Jacky Hood, Director, Community College Open Textbook
Collaborative
Comparing Open Repositories for the
League of Innovation Conference Baltimore, March
31, 2010Goldilocks and the 13
Repositories
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The Twelve Membersof the College Open
Textbook Collaborative
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Goldilocks and the 13 Repositories
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OCW is not really a repository
Lulu has only a small percentage of open textbooks.
Textbook media is free but not open.
Educational Resources
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• Open educational resources are here, there, and everywhere…
• One person’s ideal repository is another’s dead end.
• Many lists, not so many repositories….
• Most open textbooks are on single-book sites…
Choosing the open repository just right for you
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• Type• Licensing• Disciplines• Quality• Format• Print Options• Ease of Use
Some criteria for choosing an open repository
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• Size• Search tools• Authoring tools• Communities• Business model• Sustainability model• Feedback mechanism• Accessibility• Cost…
Many other criteria
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Type Nuggets, Textbooks, Ancillaries, Complete Courses
Licensing CC BY perhaps with SA, NC, ND; also PD, custom, others
Disciplines Humanities, Science, Math, Social Science, Language, etc.
Quality Authoritative source, reviews (criteria, depth, by whom)
Format O/S, Browser, Downloaded, Mobile Devices. Cost.
Print options Self-printing, print-on-demand, pre-printed. Binding & cost.
Ease of use Tradeoff between adopter, student, and author
Criteria options
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• College Open Textbooks• Advanced Technological Education• Applied Math and Science Education Repo
sitory• OER Commons• Student PIRGS• USG Share• OER Commons• MERLOT
Many lists are not repositories
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Lists can provide reviews and information
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*Peer Reviewed
Reviews on a list site..
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Chapter by chapter spreadsheet available Reviewer bio on another page of this site.
Textbooks Courseware Crowd-Sourced, K-12, Source Forge,
Free-not-open
Connexions OCW Consortium Textbook Media
Orange Grove Texts+
NROC Hippocampus
WikiBooks
FlatWorld Knowledge
Sofia CK12
Lulu Curriki
Global Text Project Open Text Book
Three groups of repositories
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Type Textbooks, Resources, Courses
Licensing CC BY only
Disciplines Academic
Quality High; some reviewed
Format XML
Print options
PDF, bound
Ease of use Students OK; adopters need training
• Funded by grants and consortium fees
• 16151 modules in 991 collections
• Approximately 12 textbooks
http://www.cnx.org
Rice University Connexions
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Type Textbooks, Resources, Courses, Ancillaries
Licensing Multiple
Disciplines Academic
Quality Very High due to UPF; some reviewed
Format Mostly PDF
Print options
PDF, bound
Ease of use High for users; limited for modifiers
• Unique relationship with University Press of Florida
• Founder of OnCoReBluePrint inter-state sharing and model
• 100 collections• 165 textbookswww.theorangegrove.org/open_textbooks.asp
www.upf.com
Orange Grove Texts Plus
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Type Textbooks
Licensing CC BY NC
Disciplines Math, Econ, Business
Quality High
Format
Print options
Self-print and bound
Ease of use Moderately complex for adopters and users; authors by invitation and contract only
• For-profit business model similar to open source software vendors
• Give away textbooks and sell ancillaries and support
• Invited named authors paid royalties for bound copies and ancillaries
www.flatworldknowledge.com
FlatWorld Knowledge
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Type Textbooks and more
Licensing Varied
Disciplines Many
Quality Varied
Format Varied
Print options
Varied
Ease of use Moderate for users; great for authors
• For profit new-age publisher
• Some open textbooks outstanding
• Good print-on-demand capabilities
• Difficult to isolate open content or textbooks; no browse capabiity
www.lulu.com
Lulu
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Type Textbooks,
Licensing CC BY 3.0
Disciplines Business, Computing, Education, Health, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences
Quality High
Format Created in Open Office; converted to PDF
Print options Paper and CD or DVD
Ease of use High but limited flexibility
• Affiliated with the University of Georgia
• Grant funded by Jacobs Foundation
http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books
Global Text Project
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Type Courses
Licensing Custom* (cc by nc)
Disciplines All academic and most vocational
Quality Generally excellent
Format Varied; eduCommons
Print options
Very limited
Ease of use Excellent; outstanding assistance to members
• Courses stored on a usually dedicated member site
• Grants and memberships* Use, reproduce,
distribute, translate and modify the Materials for educational, non-commercial, and non-monetary gain. Some trails lead to fees….www.ocwconsortium.org
OCW Consortium
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Type Courses (not textbooks)
Licensing Custom
Disciplines Algebra, Biology, Calculus, Environment, Government, Physics, Psychology, Religion, Statistics, US History
Quality Outstanding
Format Media-Rich
Print options Limited
Ease of use Outstanding
• Free to individuals• Grant and fees• Institutions strongly
encouraged to join ($3K to $50K per year)
• Math classes also in Spanish
• New developmental math will be completely open and freewww.hippocampus.org
NROC Hippocampus (MITE)
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Type Courseware
Licensing
Disciplines Computer Science, Geography, Math, Music, Typography,
Quality High
Format Multimedia
Print options
Varied and limited
Ease of use High
• Hosted by Foothill College• Grant funded• Eight courses• Not maintained• Currently creating green
technology course
http://sofia.fhda.edu/
Sofia
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Type Textbooks
Licensing Copyright all rights reserved
Disciplines Business, Computer Science, English, Ethics,
Quality Outstanding
Format Silverlight
Print options
Multiple
Ease of use Outstanding
• Advertising and bound copy supported (for profit)
• Compensated authors• Multiple versions• Free with very limited
advertising; $5 without. B/W and color comb-bound copieswww.textbookmedia.com
Textbook Media
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Type Textbooks
Licensing CC BY SA
Disciplines All
Quality Varied
Format Wiki; some media
Print options
Limited; awkward
Ease of use Moderate; being improved
• Crowd-sourced• Public donations (cash
and content) business model
http://en.wikibooks.org
WikiBooks
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Type K-12 textbooks
Licensing Custom
Disciplines Most HS Academic
Quality Outstanding
Format Flexbook
Print options
Must register
Ease of use Outstanding
• 48 grade 12 books; 8 Advanced Placement
• 9 books selected for California Learning Resources Network
http://ck12.org
CK-12
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Type K-12 textbooks and more
Licensing CC BY except referrals
Disciplines Math, Science, Literature, more
Quality Varied
Format Xwiki and various media
Print options
Multiple
Ease of use Moderate
• Moderated crowd-sourced; mix of local and referred
• Chemistry and Earth Science selected for CLRN
• 454 resources for Grades 11-12; 296 resources for college
• Standards tab for each resource; multiple search options
www.curriki.org
Curriki
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Type Textbooks
Licensing CC BY
Disciplines Algebra, Calculus, Econometrics, Logic, Metrics, Statistics
Quality Accurate and boring
Format sharable versioned filesystem (subversion)
Print options
Varied
Ease of use Needs improvement
• Takes persistance to reach the content!
www.opentextbook.org/repository
Open Text Book
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Three important lists
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Type Resources; some textbooks
Licensing Multiple
Disciplines Academic
Quality High due to required three-point reviews
Format Not applicable
Print options
Not applicable
Ease of use Complex so learning requred
• More than 80,000 members
• Started 1998• 20,0000 modules• 701 textbooks• CSU and subscription
funded• Strong reviews;
reviewer trainingwww.merlot.org
MERLOT: a list, not a repository
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Type Modules (pointed) K-12 and college
Licensing CC BY NC SA
Disciplines All
Quality Varied
Format Varied
Print options
Varied
Ease of use Site good; resources vary
• 26,000+ modules• 247 textbooks• Advanced search• Rated and reviewed
by members
www.oercommons.org
OER Commons: a list, not a repository
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Type Textbooks
Licensing CC , PD, other open
Disciplines Most community college academic
Quality Highly varied
Format Highly varied
Print options
Varied and improving
Ease of use Good
• 450 open textbooks listed by discipline
• 80 reviewed; 50 on the schedule
• Very detailed reviews; named peer reviewers
• Accessibility ratings• Grant funded (Hewlett)collegeopentextbooks.or
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College Open Textbooks : a list, not a repository
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• Houston Community College Librarian Angela Secrest’sexcellent slideshow on finding OER: http://library.hccs.edu/oer/discoverandselect.ppt
• Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources: http://oerconsortium.org
• College Open Textbooks professional network http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com
• Free open textbook workshops: Spokane April 22, Learn-at-your-own-Pace May 1-31 and August 1-31, MERLOT conference July http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com
• Jacky Hood 650 949-7091 [email protected]
Resources and contact info
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