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

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

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

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

Community College Open Textbook Project Sponsored by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & the Foothill-De Anza Community College District College Level# Students Mathematics543,145 English503,757 Physical Education313,614 Psychology270,581 History269,303 Speech209,182 Biology166,643 Music162,086 Sociology149,859 Political Science149,695 Philosophy125,623 Health Education114,824 Spanish109,807 College Level# Students Art109,574 Child Development106,231 Anthropology100,166 Economics 99,683 Chemistry 89,606 Accounting 85,501 Business 73,959 Information Technology 71,716 Geography 59,726 Anatomy & Phys. 48,196 ESL College Level 18,980 College Reading 8,368

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

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

 1,550 courses to date 1,550 courses to date  1,800 courses by ,800 courses by 2007  33 disciplines 33 disciplines MIT OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) 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 1A & 1B  College Prep Physics I & II  13 College Courses

Published Eight Open Courses Open Publishing in Sakai

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 institutions ( )

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