Practical Applications of Open Educational Resources - Terri Rowenhorst

Practical Applications of Open Educational Resources (OER)

Terri RowenhorstNROC Membership DirectorMonterey Institute for Technology and Education

October 21, 2009

So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE,

Living Up to the Promise

why isn’t everyone using it?

A repository of high-quality undergraduate, high school, and Advanced Placement© content to be distributed at little or no cost to students and teachers worldwide.

Curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary

Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure

Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository

Unique Among OERs

Growth and PartnershipsOER Coalition

ARRA 2009

Federal Stimulus and OER

High School Course Foundations

College Prep Physics ICollege Prep Physics IIAlgebra 1a Algebra 1b Curso de Algebra 1A (Spanish)Curso de Algebra 1B (Spanish)

College Course Foundations

US History IUS History IIAmerican GovernmentReligions of the WorldPsychologyElementary AlgebraIntroductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus IICalculo General I (Spanish)Calculo General II (Spanish)Statistics for the Social Sciences Introductory Physics I (algebra-based)Introductory Physics II (algebra-based)General Physics I (calculus-based)General Physics II (calculus-based)Non-Majors BiologyEnvironmental Science

Advanced Placement Course Foundations

AP Environmental ScienceAP Physics B IAP Physics B IIAP Physics C IAP Physics C IIAP US History IAP US History IIAP US Government and PoliticsAP Calculus AB IAP Calculus AB IIAP Calculus BC IAP Calculus BC IIAP Biology

In DevelopmentHigh School American Government

High School Algebra 1 (new)Spanish Version of Statistics for Social Sciences

College Developmental Mathematics

NROC Library 2009

• $5M from Gates and $1M from Hewlett

• To address a central factor in college transition and retention

• Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Geometry, Intermediate Algebra

• Collaboration with professional associations, academics & NROC membership community

• First course to publish September 2010. Project runs through 2012.

• STAY TUNED at www.nrocnetwork.org

Developmental Math Project

HippoCampus.org: Free for Individuals

Quality

• Editorially rigorous

• Media rich

• Instructionally sound

Curricular

Complete teaching materials

Correlated with popular textbook

s & state

standards

Flexible

Customizable by a teacher, a department, or an institution

Can be used within popular LMS’s and repositories

. “ . . . sustainability problems plague

open educational resources . . . the

inherent contradiction in the idea of

sustaining and upgrading a product

that is given away.”

The Promise of Open Educational Resources, Marshall S.

Smith and Catherine M. Casserly, Change,

September/October 2006

The Challenge of OER

NROC Network

Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote the continuous improvement of online courses through collaborative development of high-quality content and instruction.

2009 Network Members 2009-2010 Advisors

Academy School District 20 Online (CO)Alabama ACCESS (DOE) Albuquerque Public Schools (NM)Anaheim Union High School District (CA)Arizona Department of EducationBambugare Network (Sub-Saharan Africa)Bethel Covenant College (Uganda)California State University at Fullerton Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (Rwanda)Chattanooga State Technical & Comm. College (TN) CORE (China)Clark County School District (NV)Colorado Community Colleges Online Colorado Online LearningCUDI (Mexico)Florida Distance Learning Consortium Georgia Virtual School (DOE)Global Literacy Foundation (AZ)Greenville County Virtual School (SC) Grossmont Union High School (CA)Gwinnett County Online Campus (GA)Kentucky Statewide Consortium (P-20) (a joint effort of the KY Department of Education, KY Council of Post-Secondary Education & the KY Community & Technical College System)Hudson Schools of Technology (NJ) Idaho Digital Learning AcademyIDEAL-New MexicoIllinois Virtual School (DOE)Indian Prairie School District #204 (IL)Iowa Community College Online Consortium Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLouisiana Virtual School Lubbock Independent School District Online (TX) Maryland State Department of Education Michigan Virtual High School Mid-Hudson Regional BOCES Consortium (NY)

Academy School District 20 Online (CO)Alabama ACCESS (DOE) Albuquerque Public Schools (NM)Anaheim Union High School District (CA)Arizona Department of EducationBambugare Network (Sub-Saharan Africa)Bethel Covenant College (Uganda)California State University at Fullerton Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (Rwanda)Chattanooga State Technical & Comm. College (TN) CORE (China)Clark County School District (NV)Colorado Community Colleges Online Colorado Online LearningCUDI (Mexico)Florida Distance Learning Consortium Georgia Virtual School (DOE)Global Literacy Foundation (AZ)Greenville County Virtual School (SC) Grossmont Union High School (CA)Gwinnett County Online Campus (GA)Kentucky Statewide Consortium (P-20) (a joint effort of the KY Department of Education, KY Council of Post-Secondary Education & the KY Community & Technical College System)Hudson Schools of Technology (NJ) Idaho Digital Learning AcademyIDEAL-New MexicoIllinois Virtual School (DOE)Indian Prairie School District #204 (IL)Iowa Community College Online Consortium Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLouisiana Virtual School Lubbock Independent School District Online (TX) Maryland State Department of Education Michigan Virtual High School Mid-Hudson Regional BOCES Consortium (NY)

Minnesota Learning Commons (P-20) (a joint effort of MN State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota serving P-20 learners across the state) Minneapolis Public Schools OnlineMississippi Virtual School (DOE)Missouri Dept. of Elem. and Secondary EducationMontana State University at BillingsMyron B. Thompson Academy (HI)Niles Township High School District (IL)Nebraska: Partnerships for Innovation (P-20)North Carolina Community College SystemNorth Dakota Center for Distance EducationNorthwest Area Education Agency (IA) Oregon Department of EducationPortland State UniversitySan Jose Education Foundation (CA)San Luis Obispo County Board of Education (CA)School District of the Chathams (NJ)Sierra Vista High School (CA)South Carolina Virtual School (DOE) Tulare County Office of Education (CA)University of California, IrvineUniversity of Georgia System Board of Regents Utah Electronic High SchoolUniversity of Texas at Brownsville UT System TeleCampus Valley Christian School (CA)Virtual Virginia (DOE)West Virginia University-ParkersburgWest Virginia DOEWhitfield County School District (GA)

Partner Advisors:Council of Chief State Supervisors and OfficersSouthern Regional Education Board

Minnesota Learning Commons (P-20) (a joint effort of MN State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota serving P-20 learners across the state) Minneapolis Public Schools OnlineMississippi Virtual School (DOE)Missouri Dept. of Elem. and Secondary EducationMontana State University at BillingsMyron B. Thompson Academy (HI)Niles Township High School District (IL)Nebraska: Partnerships for Innovation (P-20)North Carolina Community College SystemNorth Dakota Center for Distance EducationNorthwest Area Education Agency (IA) Oregon Department of EducationPortland State UniversitySan Jose Education Foundation (CA)San Luis Obispo County Board of Education (CA)School District of the Chathams (NJ)Sierra Vista High School (CA)South Carolina Virtual School (DOE) Tulare County Office of Education (CA)University of California, IrvineUniversity of Georgia System Board of Regents Utah Electronic High SchoolUniversity of Texas at Brownsville UT System TeleCampus Valley Christian School (CA)Virtual Virginia (DOE)West Virginia University-ParkersburgWest Virginia DOEWhitfield County School District (GA)

Partner Advisors:Council of Chief State Supervisors and OfficersSouthern Regional Education Board

Value of Membership

Members use NROC to support institutional efforts: Online courses

Traditional classroom use

Hybrid/blended

…and to address a variety of

challenges.

NROC Network Case Studies

Opportunity:

Replacing Costly Textbooks

On teaching US History without a textbook

“. . . we turned to NROC. I left my discussion questions, midterms, and finals the same as they were when we used the textbook, so I could compare outcomes. I was happy to find that my students are right on track with the digital alternative.“

Karen KaemmerlingChair of Social Sciences, CCCOnline

NROC Network Case Studies

Opportunity:

Course redesign to replace some classroom time with online course components

“We chose the NROC content because it is high quality, and includes lessons, learning objects, activities and assessments, all of which may be used separately. The fact that lessons can be “chunked” in ways that work for the individual faculty member make them more desirable than other third party content.” 

Michael Anderson, Assistant Director, UT System TeleCampus

NROC Network Case Studies

Opportunity:

Maximize course development budgets by integrating NROC’s high-quality, low-cost, adaptable multi-media learning objects.

“NROC’s content transforms excellent teaching and online delivery

into best practices.” Judy Lowe, Asst. VP of Distributed Education and Multi Media, CSTCC

NROC Network Case Studies

Opportunity:

Seeding a statewide repository to promote content sharing and save development costs

"Starting a statewide digital repository is a challenge. At the core of the project, the repository must offer sufficient rich multimedia and high quality resources to attract and motivate faculty to use repository content. In Florida, we are licensing the high quality NROC content library to form that essential content core."

Susie Henderson, Director, Orange Grove

NROC Network Case Studies

Opportunity:

Bridging the gap between High School and College to support student success.

“Perkins IV launched new thinking about how Nebraska could build statewide systems to accomplish program improvement and increase student achievement. Our consortium provides an opportunity to reduce the burden on local institutions by offering resources like NROC for every student and teacher in the state. NROC provides the opportunity for integration of career and academic education in every classroom and learning delivery system.”

Erika Volker, Administrative Director, Nebraska PFI

• Link to HippoCampus• Make HippoCampus assignments• Blog about it, add links to directory sites• Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools• Offer feedback on HippoCampus • Know of great content? Suggest HippoCampus as a

sharing vehicle• Consider other institutional uses possible through

membership

OER success is measured by usage

Share it---with LEARNERS!

Terri Rowenhorst. [email protected]

OER site: Free for individuals! www.hippocampus.org

For more information:www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc

Federal Stimulus Funding and OER Email Terri for more about upcoming webinars on

this topic.First to be held Wed. Oct 28 at 2pm ET

Questions?