ADP Network Webinar PowerPoint: State Support for Open Educational Resources

State Support for Open Educational Resources Key Findings from Achieve's OER Institute September 17, 2013 3:00 - 4:00 ET

Except where otherwise noted, CC BY Achieve 2013

Purpose and agenda

Provide an overview of Achieve’s OER work, including the OER Institute Highlight key takeaways and areas for cross-state collaboration from Achieve’s recent policy brief, State Support for Open Educational Resources: Key Findings from Achieve's OER Institute Share how states are utilizing OER to advance their college- and careerready agenda

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Introductions

We’re honored that leaders from two states paving the way forward will join the webinar to discuss their current work and plans for Open Educational Resources, and how this work ties into each state’s collegeand career-ready standards implementation plan: Minnesota Department of Education • Beth Aune, Director of Academic Standards • Deborah Proctor, Online and Digital Learning Specialist Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Digital Learning Department • Karl Nelson, Director • Barbara Soots, Open Educational Resources Program Manager

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State Support for Open Educational Resources: Key Findings from Achieve's OER Institute

Open Educational Resources (OER) Definition

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license. These resources may be used free of charge, distributed without restriction and modified without permission.

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Overview of the Achieve OER Rubrics

Achieve created a set of rubrics and an online tool to evaluate quality and alignment of OER available at: http://www.achieve.org/oer-rubrics Rubric I. Rubric II. Rubric III. Rubric IV. Rubric V. Rubric VI. Rubric VII. Rubric VIII.

Degree of Alignment to Standards Quality of Explanation of Content Utility of Materials as Tools to Teach Others Quality of Assessment Degree of Interactivity Quality of Practice Exercises Opportunities for Deeper Learning Assurance of Accessibility

The rubrics and rating scheme are embedded into OER Commons. http://www.oercommons.org

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Overview and Objectives of the OER Institute

We have been working closely with seven states (CA, IL, LA, MN, NC, WA, WI) through the Achieve OER Institute to: Facilitate discussion on the opportunities, challenges and implications of using OER in CCSS implementation; Assist states in developing action plans to use OER; and Share tools, resources and recent developments in the field of OER.

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OER Institute Activities and Accomplishments

Hosted training sessions on the OER rubrics; created forums to rate objects on OER Commons Led a series of webinars in 2012 on topics related to OER such as the use of open licensing and measures of quality Convened teams of state and district leaders in 2012 to discuss policy implications of using OER Created a series of training materials for educators to utilize Training videos on each rubric An “OER Handbook�

A set of presentation slides on the rubrics, ratings and review process

Convened an OER Policy Advisory Group meeting to discuss challenges and possible recommendations for state policymakers

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State Support for Open Educational Resources: Key Findings from Achieve's OER Institute Three Potential Areas for Cross State Collaboration: Establishing commonalities in defining quality Sharing quality, standards-aligned resources Sharing metadata about quality resources

Four Key Findings To Date: States face a number of common challenges and barriers to implementation, including a lack of knowledge about OER and uncertainty about the quality of resources available online; Experts from multiple sectors, including standards, curriculum and technology, must work together to use OER successfully in CCSS implementation; States must develop a common understanding of processes for measuring quality and vetting resources; and States must assess their technology and capacity needs to implement technology-based innovations.

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Open Educational Resources in Minnesota

Minnesota OER Implementa1on Stages •

Decide what to do; gather data to assess needs for OER; create understanding; get buy-in and organize across levels.

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Set up structural supports: policy development, funding, human resources (staffing, training), outcome expectaFons, data and reporFng systems. Audit what’s working; create plan for further implementaFon.

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Try it out. Work out details and unanFcipated issues.

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Realize full benefit for teachers and students. Expand/ replicate the development and use of OER by other sites, individuals, content areas. Make adjustments from iniFal implementaFon.

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Make it easier, more efficient. InsFtuFonalize it as a way of doing business.

Based on the work of the State ImplementaFon and Scaling-up of Evidence-based PracFces Center (SISEP) sisep@unc.edu. For more informaFon, see hVp://implementaFon.fpg.unc.edu/module-1/implementaFon-stages .

Minnesota OER Ini1a1ves • Minnesota LegislaFon (June 2012)

MN Department of EducaFon received $104,000 in FY13 (one Fme funding) and to receive $26,000/year for maintenance of educaFon resources indexed to Minnesota state standards.

• Minnesota Learning Commons (MnLC) (2007-Current)

Public educaFon partners, MN Department of EducaFon, MN State Colleges and UniversiFes, and the University of MN Ø Quality-focused collaboraFve of faculty, staff, and administrators from each partnering organizaFon Ø MnLC partners collaborate to share digital content for K-12 and higher educaFon

MnLC Projects • Catalog of OER indexed to standards Ø MN Department of EducaFon: Minnesota Digital Curriculum Referral Catalog and MN STEM Teacher Center

• Open Text Book Projects to Reduce Cost for Students Ø University of MN: CreaFve Commons licensed books reviewed by faculty members. Ø MN State Colleges and UniversiFes: Higher EducaFon bill orders system to use “free and low-cost” materials to lower student expenses by one percent.

Moving Forward on the Catalog • ConnecFng projects and players (Explora1on stage) • ConFnued collaboraFons within MnLC (Explora1on stage) • Create a plan to get buy-in and build understanding (Explora1on stage) • ConFnue upgrades and collect data (Installa1on stage)

Minnesota OER Resources • www.mndigitalcatalog.org • hVp://www.montereyinsFtute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html • hVp://educaFon.state.mn.us/MDE/mdeprod/groups/educ/ documents/basic/051317.pdf • hVp://ecmecc.ning.com/page/math-curriculum-project • hVp://moodleshare.org/ • hVps://sites.google.com/site/innovaFveinstrucFon/ projects • hVp://www.oer.project.mnscu.edu/ • hVp://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/ UR_CONTENT_383497.html

Open Educational Resources in Washington

WASHINGTON K-12 OER PROJECT HOUSE BILL 2337

“The legislature finds the state's recent adopFon of Common Core K-12 standards provides an opportunity to develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that is aligned with these standards.”

CC BY NC Washington State Capitol – Olympia by MathTeacherGuy

OER PROJECT GOALS OER Awareness and Capacity Building: Increase district awareness of OER and provide resources to eecFvely locate, evaluate, and implement OER. OER Review: Develop a dynamic and sustainable review process to evaluate alignments to the Common Core State Standards and act as a model for districts considering OER. OER Library Crea1on: Develop a catalog of openly licensed texts and units reviewed for alignment with the Common Core State Standards.

REVIEW BENEFITS

Help educators select high quality materials Provide informaFon for materials adopFons IdenFfy gaps in CCSS alignment

digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer

CHALLENGES

CC BY Rhino Roadblock by Chris Ingrassia hVp://www.flickr.com/photos/andryone/445139454/in/photostream/

Reluctance to be “first adopters” District policies that do not address highly editable content

NEXT STEPS

Grant program for adaptaFon and/or implementaFon of reviewed material Request for Proposals

New OER review cycle Geometry/Integrated Math 2 9th-10th grade ELA units

Smaller OER events tailored to stakeholder needs CC BY Nooksack Stairs by Barbara Soots

CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: hVp://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer

TwiVer: waOSPI_OER

Open Educational Resources in other OER Institute States and Next Steps

Developments in OER Institute States California Engaging leadership at the state level, want to improve access to technology

Illinois Piloting Illinois Shared Learning Environment (ISLE) system with OER materials

Louisiana Developing online District Support Toolbox; communicating through Teacher Leaders

North Carolina Including vetted OER materials in state Instructional Improvement System (IIS)

Wisconsin Will begin development of WISElearn online portal for resources 24

Next Steps

Developing an explicit effort to more tightly align OER with EQuIP Continuing this work through: Convening OER Institute states to discuss challenges and successful policy and implementation strategies for using OER in a blended instructional approach Visiting OER Institute states to provide state-specific assistance Hosting OER materials session reviews to evaluate and seek out high quality OER materials

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More OER Information and Resources

Achieve’s OER Site: http://www.achieve.org/oer-rubrics Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/ OER Commons: http://www.oercommons.org/

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Contact Information

Achieve Anne Bowles, Senior Policy Associate, abowles@achieve.org | 202-419-1553 Hans Voss, Policy Associate, hvoss@achieve.org | 202-745-2309

Minnesota Department of Education Beth Aune, Director of Academic Standards, beth.aune@state.mn.us Deborah Proctor, Online and Digital Learning Specialist, Deborah.Proctor@state.mn.us

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Digital Learning Department Karl Nelson, Director, karl.nelson@k12.wa.us Barbara Soots, Open Educational Resources Program Manager,

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State Support for Open Educational Resources Key Findings from Achieve's OER Institute September 17, 2013 3:00 - 4:00 EDT

Except where otherwise noted, CC BY Achieve 2013