OER Degrees Emerging in Maryland & Texas Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott & Carrie Gits, Austin Community College, TX Dr. Michael Mills & Samantha Veneruso Montgomery College, MD March 29, 2017, 10:00 am PST Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
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OER Degrees Emerging in Maryland & Texas
Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott & Carrie Gits, Austin Community College, TX
Dr. Michael Mills & Samantha VenerusoMontgomery College, MD
March 29, 2017, 10:00 am PSTUnless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0
Agenda
• Introductions• CCCOER Overview• OER Degrees• Montgomery College• Austin Community College & Texas Consortium• Stay in the Loop• Q & A
Image Front Page Attribution:What open means to you johndbritton via flickr CC BY-SA
Welcome
Moderator: Una Daly, Director CCCOEROpen Education Consortium
Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott, AVP Academic Programs
Carrie Gits, Head LibrarianAustin Community College
Dr. Michael Mills, VP eLearning, Innovation, & Teaching ExcellenceSamantha Veneruso, Faculty and
Chair of General Studies
• Expand access to high- quality open materials• Support faculty choice and development• Improve student success
CCCOER Mission
http://cccoer.orgCome In, We're Open gary simmons cc-by-nc-sa flickr
250+ Colleges in 21 States & Provinces
OER Degrees• Faculty redesign a pathway of existing courses, leading to a degree or a CTE certificate, to use OER
Image license: creative beauty cc-by-nc-nd by calexanderson @ flickr
General Studies Degree
Dr. Michael Mills, VP of E-Learning, Innovation and Teaching Excellence
Samantha Veneruso, Professor of English
Chair, General Studies Innovation Works, Coordinator
Samantha Streamer Veneruso and Dr. Michael MillsMarch 29, 2017
Serving StudentsOER Degrees At Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Project Description• A.A. degree in General Studies with focus on two transfer
paths: Psychology and English• 30 courses proposed for development• About 9,000 students in degree each semester, but
courses potentially impact about 25,000• Targeted populations include low-income, first-generation
and minority students
Project Motivation• Desire to access, affordability, and success of students at
MC• Decrease time to degree completion by modeling clear
transfer paths in terms of course selection and sequencing
• Focus on various learning styles while decreasing student costs
• Increasing student engagement
Project Challenges• Finding quality open content• Licensing that is complicated, unclear or inaccurate• Sustainability• Faculty collaboration• Creating optimal schedules for target populations
Project Implementation• Monthly cross-functional team meetings
‒ Focus on academic concerns, student concerns, research efforts and infrastructure needs
‒ ELITE professional development offerings and faculty champion support
‒ Meeting and updates to various constituencies: Administrators, Chairs, Student Council, Faculty Council