bc open textbooks etug spring 2013
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Project update on the BC Open Textbook project presented by Mary Burgess and myself at the 2013 annual ETUG Spring Workshop at SFU on June 6, 2013TRANSCRIPT
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ETUG Spring 2013
BC Open Textbook ProjectClint Lalonde & Mary BurgessCurriculum Services & Applied Research
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Agenda
• Why Open Textbooks?
• Project update
• Technology
• Your ideas, thoughts & questions, input?
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Sparks• What is a textbook?
• How do you use a textbook?
• What criteria do you use when choosing a textbook?
• Are supplementary materials (test banks, quizzes, presentations) important when choosing a textbook?
• What are you hearing at your institutions? What questions are you fielding about the project?
• How can we support you in supporting your faculty?
• What are we missing?
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We have a problem…
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Images fromhttp://www.openeducation.net/2009/09/17/beyond-textbooks-andy-chlup-discusses-digital-learning-models/ CC-BY andhttp://markmcguire.net/2011/01/01/r-i-p-department-of-design-studies/ CC-BY-NC
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Fortunately, there are solutions…
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Images from http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/page/adopt-1 CC-BY and http://classroom-aid.com/2011/12/07/why-dont-teachers-publish-their-own-textbooks-k12/ CC-BY-SA
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What is an Open Textbook?•An instructional resource
•An ebook
•A printed book
•Uses a Creative Commons license to enable others to further share and modify
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Images from Bccampus.ca and CreativeCommons.org. CC-BY
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The BC Open Textbook Project
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Image from Bccampus.ca
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Why are we doing this project?
•To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs
•To enable faculty more control over their instructional resources
•To move the open agenda forward in a meaningful, measurable way
Images from Oxfam.org CC-BY and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Talks/World_Open_Educational_Resources_Congress_2012/How_Open_Access_and_Open_Science_can_mutually_fertilize_with_Open_Educational_Resources CC-BY
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The project:•40 Texts, aligned with the 40 most highly enrolled 1st and 2nd year subjects in BC
•Not just for online delivery
•Ebook (multiple formats) or print on demand
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Project Phases:Phase One: Call for reviewsof existing open textbooksDate: Now – call closes May 24
Phase Two: Call for adaptationsDate: Sept 2013
Phase Three: Call for creation from scratchDate: Jan 2014
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Images from http://www.advanc-ed.org/issues-in-education/perspectives/worth-investment-strengthening-teacher-evaluation-age-accountabilithttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wakingtiger/3156791341/http://gutsygirls.net/gygsns2/pages/c-and-v-page
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Where we got “seed” OTB
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openstaxcollege.org
collegeopentextbooks.org/ saylor.org/books
open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
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Phase 1: Technology
• Host seed books
• Public faculty reviews
• Faculty review community (Adaption/Author)
• Single site
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Phase 1: Technology
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open.bccampus.ca
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Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology
1. Adapting & Authoring – import, creation, modification
2. Publishing – how final output is rendered
3. Repository - where final “books” will be stored
4. Distribution - how content is made available to students/faculty
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Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: TechnologyAuthoring & Adapting – import, creation, modification
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Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: TechnologyPublishing – how final output is rendered
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HTML – Most universalPDF – Print on Demand, cumbersome in eReaderePub – Still far from standard. Accessibility
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Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: TechnologyRepository - where final “books” will be stored
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Invisible to end users
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Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: TechnologyDistribution - how content is made available to students/faculty
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• Faculty websites• Department websites• Institutional Libraries• Print on Demand• HTML version(either self-hosted or possible hosted on OpenTextBC.ca)
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ETUG Spring 2013
Sparks• What is a textbook?
• How do you use a textbook?
• What criteria do you use when choosing a textbook?
• Are supplementary materials (test banks, quizzes, presentations) important when choosing a textbook?
• What are you hearing at your institutions? What questions are you fielding about the project?
• How can we support you in supporting your faculty?
• What are we missing?
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Thank you!Mary Burgess [email protected]
Clint Lalonde [email protected]