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Open Educational Resources& Articulation
Barbara Illowsky
De Anza College
Textbooks you useTextbooks you use
Pick one textbook for one course:
Cost?
Edition/revision cycle?
Revisions necessary?
Student ViewStudent View
College expenses:
Tuition
Student fees
Books & supplies
ASCCC paper: Textbook Issues: Textbook Issues: Economic Pressures and Academic Values Economic Pressures and Academic Values
Adopted Spring 2005
RECOMMENDATIONS TO FACULTY
2) Faculty should consider and encourage all means to control (reduce) the cost of textbooks and materials that do not compromise academic freedom or educational quality, such as:
… using, where possible, materials in public domain as well as free courseware; …
http://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/TextbookIssues2005.html
A Global Perspective:
Educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources on the Internet, open and free for all to use. These educators
are creating a world where each and every person on earth can access and contribute to
the sum of all human knowledge.
http://capetowndeclaration.org/
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WA, Canada
CCCOER Membership
AB 2261 by Ira Ruskin
Section 1 (b) states that “Community colleges need to take greater advantage of open education resources, especially for basic skills and general education classes, including, but not limited to, algebra, that use course content that remains generally unchanged over time.”
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/
ab_2251-2300/ab_2261_bill_20080930_chaptered.pdf
OER: CCC BOG Recommendations
Clarify language in articulation policies for student transfer related to digital textbooks and learning materials.
Recommend that the System Office work with CSU and UC to change language related to textbooks in transfer and articulation agreements to clarify that digital textbooks of high quality or equivalent digital learning materials are acceptable substitutes for commercial textbooks for transferable courses .
Recommend and request that the ASCCC initiate a discussion of processes to accommodate digital textbooks and learning materials with their UC and CSU counterparts .
May 5-6, 2008 Recommendations to
Reduce Textbook Costs to
Promote Student Access and Success
What areOpen Educational Resources?
High quality educational content and tools
Freely available from the internet, anytime, anywhere
Available in multiple languages
Sharable
Usable and re-usable
What are Open Textbooks?
Openly-licensed (Creative Commons) textbooks offered online by its author(s)
Open license sets open textbooks apart from traditional textbooks by allowing users to read online, download, or print the book at no cost
Licensed in a way that grants a baseline set of rights to users that are less restrictive than standard copyright
What are Open Textbooks?
Minimum baseline rights usually allow users to:
Use the textbook without charge
Copy the textbook, with appropriate credit to the author
Distribute the textbook non-commercially
Many authors also grant rights to:Add, remove or alter content in the textbook
Copy and distribute the textbook without giving credit to the author
Use the textbook commercially
Open TextbooksOver 250 open textbooks identified, catalogued, and listed on CCCOER
site and in MERLOT Collection
Online version
Download and print
Buy hard copy
Online View
Sample Chapter
Navigate table of contents
Click here to print out
Key term links to definition
Publisher: Wiley Open: Connexions & QOOP
Downloadable version:
$77.50
Downloadable & online versions: FREE
Printed bound version:
$141.95 new; $110.25 used
Printed bound version:
$31.95 new
Opportunities for Teachers and Learners - Cost
SavingsSavings2008 - 20092008 - 2009
One course, one OER text, one college*, one year:
Estimated student savings of over
$250,000* Elementary Statistics using Collaborative Statistics at De Anza College
in 2008-09 academic year
Free access online
Free access offline (PDF)
Accessible via PC + web-enabled handhelds
Print out part or all
Purchase a hard copy
Opportunities for Teachers and Learners - Accessibility
Opportunities for Teachers and Learners - Use
Navigate and view content with ease
Modify, mix and remix content to meet individual and classroom needs
Communicate with peers around content
Join workgroups with peers around content
Tailored content
Students and teachers as co-creators of knowledge
Enhanced engagement and interaction with materials
Increased student-student, teacher-teacher, and teacher-student communication around curriculum
Benefits of OER
☺ Lowers the costs of educational materials for students
☺ Fosters pedagogical innovation and relevance that minimizes“teaching from the textbook”
☺ Gives faculty tools to gain control over learning content and delivery
Benefits (cont.)
☺ Share and remix learning materials for customized and localized use
☺ Fast feedback loop on quality and relevance of learning materials => continual improvement and rapid development
Course Articulation Processes
Course reviews by external bodies typically examine:Course contentLearning objectivesMethods of evaluationMethods of instructionCatalog descriptionTextbooks and other assigned readingPrerequisitesRigor
The Course Textbook Review Recency (5 year rule of thumb) Note: Courses may be rejected if
more recent textbook versions are available;
Appropriate reading level (college level);
Title, author, date (publisher not required for OSCAR);
Appropriate for subject matter; supports and includes content described on course outline;
Textbooks and supplemental material relate directly to the content of the course outline;
Science courses that include a lab component must include a lab manual;
Composition courses need to include a stylebook;
Literature courses must include a representative reading list.
What about OERs?
Textbook Policies
Vary among community college districts;Familiarize oneself with local requirements; and,Remember that policies may address: rationale for textbook change, how frequently textbooks may be changed.
Textbook InformationDescribed on the official course outline of record
Input into: OSCAR (Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review)
Utilized for review of all new CCC courses for IGETC, CSU GE, CSU LDTP, general UC transferability, and some course-to-course articulation
OERs Adhere to the Same Standards
How will reviewers know my course may include an OER?
Course outlines are input into an online course outline database called OSCAR by the CCC Articulation Officer. They look like this:
OER in the Outline Editor
OER in the Outline Editor
OER in the Outline Editor
OER in the Outline Editor
The Illowsky and Dean text above is available on-line at
http://cnx.org
Effective Communication is Essential
OSCAR Guidelines (revised January 2010) will give instructions on OER placementGet the word of OER acceptance out to faculty, especially the articulation community;Update course outlines and input OER into OSCAR as recommendedDevelop and implement guidelines for review of OER?
CIAC Articulation Handbook
IGETC Standards
Local Curriculum Committee Handbooks
Resources for Documenting Texts
ResourcesCommunity College Consortium for Open Educational Resourceshttp://oerconsortium.org
Community College Open Textbook Projecthttp://www.collegeopentextbooks.org
OSCAR (via ASSIST)
http://info.assist.org/oscar.html