The Child Development/ECE discipline was surveyed in Fall 2018. The survey results showed that:

61 faculty responded (including 11 part-time faculty)
- From 38 CCCs and 1 CSU
Almost all surveyed faculty had at least heard of OER (only 5 had not)
A third of surveyed faculty are using OER (although many faculty reported using free resources, ZTC, not necessarily OER)
The most common reasons given by faculty who are not currently using OER included
- Not having enough time to look
- Not knowing where to look
- Not finding any available resources OR not finding resources that meet their needs
Only two faculty not currently using OER chose the following (1 each):
- The OER material would not be better quality than the commercial resources
- Their department would not support using OER
Here are the results of averaging their reports of importance of ancillary materials
- Question banks and online quizzing - slightly/moderately
- Instructor manuals - moderately
- PowerPoint slides - slightly above moderately
- Videos - very/extremely

General overview of the status of the discipline.

There is very little ready to use OER in Child Development/ECE
Several CCCs have or are currently working on compiling zero cost alternatives for several courses
One CCC is working on OER textbooks for the core 8 classes (which are the C-ID courses for Child Development and Early Childhood Education)
There is an effort to foster collaboration in Child Development/ECE across the state and beyond to leverage the time and effort of faculty and avoid duplication of work
There are several CCCs and at least one CSU that have or are developing a zero cost pathway for Child Development/Early Childhood certificates and/or degrees

Special needs of the discipline.

In addition to the 8 core/C-ID courses, most colleges have 15-20 additional courses in the discipline
There is strong need to develop contemporary video to supplement the coursework