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Open Source Accounting Courses
Washington State’s Open Course Library Project
Jackie Franklin - Spokane Falls Community CollegeAndy Williams – Edmonds Community College
Open Course Library - Goals• Produce 81 high-demand courses
• Reduce textbook and materials costs to students
• Improve completion rates through good design and affordability
Open Course Library:http://www.sbctc.edu/college/_e-elearningopencourselibrary.aspx
Washington State Student Completion Initiative
• Washington State Legislature - $3.5 million
• Ford Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - $1.6 million
• Project includes OCL, IBEST, and Dev Math
• Executive Summaryhttp://opencourselibrary.wikispaces.com/file/view/Gates+Grant+Exec+Summary.docx
Open Education
Open Education Resources• http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER
Open Course Library Wikispace• http://opencourselibrary.wikispaces.com/Ope
n+Educational+Resources• Educause Values
Project Teams
• Faculty Developer - SME• Instructional Designers– https://sites.google.com/site/waoclid/
• Librarians• ADA/Disability Directors• Global Citizen/Multicultural Experts• Elearning Directors/Institutional Researchers• Project Timeline
Instructional Designers
• Course design meets QM Standards
• Manage development of five courses
• Support, direction and structure for faculty development process
Quality Open Content
• Criteria
• Finding Open Content
• Selected Financial ACT
Key Components
• Consistency
• Repetition
• Active Instructor
Elluminate
• Weekly meetings online
– Rotate Days MT or WTh– Add ‘s to DB grade– Offer extra credit
Other Tools
• Cengage Now
• Tegrity
• Susan Crosson You Tube Videos
• Principles of Accounting (by Dr. Larry Walther) - http://www.principlesofaccounting.com/
Challenges and Opportunities
• Not about replacing publishers.• Our discipline needs good content, examples,
assessment materials and resources.• Customization.• How ‘good’ is good enough?• Affordability and accessibility.