1. Open Educational Resources Project
Ohio Department of Higher Education Innovation Grant

2. History of Innovation grant
State requested proposals last year
Three: 2-year, 4-year public, and 4-year private IEH submitted proposals with different objectives. NC State representing 17 community colleges.
State asked to combine the proposals into one Grant for 2 years with a budget of $1.3M
Steering committee formed to manage project including NC State (lead and financial agent), OACC, OhioLINK, Ohio State University, and Ohio Dominican

3. Project Objectives Increase access & affordability to higher education
Enhance opportunities for innovation
Support State educational attainment goals
Address Ohio Task Force on Affordability & Efficiency report
65% of adults with a post-secondary credential by 2025

4. Counties, States, Nation (88 counties in Ohio) Educational Attainment
Lumina 2018 “A Stronger Nation” : Post-High School Educational Attainment of Working-Age Americans (25-64) - U.S. Census, American Community Survey
Counties, States, Nation
(88 counties in Ohio)
Educational Attainment
(2018)
(2015)
USA
46.9%
40%
Ohio (counties range 63.1% %)
44.1% (avg.)
37.5%
Massachusetts
56.2%
51.5%
West Virginia
34.7%
28.4%

5. Key Deliverables
Create, adopt, and utilize OER materials for 22 courses 19 between OSU & community colleges 3 ODU high-level math courses
Reduce cost of current textbooks by at least 70% in high enrollment courses, saving students at least 4 times the investment by the state ($1.3M)
within 3 years of first implementation

6. OER Courses COHORT 1 COHORT 2 COHORT 3 American Government
First & Second Level Writing
Intro to Psychology
Intro to Sociology
Linear Algebra
Statistics
COHORT 1
Calculus I
Calculus II
Macroeconomics
Ordinary Differential Equations
COHORT 2
Intro to Ethics
Business Law
Microeconomics
American History I & II
Public Speaking
Manufacturing Processes
Biology I & II
General Chemistry I & II
College Algebra
Abstract Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Elementary & Middle Childhood Math Education
COHORT 3

7. Project Timeline Start Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 End June 30, 2017
JAN AUG 2018
Cohort 2
JUN 2018 – DEC 2018
Cohort 3
JAN 2019 – AUG 2019
July 31, 2019
End
ODHE Reports:

8. Project Partners Lead Institution & Fiscal Agent: University Partners:
Community College Partners:
Additional Partners:

9. Accessing the materials