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Open Educational Resources

The Promise of Open Educational Resources Terri Rowenhorst NROC Membership Director Monterey Institute for Technology and Education October 27, 2008. Open Educational Resources. OER Providers. OER Providers. Living Up to the Promise. So, if OER is GOOD , and its FREE ,.

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Open Educational Resources

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  1. The Promise of Open Educational ResourcesTerri RowenhorstNROC Membership DirectorMonterey Institute for Technology and EducationOctober 27, 2008

  2. Open Educational Resources

  3. OER Providers

  4. OER Providers

  5. Living Up to the Promise So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE, why isn’t everyone using it?

  6. What you are looking for in OER . . . • curricular • complete • quality • easy to use • teaching tool OER Check List

  7. Unique Among OERs • 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

  8. NROC Library - 2008 • College • Course Foundations • US History I • US History II • American Government • Introductory Physics I (algebra-based) • Introductory Physics II (algebra-based) • General Physics I (calculus-based) • General Physics II (calculus-based) • Introductory Calculus I • Introductory Calculus II • General Calculus I • General Calculus II • Environmental Science • Religions of the World • Elementary Algebra • Psychology • Statistics for Social Sciences • Calculo General I (Spanish) • Calculo General II (Spanish) • Advanced Placement • Course Foundations • AP Environmental Science • AP Physics B I • AP Physics B II • AP Physics C I • AP Physics C II • AP US History I • AP US History IIAP US Government and Politics • AP Calculus AB I • AP Calculus AB II • AP Calculus BC I • AP Calculus BC II • AP Biology High School Course Foundations College Prep Physics I College Prep Physics II Algebra 1a Algebra 1b Also in Development Non-Majors Biology Basic Education Online Developmental Algebra

  9. Media rich • Editorially rigorous • Instructionally sound Quality

  10. Complete teaching materials Curricular Correlated with popular textbooks and state standards

  11. HippoCampus.org Free for Individuals!

  12. HippoCampus.org What People Are Saying About HippoCampus “I am thoroughly impressed by the content and the presentation of the HippoCampus site.” “I have just discovered HippoCampus and I am very impressed with the algebra and calculus sections.” Thank you for such a wonderful tool.” “Incredible resources!! I did not know these were available for the general public!! Thank you!” “THIS IS RADICALLY AWESOME! This program has helped me a bunch. Please make more of these programs. It is helping me understand concepts much better. Keep up the good work!” “First of all let me thank you for your efforts in open education! It is really inspiring.”

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

  14. NROC NetworkA Sampling of our Members Lubbock Christian University Michigan Virtual High School Minnesota Online Montana State University at Billings Nebraska Partnerships for Innovation Oregon Department of Education South Carolina Department of Education Teachers without Boarders University of Texas Brownsville Utah Electronic High School UT System TeleCampus University of Georgia System Board of Regents West Virginia University at Parkersburg Alabama Department of Education Bambugare Network (Sub-Saharan Africa) Bethel Covenent (Uganda) Cal State Fullerton Chattanooga State Technical & Community College Clark County Virtual High School Colorado Community Colleges Online CORE (China) CUDI (Mexico) Florida Distance Learning Consortium Georgia Department of Education Hudson County Schools of Technology IDEAL- NM Idaho Digital Learning Academy Illinois Virtual High School Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium Kentucky Department of Education Los Angeles Unified School District Louisiana Department of Education

  15. Flexible Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories Customizable by a teacher, a department, or a system

  16. Value of Membership Members use NROC in a variety of ways, Online courses Traditional classroom use Hybrid/blended Select media for iPod downloads and to address a variety of challenges.

  17. NROC Network Case Studies International Outreach CHALLENGE: Promoting education and development through instructional technology.

  18. NROC Network Case Studies College and Career Transitions CHALLENGE: Bridge the gap between high school and college to support student success. • On a statewide collaborative effort: • “We want to offer very rigorous, highly interactive and engaged coursework in current technical education and provide a place for secondary and postsecondary educators to come together to expand online learning opportunities. NROC is helping us do this.” • Erika Volker, Administrative Director, PFI

  19. NROC Network Case Studies Replacing Costly Textbooks CHALLENGE: Textbook prices are too high. 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 Kaemmerling Chair of Social Sciences, CCCOnline

  20. NROC Network Case Studies Sharing Learning Resources CHALLENGE: Promote content sharing and save development costs among 35 member colleges. On launching a statewide repository: "Starting a statewide digital repository is a challenge.At the core of the project, the repository mustoffer 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

  21. Link to HippoCampus from your website Make HippoCampus assignments Incorporate links to HippoCampus in Web 2.0 apps Find other ways to share it with students directly Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools Consider other institutional uses possible through membership Share it---with LEARNERS! Mission Possible! Expand Access to Educational Opportunity

  22. Questions?Terri Rowenhorsttrowenhorst@montereyinstitute.org719-783-0804OER site:www.hippocampus.orgFor more information:www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc

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