Natalia Sucre Learning Commons Librarian The College of New Rochelle School of New Resources, South Bronx Campus

Hacking the Textbook for Student

Success, Part III

Revise/Remix/Author/Authorize:

A Textbook Case

Three Guiding Questions

➔What do/does revising/remixing actually

involve?

➔How does the revise/remix model impact

pedagogy?

➔Why revise/remix, rather than create your

own OER textbook?

What do/does revising/remixing actually involve?

involve?

revise remix revise remix

Revising - SLASH- Remixing

from American Heritage Dictionary

Revise: To prepare a newly edited version of (a text).

Remix: To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a

recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording.

The Revise/Remix Continuum

from The 5Rs of

Open Content

Selecting an OER to revise/remix

❖ OER textbook sites with ready peer review:

College Open Textbooks, Merlot II

❖ K-12 Common Core relates rubrics: Achieve

OER Rubrics, Achieve Common Core

Alignment Tool

❖ College Level Evaluation Criteria

Worksheets: Affordable Learning Georgia,

OER Adoption Worksheet.

Some OER Revise/Remix Criteria

➔ How well do you know your selected OER?

➔ Single most important reason you selected your OER?

➔ Untouchable Features? Features up for modification?

➔ In-house copy editing guidelines?

➔ Potential clashes with your current curriculum?

How does the revise/remix model impact

pedagogy?

Authority Is Constructed and

Contextual

(ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, 2016)

Explore by exploding the Author:

Incorporating Student Work in your OER text

Why revise/remix, rather than create your own

OER textbook?

“Textbooks are not just

pedagogical instruments–

they are intensely political

documents whose content

reflects a given vision of a

people, their history and

position in the world, and

their values and aspirations”

(Farrell, 2002)

Revising/Remixing is at the heart of the

digital born

To Revise/Remix is to transform, not only an

original source, but also our teaching & learning

TAKE AWAY

References and Suggested Readings

Farrell, J.P. (2002). Textbooks: Overview. In Encyclopedia of education, Gale Group.

Retrieved from www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-

history/textbooks

Petrides, L., Jimes, C., Middleton-Detzner, C., Walling, J., & Weiss, S. (2011). Open

textbook adoption and use: implications for teachers and learners. Open Learning,

26(1), 39-49. doi:10.1080/02680513.2011.538563

Students and OER. (1999-2017). OpenStax CNX, Rice University. Retrieved from

https://cnx.org/contents/dBmrvgYc@5/What-is-Localization

Tanner, D. (2002). School textbooks in the United States. In Encyclopedia of education,

Gale Group. Retrieved from

www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/textbooks

What is localization? (1999-2017). OpenStax CNX, Rice University. Retrieved from

https://cnx.org/contents/dBmrvgYc@5/What-is-Localization

Image credits

Free the textbook [Photograph]. (2011). Retrieved from opensource.com.

Harris, Laura. (2008). And [diagram]. Retrieved from www.flickr.com.

Harris, Laura. (2008). Or. [diagram]. Retrieved from www.flickr.com.

LearnerWeb. (2007). Technology_12. Retrieved from www.flickr.com.

Woodleywonderwonks. (2009). Pepper continuum. Retrieved from www.flickr.com.

Thank you!