advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Open Doors Offsite MeetingUna Daly, Community College Outreach
December 19, 2011
Open Doors Offsite MeetingUna Daly, Community College Outreach
December 19, 2011
Agenda
• Open Courseware Beginnings
• Open Courseware Users Today
• Community College Merger
• Renewed CCCOER Focus
OCW Consortium Mission (2008)Advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use
of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
300 Universities, colleges, institutions13,000 Courses20+ Languages
OCW Consortium Sustaining PartnersAfrican Virtual University Open Universiteit (the
Netherlands)
China Open Resources for Education Taiwan Open Courseware Consortium
Delft University of Technology Tecnológico de Monterrey
Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV Online Tufts University
Japan Open Courseware Consortium Universia.net
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Korean Open Courseware Consortium University of California, Irvine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Michigan
Netease Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd
University of Western Cape (Africa)
OCW Surveyeducation-portal.com
• 40% unaware of OCW
• 46% never use OCW
• 28% update skills/personal interest
• 16% specific project, help studying
• 07% teaching materials
Education Portal
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Open Courseware Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
40 and older = 32%
User Ages
Open Courseware Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Where do you live?
57 different countries all with fewer than 5 responses
CCCOER History (2007)
• Give Community College Voice– Founded by Dr. Martha Kanter
• College Open Textbook Project– Research project
• Growth to 200+ colleges
CCCOER-OCW Merger
• Merged Open Courseware Consortium– Spring 2011
• Hewlett Foundation Grant– July 2011
Goals of Hewlett Foundation Grant Recruit at least 10% of U.S. community colleges Document impact of OER on teaching and learning in
community colleges; Increase opportunities to incorporate OER into
community college curricula; Provide training and support for community college
faculty to find, use and create OER/OCW; Merge administrative functions of two organizations:
membership services, board level leadership, web presence and social media.
CCCOER Advisory Board• President:
– James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons• Vice-President:
– Angela Secrest, Houston Community College, TX• Members at large:
– Una Daly, Foothill College, CA– Robin Donaldson, Florida Distance Learning, FL– Lorah Gough, Houston Community College, TX– Susie Henderson, Educause– Andrea Henne, San Diego Community College District– Kate Hess, Kirkwood College, IA– David Nelson, Florida Distance Learning, FL– John Makevich, College of the Canyons, CA– Joanne Munroe, Tacoma Community College, WA– Jean Runyon, Anne Arundel College, MD
Focus 2012: Priorities
• Growing the Community
• Educational Outreach
• Communications
• Conference Presentations & Meetups
• Research Opportunities
• Partnerships
Focus 2012 Growing the Community
• Goal: 10% (120) U.S. colleges
• Currently at (72) U.S. colleges
State: # colleges State: # colleges
California : 6 Maryland: 1
Florida : 29 New York: 1
Iowa : 1 Washington: 34
Benefits of OCWC membership
• Information: Timely information about issues in open education.
• Collaboration: Participation in working groups and communities of interest.
• Collective Visibility: International recognition and exposure through OCWC’s website and through shared media exposure.
• Direction: Provide direct input on OCWC’s focus on community colleges. What are your needs?
Focus 2012 Educational Outreach
• Webinars featuring Community College leaders in OER– E.G.
• NGLC Grantee Outcomes
• Carnegie Mellon Community Colleges• WA State OCL• College Open Textbooks Adopter
Communities
Focus 2012 Conferences & Meetups
Mid-Pacific ICT San Francisco January 5, 6
eLearning Conference Long Beach, CACable Green, Creative Commons keynote
Feb 19-22
League for Innovation Philadelphia Cathy Casserly, Creative Commons keynote
March 4-7
OCWC Innovation & Impact Cambridge UK April 16-18
Focus 2012 OER Research
• TAA Consulting (CC, CMU, Cast)
• ISKME
• CMU Stats & Biology for Community Colleges
• NGLC Grantee Outcomes
Focus 2012 Partnerships
• College State Academic Senates
• College Open Textbooks
• Department of Education
• Creative Commons
• League for Innovations
• Merlot
• Open University UK
Contribute to Open Educational Week Mar 5-10, 2012
• Live webinars
• Pre-recorded short videos
• Websites
• Handouts, etc.
Questions
• Please contact me– Una Daly– Email: [email protected]
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