[LIBRARYDIR] [Clams-l] Calling All Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work

Wed Dec 4 17:09:12 PST 2019

Awesome questions, Mindy! I will do my best to address them.

  *   The major responsibility of the participant of this group, as specified in the initial email, would be communicating with SBCTC with questions and comments. I understand that there could be multiple folks leading/supporting college-wide implementation of OER/Low-Cost Labeling. I would welcome anyone who is involved in campus implementation at any capacity, as long as the person has a willingness/capacity to work as a liaison between college and SBCTC. For that reason, multiple folks signing up from one college is acceptable and welcome. For instance, from TCC, 4 folks with different positions signed up as they work as a team and all wanted to be part of a direct conversation.
  *   Opt-in or out? OER/Low-Cost labeling policy is a mechanism that was developed to support our colleges to be in compliance of State Law that passed in 2017 (HB 1375). Colleges are required to inform students which courses use OER at the time of registration no later than a quarter after the college moves to ctcLink. This law has a clear funding/reporting structure built into it and SBCTC is tasked to monitor the progress and submit a legislative report every year. At this point, the question is how to implement this, not whether to opt in or out.
  *   Feeling overwhelmed? I understand it could feel daunting even if the policy was created with the inputs from faculty members and administrators (multiple rounds of statewide surveys were conducted for the past 3 years. See a full list of the study reports<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FDMutJccGdEZ1mtB-4eoAbvCmkS7t-tvqGoBrAIopO0/edit#bookmark=id.30106m5yu6if>). This is a fully established guideline with specific examples, resources, and best practices (See tinyurl.com/openwa-label<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/oer-low-cost-label-implementation.aspx>).
  *   Still feeling unprepared? This labeling requirement is only for colleges who have deployed ctcLink. Most of our system colleges have had or will have over 2 years to prep for the implementation. For example Skagit will have at least 2 years until the implementation, being part of the ctcLink deployment Group 5 (See ctcLink Deployment Schedule<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/it-support/ctclink/deployment-groups.aspx>).
  *   Concerned that courses not labeled will be perceived as expensive? These labels appear in the student class search page as one of many course attributes (such as time, date, availability, location, format, delivery, funding model, etc.) This is one of many conditions students will use, albeit an important one, to make more informed choices. Interestingly, I've received feedback from several faculty members at ctcLink colleges that the policy has provided leverage in renegotiating with publishers to bring the cost of materials within the low cost threshold.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions. :-)

[sbctc logo]Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.
Policy Associate, Educational Technology & Open Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Openwa.org<openwa.org> | OER & Low-Cost Label<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/oer-low-cost-label-implementation.aspx>
bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu> |360-628-3549
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From: Mindy Coslor <Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu<mailto:Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu>>
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 11:53 AM
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Cc: Boyoung Chae <bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu>>
Subject: RE: [Clams-l] Calling All Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work

Hi Boyoung,

Would you please define the roles of the participants on their home campuses?  Should the participants actually be in a position where they would assign the label of OER/Low cost to individual classes in the college schedule?  Should they be in a position to write the college policy?

On my campus, I've been told that choosing to use the label designation of OER/Low Cost is an all or nothing proposition for colleges.  In other words, if colleges choose to use that designation for their OER/Low Cost classes, all the rest of the classes will be labeled in the class schedule as "high cost."  The argument against adopting this policy is that so few classes will initially have the OER/Low Cost label the college will look bad.  Can you please comment?  If this is true, I can understand why my college might be reluctant to adopt a policy for OER/Low Cost labeling.

Thanks,
Mindy

Mindy Coslor, PhD
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA  98273

360.416.7761

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Subject: Re: [Clams-l] Calling All Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work

So far we have 23 folks signed up from 18 colleges (See the member list<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A2d8lIiWLx857LNFdiOC_vVdBW1HIRFquGWOEzJ5JRI/edit?usp=sharing>). That's awesome (thank you!), but I am really hoping to see representation from all of our 34 colleges. I will wait till the end of this week and will send out a Doodle Poll to organize our first get-together. :-)

[sbctc logo]Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.
Policy Associate, Educational Technology & Open Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Openwa.org<openwa.org> | OER & Low-Cost Label<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/oer-low-cost-label-implementation.aspx>
bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu> |360-628-3549
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Subject: [Clams-l] Calling All Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work

Calling All Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work in Washington!

Thanks to the incredible support from the members of our Washington community and technical colleges, we have successfully launched and established implementation guidelines for the OER & Low-Cost Labeling policies (Visit https://tinyurl.com/openwa-label to learn more).

Now that the initial work is done, we'd love to have all the OER/Low-Cost Labeling Coordinators from our colleges get together to share their experiences to date. Would you please use this form below to provide a point of contact (or multiple) from your college in order to help us plan such a get-together (Direct URL to the form: https://tinyurl.com/openwa-label-team)?

Coordinators of OER/Low-Cost Labeling work Form<https://tinyurl.com/openwa-label-team>

Major responsibilities of OER/Low-Cost Labeling Coordinators are two-fold:

  *   Communicate with SBCTC with questions and feedback
  *   Lead/support college-wide implementation of OER/Low-Cost Labeling policies

Hope to see representation from all of our 34 colleges!

[sbctc logo]Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.
Policy Associate, Educational Technology & Open Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Openwa.org<openwa.org> | OER & Low-Cost Label<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/oer-low-cost-label-implementation.aspx>
bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu> |360-628-3549
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