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Motivation SAC sustains a culture of innovation driven by its dedication to improve student success. Most of the students that SAC serves enter the college encumbered by disadvantages: 66% are low-income 64% are first-generation 62% of first-time freshman place below college-level in math and English), and Most are from cultures and backgrounds historically underrepresented in […]
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Motivation The OER Degree program directly supports two goals of the FSCJ’s strategic plan for 2017-2020: promote access and equity, and increase retention and completion. This alignment has helped with setting the mindset for the transformative work required for implementing an OER degree. FSCJ Online, who offers distance learning options for the institution, advanced the […]
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Motivation Social justice Academic freedom and revitalization of teaching and learning Cost-savings, day one access, student equity WHCL serves a very diverse population of students and has institutional goals of providing equal access to all students despite socioeconomicbackground, location, disability, and/or ethnic background. The institution has a wide-ranging approach to improving success, increasing access, and credential […]
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How It Began In the Spring of 2016 the leadership of Austin Community College (ACC) decided to apply for a grant from Achieving the Dream that would support OER course development for an entire associate degree. Discussions expanded to include other Texas community colleges in a partnership that we call the Texas Consortium (Alamo Colleges, […]
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Motivation In 2016, the Student Textbook Task Force called attention to the high cost of textbooks and asked faculty and administrators to explore options. That spring, the PCC Governing Board declared the College initiative to “lower the cost of textbooks for students.” These events, along with faculty interest in OER, spurred PimaOnline administrators to successfully […]
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Motivation The primary motivation for developing OER degrees is helping students to succeed in college. If faculty redesign their course materials with instructional designers, select OER and customize it for the students they know best, and then give FREE access on day one, students will pass more classes and save money. We have saved students […]
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Motivation The Initiative is developing faculty expertise and driving institutional culture change around the design and use of OER by focusing on three important goals. The first objective is for faculty to deepen their curricular development and broaden their technological skills by creating fully OER courses in the Liberal Arts major. A second goal is […]
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Motivation Montgomery College’s commitment to developing OER degree options is a desire to increase access, affordability, and success for Montgomery County’s diverse population, particularly for students who are marginalized or underserved. Montgomery College’s mission and vision emphasize ”empowering students to change their lives” and being a “model of educational excellence, opportunity and success.” The College […]
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Motivation The short term goal of CVCC’s OER Initiative is to reduce the cost of college attendance while the long-term impact is to strengthen CVCC’s objective of increasing student success using the Loss-Momentum Framework of connection, entry, progression, and completion. One of the major barriers to students completing degrees is affordability. It is expected that […]
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Motivation The goal of NOVA’s OER Degree project is to increase access, affordability, and student success by offering a variety of options for completing individual courses or complete degrees without textbook costs. The need to increase access to and reduce the costs of attending college is a burden shared by all higher education institutions. NOVA’s […]