Una Daly, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumTerrie McAloney, BCcampus
Nov 21, 2012
Una Daly, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumTerrie McAloney, BCcampus
Nov 21, 2012
Finding, Selecting, and Adopting Open Textbooks
and OER
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• Una Daly, Community College Outreach
OpenCourseWare Consortium
• Terrie McAloney, BCcampus
Special thanks to Sylvia Currie and BCcampus!!
Agenda
• Myths of OER & Open Textbooks
• Origins of OER
• Motivation for using it
• Open Licensing
• Finding OER
• Open Textbook Repositories
• Adopting OER
Myth or Fact?
• All open textbooks are peer-reviewed
• OER is free
• OER is in the public domain
• Publisher produced material is better than OER
• Open textbooks hurt bookstores
• eBooks are open textbooks
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Origin of OERcirca 2002
• Open Educational Resources (OER) – free access globally
“The open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication
technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial
purposes”
“Digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and
reuse for teaching, learning and research”
6adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain
or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use
and re-purposing by others …”
Definition of OER by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
cc-by-nc-nd Texas T’s/flickr
7adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
Examples
Includes –
• Course materials• Lesson Plans• Modules or lessons• OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Open textbooks• Videos• Images• Tests• Software• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used
to support ready access to knowledge
8adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
Motivations to use OER
• Save students $$$• Empower faculty
– Promote scholarship and collaboration
– Eliminate unneeded updates
• Avoid copyright violations
alcatraz www.photolib.noaa.gov.jpgOrigamidon cc-by-nc-nd
Characteristics of OER
• Digital– Easily modified – free distribution
• Open License– Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
• Low cost– Lowers barriers to education
Photo labeled for reuse by MrKCoolsPhotostream
What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Shared, usable and re-usable: licensing that is less restrictive than standard copyright
11adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
Creative Commons LicensesCreative Commons Licenses
• Works with existing copyright law
• Promotes sharing
• Internationally recognized
• Author/creator can specify re-uses
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Finding Images, Videos, Music
search.creativecommons.org
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Open Textbook MotivationsTraditional Textbook
Open Textbook by
Adrienne Watt, Instructor
New From $171.90Hardback
Free: online, pdf, ePubPrint out yourself
Open Textbook by Adrienne Watt, BCIT Instructor
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Discover Open TextbooksRepositories & Listing Sites
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College Open Textbooks
• Open textbook list by subject (750+)
• Peer reviews (150)• Accessibility reviews (100)• Online community of college
faculty (1000+)
OpenStax CollegeFoundational Support
Ultimate Goal – High-quality books for top 20+ courses.
All books in CNX, all CC-BY
Spring 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Spring 2013
Adapted from David Harrison CCCOER webinar cc-by
Adopting OER & Open Textbooks
• Selection and Evaluation
• Adding other materials
• Curriculum Approvals
• Student Access/Bookstore Role
Adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
FRE PUPPIESWIREDSTEVE CC-BY-NC-SA
Evaluating OER
• MERLOT Peer Reviews• Achieve OER Rubric• College Open Textbooks Ratings
Collegeopentextbooks.
Best Uses of OER• Enhance existing materials with OER
• Enhance existing Open Textbook– E.g. Translations, Images, etc.
• Replace existing materials with an Open Textbook
• Invite students to generate OER
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cc-by-nc-nd eslenkphoto
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
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Student Access to Textbooks
• Classroom/Lab usage– Print, PDF, online, mobile
• Repository access– Learning Management System– Internet-only access
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Making Open Sustainable
•Support open policies
•Promote use of open resources
•Openly license your work
•Build an open education community
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
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Contact Information
Una Daly [email protected]
Terrie McAloney [email protected]
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