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BC Open Textbook Project

40 free & open textbooks for highest enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary subjects in BC2013 – 20 for skills & training

First province in Canada2013 – AB & SASK MOU

$1 million2013 - $1 million

Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under CC-SA license

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Why are we doing this project?

To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs To give faculty more control over their instructional resources To improve learning outcomes for students

Annie Lennox campaigns with Oxfam at the AIDS Conference by Oxfam used under CC-BY-NC-ND license

The B.C. Open Textbook

Project

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The Project

Don’t reinvent it by Andrea Hernandez released under CC-BY-NC-SA and based on Wheel by Pauline Mak released under CC-BY license

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Where do they come from?

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Faculty Reviews

291/365 by thebarrowboy used under a CC-BY

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Reviews > Adaptations

My Adventures Adapting a Chemistry Textbook291/365 by thebarrowboy used under a CC-BY

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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

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Faculty have full legal right to customize & contextualize open textbooks to fit their pedagogical needs

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open = free + permissions

• Make and own a copyRetain• Use in a wide range of waysReuse• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise• Combine two or moreRemix• Share with othersRedistribute

The 5Rs

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Publish Many

Write Once

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Choices for students (and for adapters)

Old Leather books, by Wyoming_Jackrabbit used under a CC-BY-NC-SA

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Day 1 access to resources

“My textbook is……back-ordered…in the mail…out of stock…the wrong edition…on hold until my student loan arrives…not needed until I decide I want this course”

How often do students start the term without the resources they need?

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Faculty have:Right to customizeThe textbook

Students have:Day 1 access to that customized textbook and CHOICE

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Impact

11 Peer Reviewed Studies

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48,623 Students

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93% Same or Better Outcomes

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9 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality

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4,510 Professors and Students

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50%Same35%

Better

15%Worse

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My Experience

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Looking ahead in 2016…1. Build institutional capacity to enable support for faculty adoption of

open textbooks.2. Produce 50 additional OER resources over the next 3 years, through

ancillary resources, open textbooks, openly licensed guides and materials.

3. Engage with the BC post-secondary system to increase commitment to adopt and adapt open textbooks.

4. Facilitate provincial, national, and international leadership and collaboration in OER.

5. Ensure the sustainability of the collection.

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Resources on open.bccampus.ca

http://opentextbc.ca/opentextbook

http://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit

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Additional ways to be a part of the projectLet BCcampus know if you have adopted an open textbook by filling in the adoption form.

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