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<p>Friends and Colleagues:</p>
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<p>I apologize for the accidental "reply to all"! </p>
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<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">This </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">webinar will be at 11AM PST</span>. I hope to "see" many of you there.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com <dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Jennifer Whetham <jwhetham@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 26, 2017 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com; atlc@lists.ctc.edu; Articulation and Transfer Council of IC (atc@lists.ctc.edu); VTC@lists.ctc.edu; 'abedir@lists.ctc.edu'; ctclda@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lynn Reddy; rsinger@achievingthedream.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [dehpd-wactc] Launching OER Degree Pathways: The Research Says . . .</font>
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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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Rebecca Griffiths, Dr. Jessica Mislevy, and Donna Desrochers for a snapshot of the initiative and the specifics of these findings.</span></div>
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