Brief Overview of Selected Open Textbook Projects
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Una Daly California State University March 31, 2014 Brief Survey of Selected Open Textbook Projects Except where otherwise noted, these materials are licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Brief Overview of Selected Open Textbook Projects: OpenStax College, BCCampus Open Textbooks, California State University's MERLOT, Florida Virtual Campus The Orange Grove, University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library
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Una DalyCalifornia State University
March 31, 2014
Brief Survey of Selected Open Textbook
Projects
Except where otherwise noted, these materials are licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
Agenda
• Definition of OER• Open License• Discover Open Textbooks• OpenStaxCollege• Open Textbook Library• Open BCcampus• TheOrangeGrove
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Open Educational Resources(OER)
U.S. Dept. of Education
– 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 or repurposing by others.
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cc-by donkyhotey/flickr
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Shared, usable, re-usable.
• Creative Commons: less restrictions than standard copyright but author retains full rights.
Creative Commons Licenses
Simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions
Adapted from Ronda Neugebauer Slidesshare
Permission: Attribute Commercial? Share alike?
http://creativecommons.org
OER 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
6adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
Characteristics of OER
• Digital– Easily modified – Free distribution
• Open License– Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
• Expands Access– Low cost, translations, accessible.
Labeled for reuse by MrKCoolsPhotostream
Discover OERRepositories & Listing Sites
How to Adopt an Open Textbook
OpenStax College
Spring 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Spring 2014
Adapted from David Harrison CCCOER webinar cc-by9
Ultimate Goal – High-quality books for top 20+ courses.
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open.bccampus.ca
Small curated collection of locally peer reviewed materials for top 40 courses. Web, ePub, and PDF formats.
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Project Phases
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1Phase One: Launch (March -August 2013)
3Phase Three: Create (January 2014-Sept 2014)
2Phase Two: Adapt (Sept 2013-Sept 2014)
• Identify top 40 subjects• Environmental scan of 40 open textbooks• Faculty peer reviews • Highlight Early Adopters
• More textbooks (13 new) – suggest a textbook for areas we have not previously found one.
• More reviews• More outreach: Libraries & Bookstores• Technology (PoD, PressBooks, Connexions)
• Produce as few textbooks as possible from scratch• Create 1 exemplar e-textbook
• Listing site of publisher quality open textbooks• Focus on faculty reviews and adoptions
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Orange Grove Text PlusFlorida State Repository
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• Guided by legislative mandates• Partnership with Florida University Press
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Florida Virtual Campus2014-16
• BlendKit 2014 – University of Central Florida and EDUCAUSE design
and deliver blended learning MOOC• Taskforce on Postsecondary Online Education
identified key initiatives by the chancellors:– Enhance & Expand online learning repository– Create an effective practices repository
• Update student and faculty survey on digital textbooks (fall 2014)
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• Open textbook list by category (2200+)• Peer and Accessibility reviews • Registered MERLOT users may create personal
collections and add evaluations
Share http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4424154829/in/photostream/IMG_4591 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4700979984/ cc-by-saLa belle tzigane http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/21063837 cc-by-sa
Asian Library Interior 5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubclibrary/453351638/ cc-by-nc-saPetru http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/23724427/ cc-by-nc-sa Opensourceways http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4371000710/ cc-by-sa
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