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OLC 2017 AB 798 Conference - Needs, Goals, Desires for Topics

During the TACC Webinar (Monday, Dec. 19th), please Reply to this message sharing your campuses AB 798 needs, goals, and topics you wish to see included in the Feb. 16th OLC AB 798 conference.

Thank you,

Leslie

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Romana Pires on December 19, 2016 at 12:25pm

The Zero Textbook Cost Degrees, I think would be a good topic of interest. We have faculty who are using OER but not exclusively. But it seems like the requirements for zero cost degrees require faculty to use OER exclusively.

Permalink Reply by Cherylee Kushida on December 19, 2016 at 12:25pm

Sustainability of OER is a concern. Around the topics of materials and campus OER coordination needs.

Permalink Reply by Larry Green on December 19, 2016 at 12:27pm

It would be nice to see AB 798 groups by discipline that I can take back to my college faculty so that they each have a network for OER in their discipline. I would like to be educated on what already exists and what is being planned in each discipline.

Permalink Reply by melanie jeffrey on December 19, 2016 at 12:32pm

this is a great idea!

Permalink Reply by Susan Wilson on December 21, 2016 at 4:44pm

Larry, I agree and I was thinking that discipline-specific webinars (recorded) focused on locating OER within that discipline, that included some faculty already using OER in that discipline might be useful for everyone. Locating materials is the hardest, and it can seem overwhelming getting started, but once faculty start to see that there are materials available, they are encouraged and more confident about participating.

Permalink Reply by Antonio López on December 19, 2016 at 12:27pm

I'm just getting started at Sacramento City College. Aside from developing the AB798 website and participation in our Affordable Educational Resources Committee (AERC), all I've done thus far was to administer a survey to participating instructors who adopted OER in the Fall 2016 semester. I also created a survey for instructors to administer to their students. -- Antonio

PS: Our AERC has also been providing some training sessions, though attendance has been limited.

Permalink Reply by Heidi Fridriksson on December 19, 2016 at 12:29pm

We've been working on solutions for these, but would love collaborate with colleagues and counterparts / hear what others are doing with:

Strategies to engage faculty with OER and get them excited about it
Ways of supporting faculty as they adopt since it can be a time consuming process
Making searching and evaluating open materials easier for faculty

Permalink Reply by Mary-Michelle Moore on December 19, 2016 at 12:30pm

Some ideas of where to find some other upper-division materials. Many of our instructors have more control over their upper division classes and less over the larger multi-section courses.

Permalink Reply by Camerin Poulson on December 19, 2016 at 12:30pm

I'm interested in any issues other community colleges might be having with transferability and articulation issues with OER textbooks for students transferring to 4-year colleges.