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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">Colleagues: below is an update on OER and a heads up about a webinar on February 21 that will share the results. There will likely be an OER item in WACTCSA’s leg agenda next year, to
extend its use further. Edward and Ruben will be distributing this to all WSSSC Council lists.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Joe Holliday<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Director of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Olympia, Washington 98504-2495<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Boyoung Chae <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 5, 2018 4:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edward Esparza <eesparza@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Joe Holliday <jholliday@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Research brief: Affordable Cost for Course Materials<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Edward, could you forward this message to your commission and councils with my deepest appreciation?
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">---------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Great news!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">As you may know, in late 2017
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WACTCSA/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACTCSA</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> and
</span><a href="sbctc.edu"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SBCTC</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> conducted a survey on the affordability of course materials with our state
community & technical college students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Led by the Student Association</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">, with assistance from many system
councils and commissions, this was a true system-wide collaboration. We are happy to report that we collected over <b>10,000</b> responses from our students. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">We have finished the initial analysis of data and are ready to share <b>a summary of preliminary findings:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#0070C0"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students2"><span style="color:#0070C0">Research brief</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students3">Slide presentation</a><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/wa-students-dash">Interactive dashboard</a><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Want to know more? We are offering a webinar on Feb 21. To register, visit </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.cccoer.org/2018/01/23/cccoer-spring-2018-webinars/"><span style="color:#0070C0">CCCOER
Spring Webinar Series</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">. A full report will be released in March 2018.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Thank you again for your incredible support and partnership. We did it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Boyoung<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#404040">Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Policy Associate, eLearning & Open Education</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#404040"><a href="mailto:bchae@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">bchae@sbctc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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