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Adopting an Open TextbookIt doesn’t need to be
all or nothing
Lauri Aesoph, Manager Open Education BCcampus
ETUG 2015SFU, Burnaby, BC
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Agenda
WHAT Overview of open textbooks
WHEN A very short history of OER
WHERE Where are open textbooks used
WHY Reasons given by faculty and students
WHO Adoption numbers in British Columbia
HOW Finding your spot between “all” and “nothing”
An Overview of Open Textbooks
WHAT
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What are Open Educational Resources?
“Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them.”
UNESCO
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The 5 R’s of Open
• Make and own copiesRetain• Use in a wide range of
waysReuse• Adapt, modify, and
improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
Adapted (color change) from Open Education: A “Simple” Introduction by David Wiley released under CC-BY license
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What about Copyright?
copyright (1) by Maria Elena released under CC-BY 2.0 license
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Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under a CC-BY 3.0 LicenseCC license image from Copyright in Education & Internet in South African Law used under CC-BY 2.5 South Africa license
A Very Short History of OER
WHEN
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Learning Objects
1996
MERLOT 1997
Open Content
1998
Connexions (OpenStax)
1999
Creative Commons
2001
OER coined by UNESCO
2002
Hewlett Foundation
2002
BCcampus 2004
BC Open Textbook
project 2012
Where are Open Textbooks Used
WHERE
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Go to oermap.org
Reasons from Students
WHY #1
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Textbooks are expensive
Image credit: Beyond Textbooks by Thomas used under CC-BY license
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Average student debt difficult to pay off, CBC, March 11, 2014Student Debt in Canada, Canadian Federation of Students, Fall 2013
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Students spend $1200/yr on textbooks
3x rate of inflation in 10 years
2nd biggest educational expense after tuition
Source: Fixing the Broken Textbook Market U.S. PIRGCover image: Center for Public Interest Research used under CC-BY 4.0 license
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Textbook Costs vs Student Success
Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual CampusSlide: CC-BY Cable Green, Creative Commons via http://www.project-kaleidoscope.org/
60%+ do not purchase books at some point due to book cost
35% take fewer courses due to book cost
31% choose not to register for a course due to book cost
23% regularly go without textbooks due to book cost
14% have dropped a course due to book cost
10% have withdrawn from a course due to book cost
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OT Summit – Student Keynotes
Reasons from Faculty
WHY #2
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BC Faculty Survey - 2015
http://open.bccampus.ca/2015/05/26/early-findings-from-bc-faculty-survey-on-open-educational-resources
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BC Faculty Survey - 2015
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Time – it actually saved time. Three weeks into the first semester I realized we weren’t receiving 5-10 emails a day from students like we usually did. Previously the students were having problems with the proprietary online companion site provided by the traditional textbook publisher.
Access – no issues with the bookstore running out of the textbooks; students had immediate access to the learning materials, and they have that access throughout their degree program. With a traditional model, they only had access for a limited period – three months or so.
Continuous evolution of material – When the Modern Language Association changes documentation rules, I can make an immediate change. I can add new OER I find (or that my students find!).
Student participation – they can contribute to the resource themselves (see above).Easy linking – I can easily link to specific lessons from the course site. I can link specific lessons in response to individual student needs (eg. If someone is having trouble with run-on sentences but not spelling, she can send them straight to a lesson on that aspect). I could never do that with the publisher’s site.
The collateral benefits of adopting
Adoption Statistics in British Columbia
WHO
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BC Public Post-secondary Institutions
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Adoption Questions
1. What is the name of course for which this textbook will be used (course name and course code)?
2. When did/will you begin using this textbook (term or semester and year)?
3. How many course sections per term are you/will you be using this textbook?
4. How many students typically enrol in each course section?
5. What is the cost of the textbook which will be replaced by this open textbook?
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Adoptions Faculty Students Savings172 90 5368 $536,800 - $715,000201 98 6050 $605,000 - $800,000
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Adoptions on open.bccampus.ca
Finding the spot between “all” and “nothing”
HOW
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FIFTY SHADES OF ADOPTION
Airport bookstore by rod cuthbert under CC-NC-ND BY 2.0 license
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Shade 1: Why do you want new shoes?
Tri tone shoe by Russ under CC-NC-ND BY-SA 2.0 license
What are your reasons for using an open textbook?
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Shade 2: Are there any sales? Reviews?
Learn more: colleagues, research, reviews, blogs
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Shade 3: There’s already one in your closet
Another scramble for something by Mychal Stanley used under CC-BY 2.0 license
Babson Survey (2014)
1/3 of faculty aware of open educational resources (OER)
½ of faculty reported using OER
How can this be?
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Shade 4: Go shopping
BC Open Textbook collection (open.bccampus.ca) OpenStax (openstaxcollege.org) MERLOT (merlot.org)
Personal shopper = Librarian
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Shade 5: Browse and window shop
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Reading by Pedro Ribeiro Simoes used under CC-BY 2.0.
Suggested Reading
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Shade 6: Try it on
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Supplementary Reading
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Shade 7: Shop for accessories
Chapter, chapter section, image, graph, table….
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Part-time Humanities instructor…
“Though my curriculum is chosen by someone else, I use many, many open resources when teaching and only rely on textbooks to the extent that students will learn from them.”
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Shade 8: Time for the fashion show
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Student Assignments
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Resources on open.bccampus.ca
http://opentextbc.ca/opentextbook
http://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit
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What do you think? (the other 42 shades of adoption)
HOW
