CCCOER Webinar: Marketing OER Degrees to Students
Channel: Open Education Global
Date: 02/03/2017

OER programs provide an opportunity for students to earn a certificate or associates degree without incurring the cost of textbooks for their courses.  This can dramatically reduce the cost of attendance and has been estimated at 25% or more savings*.  Most OER programs are developed to serve the neediest students who may otherwise have to defer college or take fewer courses due to prohibitive cost. Reaching the students who could most benefit most from enrolling in OER courses can prove to be a challenge in of itself.  We will hear from speakers who have developed successful strategies at their colleges to  create awareness and encourage underrepresented students to enroll in OER degree programs targeted at their academic success.

There will be an opportunity for webinar attendees to ask questions and also share strategies that they are developing at their colleges to market OER programs to their students.

*Tidewater Community College Z-degree https://www.tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free

When: Wed, March 1st, 10amPST/1pmEST
Featured Speakers:
Lyda Kiser, Director, Office of Transition Programs and Title IX Coordinator, Lord Fairfax Community College, Virginia

Mark Haskins, Executive Director of Pierce College at JBLM, Washington

James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean at College of the Canyons, California

Preston James, Director of Instruction, Extended Learning Institute, Northern Virginia Community College