Zx23 Project | Wm & Flora Hewlett Foundation Annual Meeting | 2015

Z x 23

Scaling the zero-textbook-cost

degree across Virginia’s

Community Colleges

http://www.vccs.edu/about/where-we-are/impact/

16 out of 23 VCCS colleges have

ongoing OER projects

SOLUTION?

Z x 23 Project1. 50,000 students will successfully

complete Z degree courses at fifteen (15) VCCS colleges.

2. Establish a model for sustaining and supporting the z courses and other OER infrastructure.

3. Create a detailed “roadmap” to for postsecondary institutions interested in scaling and sustaining a statewide or system OER infrastructure.

BACKGROUND

• The Textbook Costs and Digital Learning

Resources (TCDLR) Committee TCDLR Final

Report, released in January 2015.

• The Chancellor’s OER Adoption Grants (I & II)

offered selected faculty and library staff stipends

and support to adopt and adapt high-quality OER

for high-enrollment courses.

Open Educational Resources at Northern Virginia’s

Extended Learning Institute (ELI)

Preston Davis, Director, Extended Learning Institute Northern Virginia Community College

wdavis@nvcc.edu

The Development and Use of OER Materials

by Community College and High School

Faculty

Jane Rosecrans, Faculty

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

jrosecrans@reynolds.edu

Reynolds’ Advance College

Academy (ACA) and OER

Initiative

Just start somewhere

OER at a Germanna Community

College

Cheryl Huff, English Department Chair

Germanna Community College

chuff@germanna.edu

CHALLENGES

• The overall percentage of faculty adoption

is relatively low.

• Limited access to data on OER use and

impact.

• Need an OER Commons

• OER adoption has yet to scale in a broad,

systemic way by a large postsecondary

system like the Virginia Community College

System.

CHALLENGES

Create a sustainable

infrastructure so the OER can be

scaled effectively among

colleges and the full potential of

Virginia’s investment in open

can be realized.

Portability = scalability

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/514979823/

Innovation-Decision Process

OCCIorganization’s capacity for continuous innovation

Attribution1. “The Future of Books” by Johan Larsson is licensed under CC BY 2.0

2. “iPad” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0

3. “NASA Visualization Explorer Now Available For All iOS Devices”, NASA

is licensed under CC BY 2.0

4. "Planking in bookstore" by Erin! Nekervis is licensed under CC BY 2.0

5. “"Girl sitting at desk flipping through textbook pages at Putnam School"

by Library and Archives Canada is licensed under CC BY 2.0

6. "No luggage" by Tom Magliery is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

QUESTIONS?