sections of courses that require or recommend only open educational resources. Further, this bill would establish the open educational resources grant program to encourage faculty at institutions to adopt and develop courses that use only open educational resources.
VA - Establishment of the Online Virginia Network Authority: This bill creates the Online Virginia Network Authority. This requires each public institution of higher education and each consortium of public institutions of higher education that offers online courses, online degree programs, or online credential programs to offer courses, degree programs, or credential programs through the Authority. The Authority shall, to the extent practicable, manage and reduce program costs by reducing textbook costs through open access.
WA - This bill adds a section that requires community and technical colleges to indicate the cost of any required textbook or other course material to students in the online course description used during registration, and indicate whether the course uses OER. The legislature recognizes the high cost of textbooks and recognizes a study by student public interest research groups that found that students who take open course library courses save ninety-six dollars on average per course over a traditional textbook. The goal of this bill is to incentivize faculty to use resources available on the open course library by informing students of a textbook's cost when they register for a class.

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

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

16. MCO Repository Hosted by OER Commons
Connection to over 75,000 resources
Low maintenance costs
Authoring tools
Training

17.
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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

21. Hub Details by College College Shared Saved Submitted Authored Bay 129 2
Delta 3
Grand Rapids 14 10
Jackson 11 1
Kellogg
Lansing
149 5 16
Macomb 22
Mid Michigan
186 13
Mott
Northwestern 23 19 8
Schoolcraft 58
Southwestern 54
St. Clair
Washtenaw 15
West Shore

22. Fall 2017 OER Usage Report

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

25. Faculty Grants Adopt – an existing open textbook
Adapt – remix an existing open textbook or ancillary resources
Develop – create a new ancillary resource or open textbook.

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Upcoming Activities Continued training
Continued reporting on usage/savings
2018 MI OER Summit – Sept 2018
Open Week Activities
March 5-9, 2018
Research Project

30. Passing with a C or better grade Course grade
OER - Student Success
Completion
Passing with a C or better grade
Course grade
Enrollment intensity in current term
Enrollment intensity in next term
Source: A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Lane Fischer , John Hilton III, T. Jared Robinson, David A. Wiley.

31. MCO OER Initiative