<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Malgun Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@Malgun Gothic";}
@font-face
{font-family:Corbel;
panose-1:2 11 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:192694136;
mso-list-template-ids:184422372;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:310016705;
mso-list-template-ids:685406108;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1431004401;
mso-list-template-ids:-1914916150;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3
{mso-list-id:1883244671;
mso-list-template-ids:559311238;}
@list l3:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l3:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l3:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Please join us <b>next Wednesday, June 28 from
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">11:00-12:00 pm (Pacific)</span></b> for a webinar and discussion of findings from
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=63364008&msgid=748166&act=VKM1&c=1077307&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fachievingthedream.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Finitiatives%2Flaunching_oer_degree_pathways.pdf">
<i><span style="color:#1155CC">Launching OER Degree Pathways: An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons</span></i></a>, the first of several evaluations of ATD’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Degree Initiative.
Registration is now open <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=63364008&msgid=748166&act=VKM1&c=1077307&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5">
<span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040">Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Policy Associate, eLearning & Open Education</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><a href="mailto:bchae@sbctc.edu">bchae@sbctc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://openwa.org/">OpenWa</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">|</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.openwa.org/open-attrib-builder/">Open
Attribution Builder</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/MZL9W9">OpenEd Support and Services</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<hr size="2" width="98%" align="center">
</span></div>
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com">dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com">dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com</a>> on behalf of Jennifer Whetham <<a href="mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu">jwhetham@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 26, 2017 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com">dehpd-wactc@googlegroups.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:atlc@lists.ctc.edu">atlc@lists.ctc.edu</a>; Articulation and Transfer Council of IC (<a href="mailto:atc@lists.ctc.edu">atc@lists.ctc.edu</a>);
<a href="mailto:VTC@lists.ctc.edu">VTC@lists.ctc.edu</a>; 'abedir@lists.ctc.edu';
<a href="mailto:ctclda@lists.ctc.edu">ctclda@lists.ctc.edu</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lynn Reddy; <a href="mailto:rsinger@achievingthedream.org">rsinger@achievingthedream.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [dehpd-wactc] Launching OER Degree Pathways: The Research Says . . .</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper">
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Launching OER Degree Pathways: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, June 28 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">Register Now</span></a></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">By creating degree programs that use only OERs, ATD’s </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.achievingthedream.org/resources/initiatives/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BD1398">OER
Degree Initiative</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is helping 38 community colleges in 13 states </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eliminate the financial burden textbooks place on many students </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Promote improvements in curriculum and pedagogy
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Faculty played a key role in implementation</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, and, after the first evaluation, AtD is ready to share some early
findings, including:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Faculty involved in the initiative are
<b>changing their teaching</b> . . . and <b>students are at least as or more engaged in OER courses</b> than students in non-OER classrooms.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">70% of faculty identified cost as one of the top three factors</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (along with quality of materials and comprehensive content and activities) for selecting course
material. In a previous OER implementation study, only 2.7 percent of faculty members identified cost as one the top three factors.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Want to Learn More?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join Dr. Karen A. Stout, President and CEO of Achieving the Dream, Dr. Richard Sebastian, the initiative’s director, and researchers Rebecca Griffiths, Dr. Jessica Mislevy, and Donna
Desrochers for a snapshot of the initiative and the specifics of these findings.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#006FC9">Register Now</span></a></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">? Contact
<a href="mailto:lreddy@achievingthedream.org%20">Lynn Reddy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director of Communications and Media Relations</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Main (240) 450-0075 • Direct (240) 450-3830 • Cell (301)520-9940 </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>