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Open Couse Library

Open Couse Library. SBCTC of Washington State Initiative. Strategic technology plan. Open Course Library – part of SBCTC strategic technology plan to expand educational opportunities and decrease cost of textbooks. Project began in 2010-11.

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Open Couse Library

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  1. Open Couse Library SBCTC of Washington State Initiative

  2. Strategic technology plan • Open Course Library – part of SBCTC strategic technology plan to expand educational opportunities and decrease cost of textbooks. • Project began in 2010-11. • RFPs went out inviting faculty to develop educational material. • Faculty developers chosen through competitive process. • 81 high enrolled and gatekeeper courses were chosen. • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlQEyzXyEJfRdGdhOExOTktyNFRxZ2dpVFM4cE11T3c&hl=en_US#gid=0

  3. Goals of Project • Decrease cost of textbooks for students -Students pay over $1,000 annually for textbooks -Cost of textbooks would be capped at $30.00 • Develop educational materials and resources for faculty • Collection of resources would include: -Textbooks -Syllabi -Readings -Course Activities/Assignments

  4. Phase I • Phase I – 42 courses were developed in the first year of the project • Materials became available October 31, 2011 • At this time there have been over 20,000 visits to opencourselibrary.org • 81 media article world wide • In first year students have saved 1.1 million in textbook costs – the save is more than what was spent to develop the first 42 courses

  5. Lessons Learned in Phase I • Many faculty involved in the first phase were not familiar with ANGEL. • There was no way to compare work between course teams. • To offset concerns of quality: -Each course has been pilot tested in a college classroom -2 peer reviews of open library course -Instructional Designer review using Quality Matters rubric -Curriculum/instructional expert review • Too many websites to monitor and keep track of – some websites become inactive or become unavailable.

  6. Phase II • Phase II - RFPs were sent out in Fall 2011 for faculty to develop final 39 courses • Faculty designers were again chosen through competitive process • These 39 courses will be available in Spring 2013 • This year faculty designers are using Google Docs (Program similar to WORD and more familiar to faculty than ANGEL). • Big push now to get materials adopted • Working with system librarians to track and promote open library content

  7. Websites • Websites: https://sites.google.com/a/sbctc.edu/opencourselibrary/courses/phase-1-courses http://www.opentextbookstore.com/precalc/ http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=precalculus%2C+an+investigation+of+functions

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