Community College Open Textbook Project Scholar Experts Meeting January

Community College Open Textbook Project Scholar/Experts Meeting January 16, 2008 Sponsored by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District AGENDA 9: 00 - 9: 15 a. m. Welcome & Introductions 9: 15 -10: 15 a. m. Community Colleges and the Open Textbook Landscape Why the Focus on Open Textbooks and Why the Need for a Community College Consortium for OER? • Cathy Casserly, Director, Open Educational Resources, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • Martha Kanter, Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza CCD Critical Distinctions: Open Textbooks, Courses, Articulated Courses and Community College State System Requirements for Distance Learning - The California Example • Martha Kanter • Barbara Illowsky, Academic Senate President, Foothill-De Anza CCD Community Colleges and Connexions Rich Baraniuk, Founder, Connexions at Rice University Growing the Use of Community College Open Textbooks Group Discussion

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District AGENDA (continued) 10: 15 -10: 30 a. m. Break 10: 30 -12: 00 noon Accessibility Implications for Using Community College Open Textbooks: Understanding Legal Mandates and Campus Responsibilities • David La. Due, U. S. Dept. of Ed, Office for Civil Rights, SF • Sarah Hawthorne, Assistant Provost, Academic Compliance & Disability Standards, UC Berkeley • Carl Brown, Director, High Tech Center Training Unit • Sean Keegan, Web Accessibility Specialist, High Tech Center Training Unit 12: 00 -12: 45 p. m. Working Lunch 12: 45 -2: 00 p. m. Open Textbook Development & Repurposing: Proposed Work Flow, Timeline & CC Licenses • Judy Baker, Dean of Global Access, Foothill College • Barbara Illowsky • Group Discussion 2: 00 -3: 00 p. m. Conclusion and Next Steps • Group Discussion

The OER Landscape and the Context for Open Textbooks: The Flyover Dr. Cathy Casserly, Director Open Educational Resources The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Community College Open Textbook Project Dr. Martha Kanter, Chancellor Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Community College Open Textbook Project Vision Open Textbooks for the Community College Transfer Core Curriculum Open Textbooks in Math, English and ESL for the Community College Basic Skills Curriculum

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District College Level # Students Mathematics 543, 145 Art 109, 574 English 503, 757 Child Development 106, 231 Physical Education 313, 614 Anthropology 100, 166 Psychology 270, 581 Economics 99, 683 History 269, 303 Chemistry 89, 606 Speech 209, 182 Accounting 85, 501 Biology 166, 643 Business 73, 959 Music 162, 086 Information Technology 71, 716 Sociology 149, 859 Geography 59, 726 Political Science 149, 695 Anatomy & Phys. 48, 196 Philosophy 125, 623 ESL College Level 18, 980 Health Education 114, 824 College Reading 8, 368 Spanish 109, 807

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Basic Skills (Gateway) Courses Highest Demand Courses (California Sample)

Community College Open Textbook Project Overarching Goal To make the CCOT Project a success by building engagement and investment from community colleges, universities, state higher education and K-12 systems, professional associations, and foundations.

Community College Open Textbook Project Goal of Today’s Meeting To identify opportunities, challenges and next steps in the creation, repurposing and adoption of high-quality, accessible, culturally relevant Community College Open Textbooks for the Transfer Core Curriculum

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Creating the Road Map: Expected Outcomes from the Scholar/Experts’ Meeting 1. Best methods to identify and load CC open textbooks onto an easily accessible central website for community colleges • Determine most efficient infrastructure & support needed 2. Best ways to document CCOT attributes (e. g. , high quality, articulation requirements, accessibility review, operability requirements, cultural relevance, etc. ) 3. Explicit commitment(s) to support the CCOT Project from each partner (e. g. , confirm partner support & contributions of content, process, etc. ) 4. Best approach to determine the workflow process for quality assurance, institutional buy-in and marketing 5. Critical elements of a business/sustainability plan for the CCOT Project

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Critical Distinctions Open Textbooks Courses Articulated Courses Community College State System Requirements for Distance Learning

MIT OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) § 1, 550 courses to date § 1, 800 courses by 2007 § 33 disciplines MIT OCW reports: § 100 institutions worldwide are openly publishing courses § Over 2, 000 courses are now openly published globally, one third from institutions other than MIT

FULL COURSES OFFERED 31 Courses Now Available § 14 AP high school courses § Algebra 1 A & 1 B § College Prep Physics I & II § 13 College Courses

Published Eight Open Courses Open Publishing in Sakai http: //sofia. fhda. edu/gallery

PUBLIC DOMAIN SURVEY Key Findings 80% interested in using OER in their classes 31% already using OER in their classes 61% viewed them as high quality BUT 39% viewed them as lacking in quality Discuss the findings broadly and widely Link findings to current technology projects underway

Where Are We Now? Follow-up to OER Spring Survey 119 faculty respondents in spring 2006 New statewide & national surveys underway to determine their specific OER involvement, needs and interests Stimulate interest among faculty Grow the Community College Consortium for OER from 30 -100 institutions (2008 -2010)

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Open Textbooks Content Standards High Quality Content Community College-University Articulation Culturally Relevant & Appropriate Technical Standards Accessible for Students with Disabilities Ease of Use Interoperability CMS Interface

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Specific Goals 1: Develop and expand the Community College Consortium for OER toward sustainability 2: Design an easily accessible website to house current information about the development, identification, standards and criteria (articulation, accessibility, interoperability and cultural relevance) and links to high-quality Open Textbooks appropriate for community college instruction which satisfy the standards and criteria supported by CCCOER

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Specific Goals 3: Create and document a work flow process for collecting, using and disseminating community college Open Textbooks (quality assurance, institutional buy-in and marketing) 4: Prepare to conduct formative and summative evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the CCCOER faculty network and student use of community college Open Textbooks 5: Prepare a business plan to sustain the use of Community College Open Textbooks