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<p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Launching OER Degree Pathways: </span></b></span><br>
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creating degree programs that use only OERs, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ATD’s </span></span><a href="http://www.achievingthedream.org/resources/initiatives/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(189, 19, 152); font-size: 14pt;">OER
Degree Initiative</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is helping 38 community colleges in 13 states </span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Eliminate the financial burden textbooks place on many students</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Promote improvements in curriculum and pedagogy
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Faculty played a key role in implementation</span></b>, and, after </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the first
evaluation, A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">tD </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">is ready to share some early findings, including:</span></span></p>
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<li style=""><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">Faculty involved in the initiative are
<b>changing their teaching</b> . . . </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">and
<b>students are at least as or more engaged in OER courses</b> than students in non-OER classrooms.</span></span><br>
</li><li style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faculty members with experience in using OER who
<b>received assistance from technology specialists and librarians</b> in developing their courses were
<b>most likely to report changes in their teaching</b>.</span><br>
</li><li style=""><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><b>70% of faculty identified cost as one of the top three factors</b> (along with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">quality
of materials and comprehensive content and activities) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">for selecting course material. In a previous OER implementation study, only </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2.7
percent of faculty members identified cost as one the top three factors.</span></span></li></ul>
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<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b></b>Join <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dr.
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