#354 Panel (60 minutes)

Tuesday 17 April 15:15 - 16:15 Fitzpatrick Theatre

Community College Panel on Open Education Innovation and Collaboration

Una T. Daly, OCWC, US
James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons, US
Tom Caswell, Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, US
Jean Runyon, Anne Arundel Community College, US

Moderator: Meena Hwang, Communications director at OCWC

Panelists:

• Tom Caswell, Open Education Policy Associate, Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.
• Una Daly, Community College Outreach Manager, Open Courseware Consortium and part-time faculty at Foothill Community College.
• James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, & Distance Learning at College of the Canyons and President, CCCOER advisory board.
• Jean Runyon, Dean of Virtual Campus, Anne Arundel Community College and Co-Principal Investigator of Bridge-2-Success Next Generation Learning Learning Challenge funded project.

Conference Theme: Impact

Summary: Community Colleges are embracing open educational practices to support innovation and collaboration and expand student access

Abstract: The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) joined the Open Courseware Consortium as an affiliate consortium in 2011 signaling a maturing of OER efforts at the two-year colleges in the United States and Canada.  The open access mission and unique concerns of community colleges will be described and examples of national and local OER projects will be shared in this panel discussion.
The 1,100 community and technical colleges in the U.S. represent a growing and dynamic community of OER producers and users. Learn how different colleges are utilizing OER to support faculty innovation and collaboration and in the process expanding student access by lowering costs. 
The topics below will be introduced by the panelists and then followed by an interactive question and answer period.
The Washington State Open Course Library features 42 open courses with expertly developed educational materials including syllabi, activities, readings, and assessments, and textbook for the highest enrolled two-year college classes.  Developed in Washington, these courses are now distributed in multiple OER repositories and available globally to educators and students alike.