[LIBRARYDIR] Launching OER Degree Pathways: The Research Says . . .

[Boyoung Chae]

Please join us next Wednesday, June 28 from 11:00-12:00 pm (Pacific) for a webinar and discussion of findings from Launching OER Degree Pathways: An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons<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>, the first of several evaluations of ATD’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Degree Initiative. Registration is now open here<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=63364008&msgid=748166&act=VKM1&c=1077307&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5>.

Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.
Policy Associate, eLearning & Open Education
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
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Launching OER Degree Pathways:
An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons

Wednesday, June 28 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET

Register Now<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5>!


By creating degree programs that use only OERs, ATD’s OER Degree Initiative<http://www.achievingthedream.org/resources/initiatives/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative> is helping 38 community colleges in 13 states



  1.  Eliminate the financial burden textbooks place on many students
  2.  Promote improvements in curriculum and pedagogy



Faculty played a key role in implementation, and, after the first evaluation, AtD is ready to share some early findings, including:



  *   Faculty involved in the initiative are changing their teaching . . . and students are at least as or more engaged in OER courses than students in non-OER classrooms.
  *   Faculty members with experience in using OER who received assistance from technology specialists and librarians in developing their courses were most likely to report changes in their teaching.
  *   70% of faculty identified cost as one of the top three factors (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.

Want to Learn More?
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.

Register Now<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1d2c65fafe9eb6334ac87b605f06faf5>!

Questions?  Contact Lynn Reddy<mailto:lreddy at achievingthedream.org%20>

Director of Communications and Media Relations

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