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The Promise of Open Educational Resources
Terri RowenhorstNROC Membership DirectorMonterey Institute for Technology and Education
October 27, 2008
Open Educational Resources
OER Providers
So, if OER is GOOD, and its FREE,
Living Up to the Promise
why isn’t everyone using it?
OER Check List
What you are looking for in OER . . .
curricular
complete
quality
easy to use
teaching tool
Unique Among OERs
• Curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary
• Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure
• Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository
NROC Library - 2008
High School Course Foundations
College Prep Physics ICollege Prep Physics IIAlgebra 1a Algebra 1b
College Course Foundations
US History IUS History IIAmerican GovernmentIntroductory Physics I (algebra-based)Introductory Physics II (algebra-based)General Physics I (calculus-based)General Physics II (calculus-based)Introductory Calculus I Introductory Calculus II General Calculus I General Calculus II Environmental ScienceReligions of the WorldElementary AlgebraPsychologyStatistics for Social SciencesCalculo General I (Spanish)Calculo General II (Spanish)
Advanced Placement Course Foundations
AP Environmental ScienceAP Physics B IAP Physics B IIAP Physics C IAP Physics C IIAP US History IAP US History IIAP US Government and PoliticsAP Calculus AB IAP Calculus AB IIAP Calculus BC IAP Calculus BC IIAP Biology
Also in Development
Non-Majors BiologyBasic Education OnlineDevelopmental Algebra
Quality
• Editorially rigorous
• Media rich
• Instructionally sound
Curricular
Complete teaching materials
Correlated with popular textbooks and state standards
HippoCampus.org Free for Individuals!
HippoCampus.org
“THIS IS RADICALLY AWESOME! This program has helped me a bunch. Please make more of these programs. It is helping me understand concepts much better. Keep up the good work!”
“I am thoroughly impressed by the content and the presentation of the HippoCampus site.”
What People Are Saying About HippoCampus
“Incredible resources!! I did not know these were available for the general public!! Thank you!”
“First of all let me thank you for your efforts in open education! It is really inspiring.”
“I have just discovered HippoCampus and I am very impressed with the algebra and calculus sections.”
Thank you for such a wonderful tool.”
Sustained by Members
Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote the continuous improvement of online courses through collaborative development of high-quality content and instruction.
Alabama Department of Education
Bambugare Network (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Bethel Covenent (Uganda)
Cal State Fullerton
Chattanooga State Technical & Community
College
Clark County Virtual High School
Colorado Community Colleges Online
CORE (China)
CUDI (Mexico)
Florida Distance Learning Consortium
Georgia Department of Education
Hudson County Schools of Technology
IDEAL- NM
Idaho Digital Learning Academy
Illinois Virtual High School
Iowa Community Colleges Online Consortium
Kentucky Department of Education
Los Angeles Unified School District
Louisiana Department of Education
Lubbock Christian University
Michigan Virtual High School
Minnesota Online
Montana State University at Billings
Nebraska Partnerships for Innovation
Oregon Department of Education
South Carolina Department of Education
Teachers without Boarders
University of Texas Brownsville
Utah Electronic High School
UT System TeleCampus
University of Georgia System Board of
Regents
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
NROC Network
A Sampling of our Members
Flexible
Customizable by a teacher, a department, or a system
Can be used within popular CMS’s and repositories
Value of Membership
Members use NROC in a variety of ways,
• Online courses
• Traditional classroom use
• Hybrid/blended
• Select media for iPod downloads
• and to address a variety of
challenges.
NROC Network Case StudiesInternational Outreach
CHALLENGE:
Promoting education and development through instructional technology.
NROC Network Case Studies
CHALLENGE:
Bridge the gap between high school and college to support student success.
On a statewide collaborative effort:
“We want to offer very rigorous, highly interactive and engaged coursework in current technical education and provide a place for secondary and postsecondary educators to come together to expand online learning opportunities. NROC is helping us do this.”
-Erika Volker, Administrative Director, PFI
College and Career Transitions
NROC Network Case StudiesReplacing Costly Textbooks
CHALLENGE:
Textbook prices are too high.
On teaching US History without a textbook:
“. . . we turned to NROC. I left my discussion questions, midterms, and finals the same as they were when we used the textbook, so I could compare outcomes. I was happy to find that my students are right on track with the digital alternative . . . “
Karen KaemmerlingChair of Social Sciences, CCCOnline
NROC Network Case Studies
Sharing Learning Resources
CHALLENGE:
Promote content sharing and save development costs
On launching a statewide repository:
"Starting a statewide digital repository is a challenge. At the core of the project, the repository must offer sufficient rich multimedia and high quality resources to attract and motivate faculty to use repository content. In Florida, we are licensing the high quality NROC content library to form that essential content core."
Susie Henderson, Director, Orange Grove
among 35 member colleges.
• Link to HippoCampus from your website• Make HippoCampus assignments• Incorporate links to HippoCampus in Web 2.0 apps
• Find other ways to share it with students directly
• Introduce faculty to HippoCampus tools• Consider other institutional uses possible through membership
Share it---with LEARNERS!
Expand Access to Educational Opportunity
Mission Possible!
Questions?
Terri [email protected]
719-783-0804
OER site:www.hippocampus.org
For more information:www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc