Evolution or revolution -open ed conference--vancouver bc--with olivia

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Evolution or Revolution? Perspectives on Open Education From Deans, Devotees, Doubters, and Doers Steve Ellis (Clover Park Technical College) (253) 589-6059 Phil Venditti (Clover Park Technical College) (253) 589-5595 Brooke Zimmers (Shoreline Community College) (206) 546-4795 Olivia Van Orden (Clover Park Technical College)

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This version of our presentation includes Olivia Van Orden, a fall 2012 student in CPTC's Open Course Library public speaking course

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Evolution or Revolution?Perspectives on Open Education From Deans, Devotees, Doubters, and Doers

Steve Ellis (Clover Park Technical College)(253) 589-6059

Phil Venditti (Clover Park

Technical College)(253) 589-5595

Brooke Zimmers (Shoreline Community College) (206) 546-4795

Olivia Van Orden (Clover Park Technical College)

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ACTIVITY PLANI. Panelists offer perspectives on the “three

Bs”:I. BeliefsII. BarriersIII. Benefits

III. Questions & exchange of ideas with each other

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Administratively, It’s A Matter of:• Cost • Politics• Academic Freedom• Promotion, Place, Product, Price (marketing

strategy)

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A Zealot’s View:• Building momentum…• …But losing it– Because faculty don’t “adopt” anything 100%– Because resources need to be maintained

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

OPEN COURSE LIBRARY—81 COURSES

ONLINE / DISTANCE LEARNING

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Points to Ponder: The Naysayer

• Benefits: Affordability, Sharing, Accessibility

• Beliefs and Barriers: Context and ClimateCompensation, ProfessionalismStandards, QualityCorporate CreepOne-Online-Source-Fits-All Solution

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A Current Student’s Perspective

• Cost• Availability/accessibility of

resources• Nature of the learning

experience vis á vis “conventional” (non-OER) courses

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