Increasing College Access and

Success with Zero-Textbook-

Cost Degree Programs

TJ Bliss, W & F Hewlett Foundation

Kimberly Burkle, NOVA Community College

Linda Williams, Tidewater Community College

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A global celebration to raise awareness about

free and open educational opportunities that

exist for everyone, everywhere, right now.

• Develop skills for work

• Support formal studies

• Learn something new

• Expand teaching resources

Welcome

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TJ Bliss, PhD

Education Officer

W & F Hewlett Foundation

Kimberly Burkle

Counselor and Instructor

NOVA Community College

Moderator: Una Daly

Director of Curriculum Design & College Outreach

Open Education Consortium

Linda Williams, MBA, MSA

Business Faculty

Tidewater Community College

Agenda

• OEC-CCCOER Overview

• Intro to OER and Zero-Textbook-Cost

• NOVA’s OER-based Associates’ Degree

• Tidewater’s Business Administration Z-Degree

• Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Partnership and Expansion

• Q & A

Open Education Consortium

• Expand access to high-

quality materials

• Support faculty choice

and development

• Improve student success

Community College Consortium

for OER (CCCOER)

http://oerconsortium.org

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250+ Colleges in 19 States

& Provinces

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution.

UNESCO, Hewlett Foundation

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/

Open vs. Free

Lumen Learning, 5Rs, http://lumenlearning.com

Creative Commons, http://creativecommons.org

Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree

• OER replaces expensive textbooks

• Observed results:

– Student savings

– Faculty choices

– Impact on retention and learning

• Case studies and research

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OER Associate Degree

Kimberly BurkleCounselor and Instructor

Extended Learning Institute

ELI OER Associate Degree Program

We selected 24 high-impact courses for a broad student population to launch our OER AS Degree project in 2013:

• English – ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 123, ENG 125

• College Math – MTH 151, MTH 152, MTH 157

• Science – PHY 201, PHY 202

• History – HIS 121, HIS 122

• Communications – CST 110

• Physical Education – PED 116

• Economics – ECO 201, ECO 202

• Student Development – SDV 100

• Information Technology – ITE 115

• Humanities/Fine Arts – ART 101, ART 102, REL 100, MUS 121

• Social/Behavioral Sciences – HIS 262, PSY 200, SOC 200

We have a total of 40 courses using free digital/open material with no textbook costs!

Over 5000 NOVA students have saved over $800,000 in textbook costs since Fall 2013!

Free & Open Educational Resources at NOVA

Resources used in SDV100 College Success Skills

Online text: Saylor.org - College Resources by Bruce Beiderwell, Linda F. Tse, Tom Lochhaas and Nicholas B. deKanter

Websites: StudentLingo.com, YouTube.com, Ted.com, Films on Demand, NOVA website for college resources and career exploration, studygs.net

Assessment websites: SmarterMeasure, Virginia Education Wizard, VARK-learn.com, Humametrics.com, wikidot.com, mindtools.com, Everfi.com

In-house webinars: Exploring Career Options and Getting Ready for Your Next Semester

Examples of OER in the SDV100 Course:

Redesigning SDV100 College Success Skills

• Summer 2013 - Online SDV100 was redesigned as OER.

• Fall 2013 - The new course was piloted in 7 sections by 5 instructors.• The remaining instructors were trained in December for the spring 2014

transition.

• Spring 2014 - All online SDV100 courses are taught in the OER format (12 instructors/22 sections).• Two redesign team members assisted with revising the hybrid course as

OER and piloted a section each.

• Summer 2014 - Hybrid OER SDV100 is being taught in the high school.

• Online OER SDV100 underwent an ADA review.

• Fall 2014 - OER piloted in 16 hybrid sections by 8 instructors.• New SDV instructors will be trained on the OER hybrid version from this

point on.• Online OER SDV100 meets Quality Matters (QM) standards.

• Fall 2015 - All SDV100, online and hybrid, are OER courses.

Feedback from Online OER Students

38% of the students in the fall 2013 online SDV100 pilot sections responded to the OER student survey:

• 90% liked not having to purchase a textbook.

• 93% felt the College Success e-book was informative and addressed the topics in this course well.

• 100% felt the videos were informative and addressed the topics in this course well.

• 97% thought the assignments and activities in this course related to the assigned readings and videos.

Feedback from Hybrid OER Students

57% of the students in the spring 2014 hybrid SDV100 pilot sections responded to the OER student survey:

• 89% liked not having to purchase a textbook.

• 27% printed the e-book.

• 96% felt the College Success e-book was informative and addressed the topics in this course well.

• 100% felt the videos were informative and addressed the topics in this course well.

• 100% thought the assignments and activities in this course related to the assigned readings and videos.

• 96% thought the direction were clear and easy to follow.

• 93% would take more OER courses.

Quotes from Students on OER

“Since my experience with OER courses has been great so far, I have been enrolled in four classes during Summer in this modality.”

“What I like about OER course is that they are always available when I need them. I have lost books in the past. In addition to that, I love to learn watching videos.”

“I really liked the fact that this class was an open educational resource class. It really saved me a lot of money and I liked that about this class.”

“The open educational resources provided was a great way of saving time and money. Everything was accessible and handy in use which benefited me in many ways regarding my education in college.”

“I enjoyed the course because I didn’t have to purchase a book and the videos and reading assignments really helped me understand the material.”

“Not purchasing a book was a very big help. I like the way it is. I have always access to the book and I don’t have to pick up the book and bring it to the class every class and or pick it to study. “

OER SDV100 is a Quality CourseQuality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, nationally recognized, peer review process that focuses on continuous quality improvement of online and hybrid course design. ELI has strived to use this standard of measurement to meet QM standards in our course design and revision process.

There are three pieces to the QM Program: the QM Rubric, Peer Review Process, and QM Professional Development which looks at 8 essential standards:

• Course Overview and Introduction• Learning Objectives (Competencies)• Assessment and Measurement• Instructional Materials• Course Activities and Learner Interaction• Course Technology• Learner Support• Accessibility and Usability

A course needs a score of at least 84 out of 99 points to meet the standards. SDV100 received 97 points.

For More Information

Kim Burkle

Counselor/Instructor (SDV100)

kburkle@nvcc.edu

Wm. Preston Davis, Ed.D.

Director, Instruction

wdavis@nvcc.edu

Business Administration

Z-Degree

Linda Williams, MBA, MSAProfessor Business Management & Administration

Desirable Disruption:

Replicate the Z-Degree

Linda Williams, Professor of Business

Management and Administration

Motivation

Student SavingsPilot Semester Sections Completers Savings

Fall 2013 17 386 $38,600.00

Spring 2014 25 579 $57,900.00

Summer 2014 7 96 $9,600.00

Fall 2014 26 572 $57,200.00

Spring 2015 39 892* $89,200.00

115 2,525 $252,500

* Current enrollment spring semester 2015

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For More Info:

• Linda Williams

• Tidewater Community College

• lswilliams@tcc.edu

Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree

TJ Bliss, PhDEducation Officer

William & Flora Hewlett Foundaton

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OEC Global 2015

The theme for Open

Education Global 2015 is

Entrepreneurship and

Innovation, emphasizing the

exciting directions and

developments in open

education around the world.

Organized by OEC and

Athabascus University.

Where: Alberta, Canada

When: 22-24 April, 2015

http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2015/

Thank you for coming!

Contact Info:

TJ Bliss: tjbliss@hewlett.org

Kimberly Burkle: kburkle@nvcc.edu

Linda Williams: lswilliams@tcc.edu

Una Daly: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org

Questions?