Spring 2008
Committee:
President, SSCCC Board of Governors and SSCCC Consultation Council Representatives
Whereas, Open education resources are learning materials or resources whose copyrights have expired, or that have been released with an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others without the permission of the original authors or creators;
Whereas, Open education resources include items such as courses, course materials, textbooks, streaming video of classroom lectures, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to transmit knowledge that have an impact on teaching and learning; and
Whereas, Community colleges need to take greater advantage of open education resources, especially for basic skills and general education classes, such as algebra, that use course content that remains generally unchanged over time;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the creation of open education resources (OER) course content that is pedagogically sound and fully accessible, in compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336), by students with varying learning styles and disabilities;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the authorization of the Board of Governors to use existing state funds to establish a competitive grant pilot program to provide faculty and staff from community college districts around the state with the information methods, and instructional materials to establish open education resources centers;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the development of community college model OER courses and instructional materials that meet the requirements of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or of basic skills education courses in English, English as a second language, or mathematics, or that meet the requirements of both the IGETC and the basic skills education courses; and
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the development of a community college professional development course that introduces faculty, staff, and college course developers to the concept, creation, content, and production methodologies that enable OER to be offered to students in community college classes including but not limited to as a substitution for textbooks.
Whereas, Open education resources include items such as courses, course materials, textbooks, streaming video of classroom lectures, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to transmit knowledge that have an impact on teaching and learning; and
Whereas, Community colleges need to take greater advantage of open education resources, especially for basic skills and general education classes, such as algebra, that use course content that remains generally unchanged over time;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the creation of open education resources (OER) course content that is pedagogically sound and fully accessible, in compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336), by students with varying learning styles and disabilities;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the authorization of the Board of Governors to use existing state funds to establish a competitive grant pilot program to provide faculty and staff from community college districts around the state with the information methods, and instructional materials to establish open education resources centers;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the development of community college model OER courses and instructional materials that meet the requirements of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or of basic skills education courses in English, English as a second language, or mathematics, or that meet the requirements of both the IGETC and the basic skills education courses; and
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the development of a community college professional development course that introduces faculty, staff, and college course developers to the concept, creation, content, and production methodologies that enable OER to be offered to students in community college classes including but not limited to as a substitution for textbooks.
Status
Completed. The SSCCC supported AB 226 which includes language about open education resources. The bill was signed by the Governor.