CCCOER/Statistics/Monthly Report October 2010

= October 18, 2010 =

Increase CCCOER Visibility
CCCOER Website, 111,565 hits (as of October 6)
 * Top Page Views 310 views in September, 231 views as of October 6
 * Page views - 231 views
 * Open Textbooks 470 views
 * Shared Knowledge 252 views
 * Free (but not Open) Copyrighted Textbooks 32 views
 * Free E-Textbooks 17 views
 * Training 16 views
 * Members 13 views
 * FAQs 10 views
 * Literature 10 views

Member Growth & Increased Participation
Membership is increasing: CCCOER has welcomed Alamo, Western Shores Institute; and Tri-C - Cuyahoga Community College, Ohio. Flat World Knowledge has agreed to sponsor OER participation at the February 2011 conference @ League of Innovation, Houston

There are a number of member prospects in both USA and Canada which have been contacted.

USA CANADA
 * Bay Area Community College Consortium
 * Empire State College (SUNY), NY
 * Tatamae / OER Glue, Utah
 * Algonquin College, Ontario
 * BCcampus, British Columbia - 11 colleges, 11 universities, 3 post-secondary institutions
 * OntarioLearn, Ontario, CANADA - 22 colleges
 * Seneca College, Ontario
 * St. Lawrence College, Ontario

Meetings & Participation
Meetings have been well attended by CCCOER members, although they require faculty engagement and attendance.


 * The September 15 meetings - 40 participants, and attendance by Senator Florez
 * The Steering Committee (now Governing Board) meetings - 5 colleges, 2 state boards (WA State, Florida) & 1 consortium (OCW)
 * The December Quarterly Planning meeting - at least 5 colleges, 1 state board
 * COT - Open Research Meeting - October 18, 2010 - 21 participants

Increase Communications & Productivity
CCCOER's Governing Board has approved a communications strategy, using a blend of free services to communicate to its members and OER stakeholders. It has a CCCOER's Steering Committee (now Governing Board) Google Group (40 members), and a main CCCOER Google Group for communications (37 members). CCCOER is collaborating with WikiEducator / OER Foundation, to develop a production space for its communications and documentation. The CCCOER wiki was setup with a single page, and now has 108 sub pages - and is a major plank in the CCCOER's communication strategy. A recent Google keyword search of WikiEducator + CCCOER yielded 1,031 results.

A proposal by Liza Loop (accepted), has resulted in the creation of an Access / Disability Group in CCCOER, with Virtual Ability as a Member

What Will I Do in the Next Four (4) Weeks?

 * continue facilitating GB meetings and December Quarterly meeting
 * provide support as required; including facilitation of off-line GB meetings (i.e., Geoff Cain, ideas to increase survey response rate)
 * continue identifying and qualifying new members, and reconnecting with existing members to increase participation and involvement, and encourage 'rejoining of CCCOER at a paid level
 * be a resource for CCCOER's communications including wiki platform

What Can I Do For Others?

 * facilitate where required
 * coach and teach others in using wiki skills
 * help others keep on track, and support as required

What Do I Need From Others

 * open, transparent and timely communications
 * using CCCOER's wiki for documentation of meetings and materials
 * promotion / publicity of upcoming wiki skills training course (November 17-30, 2010) - http://wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/eL4C47/Home

Send To:

 * bill@bravadi.com; isaacm@collegeopentextbooks.org