The Evidence Towards Impact: The Maricopa Millions OER Project

The Evidence Towards Impact:

The Maricopa Millions OER Project

Dr. Lisa Young Scottsdale Community College Paul Golisch Paradise Valley Community College

Maricopa Community Colleges

Phoenix, Arizona

10 Colleges

37 Associate Degrees

Over 10,000 Courses

Nearly 10,000 Employees

More than 250,000 Students

Costs for a Class (3 credit hours)

Tuition

Textbooks $243

$100

Maricopa Community Colleges

http://www.sdsubookstore.com/Bookstore/Textbooks/PricingPolicy/WheretheNewTextbookDollarGoes/tabid/143/Default.aspx

openstaxcollege.org

OER Example: OpenStax College

Members in CCCOER

Senators and Congressmen sponsoring the Affordable College Textbook Act

The National OER Scene

Some Notable OER Projects

http://www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/Affordable%20College%20Textbook%20Act.pdf

The Affordable College Textbook Act S. 1704 (Durbin-Franken)

H.R. 3538 (Hinojosa-Miller)

Sen. Al Franken (MN)

Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX)

Rep. George Miller (CA)

•  Creates a grant program to support pilot programs at colleges and universities

•  Ensures that materials created will be freely and easily accessible to the public

•  Requires entities who receive funds to complete a report on the program effectiveness

•  Requires the Government Accountability Office to provide an updated report on the price trends of college textbooks

How OER in MCCCD started…

OER Roots in the Maricopa Community Colleges

Scottsdale Community College Videos, Workbooks, & Hosting

Phoenix College Videos & Textbooks

Paradise Valley CC Adoption & Collaboration

10 Colleges

OER Example: MyOpenMath

www.myopenmath.com

Photo by spettacolopuro - Creative Commons Attribution License http://www.flickr.com/photos/24113168@N03 Created with Haiku Deck

Paradise Valley Community College Survey of Math Students – Spring 2013

Only 6.3% would not recommend the open materials to their classmates

Scottsdale Community College Survey of Math Students - Fall 2012

score.scottsdalecc.edu sccmath.wordpress.com

Views during March 2014

www.mathispower4u.com

Over 28,000 hours

of viewing

Let the scaling begin …

Library Faculty

•  Presentations •  Call for OER Grants •  Dialogue Days •  Department Meetings •  “Water Cooler” Discussions •  Promotional Items •  CTLs •  College Libraries •  Candy

http://www.skmurphy.com/startup-stages/scaling-up-stage/

Creating OER Awareness and Increasing Adoption

Phase 1 (Pilot in Fall 2014) English Composition I English Composition II Developmental Reading

Phase 2 (Pilot in Spring 2015)

Fundamental Chemistry College Success Class

Course Materials: a)  No Cost

OR b)   Low Cost (less than $40)

The 4 Rs of OER

$100 per student € 72 per student

20 students per class

Spring 2014 ----------------- $1,483,175 ($818,000)

€ 1,072,899 so far

Let’s hear from the students…

“Open Educational Resources allow everyone in class to have all the materials on day one.”

Manuel Ordoñez Major: Business

$185

€134

Dad, I thought you said the

textbook would be free!

Student Interviews

lisa.young@scottsdalecc.edu @lcbyoung

paul.golisch@paradisevalley.edu @pgolisch

www.maricopa.edu/oer

Questions?