A key component in many community college adoption campaigns has been participating in communities of practice. Leaders of college OER campaigns from across the US will share will share their successful strategies and tactics for creating a community of practice by participating in and leveraging Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) activities. Etienne Wenger defines communities of practice as “groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” With over 250 member colleges in 21 states and provinces, CCCOER encourages collaboration between members and invites OER project presentations at monthly advisory meetings. Experienced members advise those who are just getting started and best practices are shared. Access to a community of college OER experts through the CCCOER listserve makes it easier for new members to find and adopt the highest quality OER available in their disciplines. Monthly webinars featuring OER leaders at community colleges, universities, and educational organizations around the world keep the community informed of new research findings, OER projects, and open policies. Meet-ups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote the OER adoption successes of our members with colleagues throughout higher education. Panelists will describe how these activities have informed and strengthened their local OER projects, as well as how they are serving as guides to newcomers to the OER field. Una Daly : Open Education Consortium, CCCOER Preston Davis: Northern Virginia Community College Christie Fierro: Tacoma Community College, WA James Glapa-Grossklag: College of the Canyons, CA Quill West: Pierce College, WA

1. Panel Discussion:
Increasing OER Adoptions in
a Community of Practice
Vancouver, BC
11/20/15
Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

2. Welcome Everyone!
2
Una Daly
CCCOER Director
Open Education Consortium
James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean Ed Tech, Learning Resources &
Distance Learning
College of the Canyons
Quill West
Open Education Project
Manager
Pierce College
Preston Davis, EdD
Director Instructional Services
Extended Learning Institute
Northern Virginia Community
College
Christie Fierro
Instructional Designer, OER
Coordinator
Tacoma Community College

3. Community of Practice
A group of people who share a
concern or a passion for something
they do and learn how to do it better
as they interact regularly.
Etienne Wenger

4. Increasing
Cross-Institution Collaboration
• “Universities are joining consortia to
combine resources or to align themselves
strategically with innovation”
• “Emerging consortia are founded with the
express purpose of helping institutions
continuously adopt best practices for
digital learning”
New Horizon Report 2015
Longterm Trend: Driving Ed Tech Adoption 5 yrs

5. 300+
Open Education Consortium
Community of hundreds of higher education
institutions & organizations committed to advancing
open education and its impact globally.

6. OEC Global 2016
Collaboration Through Convergence
Where: Krakow, Poland
When: 12-14 April, 2016
Sponsor: AGH University of Science
and Technology.
http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2015/
Tracks:
• Integration of Open Practices
• Collaboration
• Open Education as Strategy
• Research to Advance Open
Education
• Open Education Initiatives in
Europe
Proposals Due: Nov 27, 2015

7. • Expand access to high-
quality open resources
• Support faculty choice
and development
• Improve student success
Community College Consortium
for OER (CCCOER)
http://oerconsortium.org
Come In, We're Open gary simmons
cc-by-nc-sa flickr

8. 250+ Colleges in 21 States
& Provinces

9. Collaboration Opportunities
• Monthly webinars
• Monthly Advisory Meetings
• Meetups at Conferences
• Mentoring, Research, Course
Development, and Grants

10. Webinars 2015-16
• Sept 9: Finding & Adopting OER
• Oct 14: OER & Accessibility
• Dec 2: OER & Competency-based Education
• Feb 10: Motivating Faculty to Adopt OER
• March 7-11: ZTC-Degree Showcases
Student Role in Adoption
• May 11: OER Efficacy Research
• June 8: Open Pedagogy for Faculty

11. Online Resources
• Our website
– OER repository list
– Open textbook by discipline
– Campus Promo Toolkit
– Archived webinars
• Slideshare:
• Youtube : oeconsortium channel
• Twitter: @cccoer

12. Join our Community
• Access to a community of OER experts
• Online advisory email list
• Professional development
• Collaboration opportunities
email:cccoer@oeconsortium.org

13. OER Associate Degree
Dr. Preston Davis
Director, Extended Learning Institute
VP, CCCOER Partnerships

14. OER
Open
Course
Ware
Modules
Open
Textbooks
Streaming
Videos
Open
Journals
Online
Tutorials
Digital
Learning
Objects
OER - Beyond just
textbooks…

15. CCCOER helped link NOVA to free/open
digital content, tools and resources…

16. NOVA’s Online OER Program
NOVA’s Extended Learning Institute (ELI) offers 40 Digital Open online classes and
two complete AS degree tracks with zero textbook costs for students!
• English – ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 123, ENG 125
• College Math – MTH 151, MTH 152, MTH 157, MTH 277
• Science – PHY 201, PHY 202, BIO 231, BIO 251
• 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, ITD 132, ITD 160
• Humanities – REL 100, MUS 121
• Fine Arts – ART 101, ART 102, ART 115, ART 116, ART 117, ART 142, ART 151
• Social/Behavioral Sciences – HIS 262, PSY 200, SOC 200
10,000+ NOVA students have saved $1.5M on textbook costs since fall 2013!

17. Pierce Open Pathways
Quill West
Open Education Project Mgr.
President, CCCOER

18. Quill West
OE Project Manager
Pierce College
@quill_west

19. Collaborate
Sometimes you need to talk it out.

20. Encouragement
Most of these colleagues have been where I am, or they
are going there too.

21. Professional
Development
Inspiring, reminding, growing, and helping me know
what I need to remember.

22. A Voice that Isn’t Mine
Another place for my faculty and administrators to get
support.

23. Tacoma Community College
Christie Fierro
Instructional Designer & OER Coordinator
VP Social Media CCCOER

24. “Support” by Christie Fierro is CC BY

25. “21 Steps to Success” by Bernard Goldbach CC BY https://flic.kr/p/aKug2K

26. “Chadburn Ships” by Steven Depolo is CC BY https://flic.kr/p/7W9z7M

27. Launching an OER Initiative
James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning
Resources, and Distance Learning
President, Open Education Consortium

28. Collaborate
"Creative Teamwork" by Creative Sustainability is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

29. Define Goal(s)
• Lower student costs?
• Increase faculty
collaboration?
• Reach a total cost
savings number?
• Improve learning?
Z degree!
" Project 365 #237: 250809 Fingers Crossed!"
by pete is licensed under CC BY 2.0

30. Practice Openness
• Share ideas with colleagues?
• Openly license teaching
materials?
• Publish in open access
journals?
• Recognize OER as legitimate
scholarly work?
• Help students to gain digital
literacy?
"Mirror" by Yasunari Nakamura is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

31. CCCOER Toolkit
• Today’s toolkit is based on member’s experiences:
– Marketing to faculty
– Tools for finding & adopting
– Articulating benefits to VPs, students, off-campus folks
– Sample surveys for faculty, students
– Open policies
– Working with your Bookstore
– OER Case Studies
• New toolkit planned for Spring 2016

32. CCCOER Future Directions
• Longtime members moving from course-
level OER adoption to degree pathways
• New members still need need basic
licensing and curation help.
• We continue to ask our members what
they need to be successful

33. Thank you for coming!
Una Daly : unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
James Glapa-Grossklag: James.Glapa-Grossklag@canyons.edu
Preston Davis : wdavis@nvcc.edu
Quill West: CWest@pierce.ctc.edu
Christie Fierro: cfierro@tacomacc.edu
Questions?