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The Kaleidoscope Project

The Kaleidoscope Project. September 2012. Project Goals. Eliminate textbook costs as an obstacle to student success Increase student success through assessment-driven enhancement of an OER curriculum that addresses at-risk students’ unique learning needs

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The Kaleidoscope Project

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  1. The Kaleidoscope Project September 2012

  2. Project Goals • Eliminate textbook costs as an obstacle to student success • Increase student success through assessment-driven enhancement of an OER curriculum that addresses at-risk students’ unique learning needs • Create a community that will collaboratively evaluateand improve open course designs based on student learning results

  3. Outcome-centered course designs • With common assessments • Deliver, analyze, improve, share • Using best of existing OER

  4. Kaleidoscope Partner Experts

  5. Academic Year 2012 Impact

  6. +16% +95% +14% +33% +49% +35% +164%

  7. Faculty Experience • 100% will use open educational resources again • 100% found the quality of the texts to be equal • 100% continued in Kaleidoscope project “This project is the most rewarding professional experience I have ever had.” “This is an issue of social justice. How, in good conscience, can we not contribute to this movement?” “Kaleidoscope has changed my teaching, my perspective and my life.” Source: Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, Thanos (2012)

  8. Student ratings of quality of open texts • “It was very concise and aligned with exactly what we were working on in the class.” • “Having the textbook catered to us by our teacher was perfect.” 3% 56% 41% Source: Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, Thanos (2012)

  9. Student preference for Kaleidoscope courses • “I enjoy having online texts provided for me because I'm poor. I spend the money I have left after rent on school, so having free online texts provided for me benefits me very much.” • “GREAT WAY TO DO ONLINE CLASSES!!!!” 13% 13% 73% Source: Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, Thanos (2012)

  10. Institutional Strategy and Collaboration Strategy

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  20. Two faculty members Align outcomes Identify opportunity The Tale of a Math Course + 140% student success Spring improvements Dept.-wide adoption Replace Pearson texts Broader community Full evaluation of options Open math lab OER/adoption experts Steering committee strategy OCL text and videos Inefficient tools New adopter concerns Lack of quality OER

  21. How do you explain… 100% on Day 1 “Only” $20 Personal connection Repeatable process

  22. Two faculty members Align outcomes Identify opportunity The Tale of a Math Course + 140% student success Spring improvements Dept.-wide adoption Replace Pearson texts Broader community Full evaluation of options Open math lab OER/adoption experts Steering committee strategy OCL text and videos Inefficient tools New adopter concerns Lack of quality OER

  23. 100% on Day 1 Repeatable process

  24. Join Us! kim@lumenlearning.com bettino@cerritos.edu

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