Please join CCCOER on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 10:00 am (Pacific time) for a webinar on finding, developing, and adopting OER for workforce training and job search skills at community colleges. This webinar will feature three projects that are actively engaged in developing and promoting free and open resources to expand student access and improve career opportunities. nursing students The Saylor Foundation – Their Clinton Global Initiative project to provide open and free career skills training to disconnected youth and adult learners through the creation of multiple professional development modules will be shared. Courses available on on their website as well as options for mobile learners through iTunes will be shown. Twenty Millions Minds Foundation - Their work with community college faculty to develop open textbooks for the allied health professions including nursing and physical therapy will be shared. Innovative approaches such as faculty hackathons for digital content development will be discussed. KQED Education - The work voice video series featuring ESL students in Silicon Valley who have achieved new careers through programs and skills received at community colleges will be shared. Additional lesson plans for faculty who work with ESL students will be shown.

1. advancing formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality
education materials organized as courses.
Using OER for Workforce
Training & Job Search
Skills
Jeff Davidson, Saylor Foundation
Jeff Cohen & Mayra Lombera, 20 Million Minds
Foundation
KQED ESL Work Voices
January 29, 2013

2. Collaborate Window Overview
Audio
&
Video
Par-cipants
Chat

3. Welcome
Please introduce yourself in the chat
window. Tell us how you heard about
today’s webinar?
– Una Daly, moderator
• Community College Outreach Director at
OCW Consortium

5. Agenda
• CCCOER Introduction
• Saylor’s Professional Development
• 20 Million Mind’s Workforce Curricula
• KQED ESL Workvoices
• Next Webinar, February 26
• Q&A

6. CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
– Expand access to education
– Support professional development
– Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation

7. 100+ Community & Technical College
members in OCW Consortium
Community College Consortium for OER

8. Using Open & Free Resources
for Workforce Training
• Professional Development OER
• Developing OER Workforce Curricula
• Student Voices in Workforce
Programs & Free Lesson Plans

9. Clinton Global Initiative:
Workforce Training
Jeff Davidson
Strategic Initiatives Manager

10. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

11. THREE SECTIONS OF COURSES
WORKPLACE SKILLS
JOB SEARCH SKILLS
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

12. WORKPLACE SKILLS
• COMPUTER
SKILLS
AND
LITERACY
• PROFESSIONAL
WRITING
• WORD
PROCESSING
(MicrosoG
Office
10)
• SPREADSHEETS
• TIME
AND
STRESS
MANAGEMENT
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

13. JOB SEARCH SKILLS
• JOB
SEARCH
SKILLS
• RESUME
WRITING
• INTERVIEWING
SKILLS
• PROFESSIONAL
ETIQUETTE
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

14. CAREER DEVELOPMENT
SAMPLE
COURSE:
PAYROLL
APPLICATIONS
• SKILL
ORIENTED
• LEARNING
OUTCOME
DRIVEN
• THIRTY
HOURS
MORE
COURSES
TO
BE
BUILT
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

15. NEXT PHASE:
MULTICOURSE CERTIFICATES
MULTI-­‐COURSE
PROGRAM
EXAMPLES
• SALES
• CUSTOMER
SERVICE
• PUBLIC
RELATIONS
/
SOCIAL
MEDIA
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

16. FOLLOW UP ACTION ITEMS
• SUGGEST
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
NEEDS
• PEER
REVIEW
AND
DESIGN
OPPORTUNITIES
• PILOT
A
COURSE
AT
YOUR
SCHOOL?
CONTACT:
Jeff.davidson@saylor.org
HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY
TO
MAKE
EDUCATION
FREE

17. Developing Workforce Curricula
Jeff Cohen
Textbook Guru Blogger
Mayra Lombera
Outreach & Development Director

18. • Support the creation, sharing and
affordability of quality textbooks
• Embrace technology disruption
• Encourage new models which open access
to education
Goal: Increase Access and Decrease Costs

19. 20 Million Minds OER Projects
• OpenStax College
o 6 high quality OER books
o All free at CNX.org
• Platform Development
o Promise to remix, reuse and revise
o 20MMix.org - Partner with Academic Pub
o MeshBook.org - Partner with Dynamic Books
• Trusted Advisor Program
o Work directly with grantees
o Project management and support

20. C6 - West Hills Community College
• TAACCCT Grant recipient - 20 Million
Dollars
• C6 Consortium represents 11 San Joaquin
Valley community colleges
• Training for new careers while meeting
specific needs in its fast-growing industries
• Medical, Manufacturing, and Green Energy
• As part of the grant goal is to create as much
OER content as possible

21. The Process
1) Identify Potential Courses
2) Review current materials being used in class
3) Review potential OER materials already in
the market
4) Bring educators together to gauge interest
5) Develop an outline and objectives for the
course
6) Begin content development

22. The Process (con't)
7) Select a development and distribution
platform
8) Bring Team together for "Hack" Event
9) Review, Revise, Edit
10) Upload into platform
11) Use in Class
12) Survey, Review, Revise, Edit

23. Case Study - LVN TO RN
TRANSITION
• Being used in 4 classes throughout the C6
• 6 week course
• Current book costs over $80 per student
• Estimated number of students - 120

24. Case Study - LVN TO RN
TRANSITION
• Development team broke the text down into
8 working modules
• Included basic skills and all learning
objectives for the course
• Worked with Creative Commons to
determine appropriate materials to meet the
CC-BY requirement
• Wrote over half the materials from scratch,
pulling key concepts and components from
other work when necessary

25. Case Study - LVN TO RN
TRANSITION
• Came to the event with work started
• Completed 80% of the book at the event
• Finished the book shortly after the event
• Began formatting & editing process of book
• Book began being used Jan 7, 2013

26. Case Study - LVN TO RN
TRANSITION
• Chose the 20MMix Platform
• Student cost for online was under $7
• Students had print option for $25
• Book can be shared with any colleague
teaching a similar course

27. LVN to RN - Next Steps
• Student Survey
• Faculty Survey
• Revise and Expand book based on feedback
• Share with other programs and grow
adoptions

28. Takeaways
• Biggest challenge is getting started
• Important to set a plan and adhere to it
• Don't expect to get it perfect the first time
• Ensure you know what you are getting into
• It takes much longer than expected

29. KQED Education
Free ESL Resources for
Educators
Visit www.kqed.org/esl
Contact: Maxine Einhorn
meinhorn@kqed.org

30. KQED Education ESL Resources
• Media-rich curriculum and training for
educators in adult schools, community
colleges and universities.
• Focus on media resources for ESL
educators - that is using and making
media.
• Media literacy and 21st century literacy
skills are core to our work.
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31. KQED ESL Curriculum Projects
Free online resources in the following areas:
Health
Financial Literacy
Green Jobs
Eco-Literacy
New Media Literacies
Immigration
Visit: www.kqed.org/esl

32. Featured Curriculum Projects

33. Work Voices – current project
• Developed in partnership with a cohort of colleges and
adult schools in Silicon Valley.
• Interview series with former ESL students, now
employed in vocational areas that offer possible
career paths for immigrants.
• Starting in the health sector e.g. dental assistant,
radiologist, medical student…
• Other employment sectors will be jobs in green tech,
in business and technology companies.
Work Voices modules will be tested in ESL classrooms and
reviewed after student and instructor feedback.

34. Sample Work Voices
• Elia Ruano, Radiological Technologist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLAB3D01619BAB3D86

35. Work with KQED Education by…..
• Using these resources
• Field testing curriculum
• Developing curriculum
• Suggesting themes/projects
• Joining a focus group
Contact: Maxine Einhorn
meinhorn@kqed.org

36. February 26 Webinar
The Evolving Role of Librarians in OER
• Sheila Afnan Manns and Kande Mickelson
Maricopa Community College District
• Angela Secrest
Houston Community College District
• Other Librarians
Image: Reeding lesson cc-by-nc-sa

37. Thank you for attending!
Please type your question in the chat window or
raise your hand to speak
Contact Information
Una Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Jeff Davidson jeff.davidson@saylor.org
Jeff Cohen jeff@20mm.org
Mayra Lombera mayra@20mm.org
Maxine Einhorn meinhorn@kqed.org

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