1. WCET 2010 ThinkGlobally:Act Openly Three Open Education Projects Una Daly, Community College Open Textbooks James Glapa-Grossklag and John Makevich College of the Canyons Susie Henderson, Florida Distance Learning Consortium
2. Community College ConsortiumOpen Education Resources (CCOER) Reduce Barriers to Education Martha Kanter, Chancellor College District Dr. Judy Baker, Foothill College Dean Hal Plotkin, College District Trustee Dr. Barbara Illowsky, Author & Teacher funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation 2007 1 2 3 4
3. CCCOER Member Colleges 200+ Colleges: AZ, CA, KY, IA, FL, MD, NE, NV, NY, OH, TX, VA, WA, MN, Canada
8. “Collaboration is powerful.Enormous collaborative efforts on clearly-defined, useful projects can be world-changing. What would happen if massive numbers of experts of the world were to unite and, with the help of the general public, do what they do best – impart knowledge to the world for free?” ~ Larry Sanger, Co-Founder of Wikipedia
10. COT Collaboration Model Online Community of Practice Quarterly meetings, online webinars, etc. Train-the-trainer Program Peer Reviews Accessibility Reviews Research Author/Adopter communities Partnering with Repositories, Publishers, Students, Bookstore Managers, Statewide Organizations.
11. Online Community of Practice 600 Members Signed up in 09-10 Special Interest Groups Adopters Research Authors Accessibility Reviewers Librarians Events Posted Blogging Broadcast Email
13. Adopting Open Textbooks“train-the-trainer” workshops 300 College faculty, staff trained 16 workshops, 8 states Online Moodle, Peer2PeerU 40 Advocate-trainer led workshops. • Advocacy efforts at college and state level • Training resources created and shared FL, TX, CA, KY, WA, MI, MD, GA
14. Peer Reviews 100 Open Textbooks Reviewed By Subject Matter Experts Review textbooks for Reading level Depth and scope Quality and accuracy Cultural relevance Currency Authority of source Clarity Posted to COT website
15. Accessibility Reviews 100 Open Textbooks Reviewed For learners with disabilities Review textbooks for Section 508 Web Content Access Guidelines Best Practices Cognitive Learning Letters sent to authors Photo by:John_C_Abell_CC-NCSA Reviews posted to COT website Analysis of common accessibility issues found
16. Open Education Research Research open textbook adoption Interviews with over 50 faculty, administrators, and students Faculty-driven research (Brian Evans, Econ.) 129 students (open textbooks) to 124 students (traditional textbooks) COST: $3194 vs. $10,867
17. Author-Adopter Community Connexions Collaborative Statistics by Illowsky & Dean Adopted at 18 Colleges in 11 States 10 Custom versions Moodle course with videos RESULT Better open textbook: ancillaries, videos, homework management systems.
18. Author-Adopter CommunityCOT-sponsored Pilot Introduction to Sociology by Ron Hammond Adopter & Content Expert Dr. Lisa McDonnell, St. Petersburg College, Florida Adopted at 4 Colleges in 3 States Potential authoring software: Ning, Nixty, Playlists RESULT Better open textbook with faculty adopter customizations
20. OER on Your Campus Form Taskforce on campus to address adoption of open textbooks Curriculum approval Pedagogical standards Articulation Tech support Bookstore and print shop Library Faculty, department involvement Faculty training to develop OER Marketing …
21. More Information Visit College Open Textbooks http://collegeopentextbooks.org Visit the OER College Consortium website http://oerconsortium.org Visit the OER Center for California http://grou.ps/oercenter Visit Open Access Textbooks www.openaccesstextbooks.org
22. College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, CACreating Open Educational Resource (OER)Content Playlists as Alternatives to Traditional Textbook Materials
23. Our Support Our work is supported by a U.S. DOE FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education) Special Focus grant
24. Today’s Take-out Menu As this presentation moves along, you should: Be introduced to the motivation for new alternatives for textbooks Become familiar with our Open Educational Resource (OER) grant and its goals Learn about some of the basic steps that would be involved in creating a content playlist
27. How Much? Consider this example: Student spends $180 on a textbook for a course and $30 on a textbook supplement SUBTOTAL = $210 Course 3 units Current cost per unit = $26 Cost of course itself = $78 In this scenario, the textbook and supplement represent 73% of the overall cost of the course!
33. So, what is a playlist? Website with text/articles Introduction text, learning objectives and outcomes, etc. Transition text Media(captioned) Another website article/text Transition text
38. Faculty are accustomed to assembling existing content already (think learning units in a course management system).
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40. Challenges thus far Faculty incentives Faculty workload Collaboration with campus bookstore and printing facilities Long term goal of having kiosk printing capabilities for students on campus Communication between production staff and faculty
41. What’s next? Continue developing learning objects, mostly around common themes or subject areas. We’re in the planning stages now for two content playlists. We will begin development in the next couple months.
42. Building on existing and new resources The Orange Grove (www.theorangegrove.org) is the repository/home for over 180 open and online texts, in addition to many other types of resources UPF is the official publisher of Florida’s postsecondary system Integrated Book Technology: on-demand printer WebAssign: online homework and grading, secure online testing with targeted feedback ..is a partnership between The Orange Grove Repository and the University Press of Florida (UPF) to make open textbooks available for postsecondary education Launched September, 2009
43. What does “OPEN” mean? 39 Changed by the creators from: Copyright -ALL Rights Reservedto Copyright -SOME Rights Reserved under an open licensewww.creativecommons.org From the Creative Commons store
44. Open Texts and eBooks: What’s the difference? Open Textbooks eBooks (Publisher) Restrictive licenses (e.g. no modifications) Accessible for a limited time period Usually have restrictions on the amount of material students can print out Open License i.e. Creative Commons Can usually be modified or customized Viewed/read for no cost online permanently available in a repository or as a free download No limits on student self printing Low cost POD version
45. And, a new term… Dynamic Textbooks are open access textbooks for which there are a large number of embedded links to digital resources such as original source documents, maps, simulations, videos, games, podcasts, flash animations, and relevant websites. In many cases, a low cost, print-on-demand version is also available for a Dynamic Textbook.
52. The Orange Grove Repository is the storage container… Stable, persistent archiving of any content Access for educators to a variety of high quality resources Distribution vehicle for grant products and state-owned or state-licensed content Avoid duplication of development effort Federate with and harvest other repositories Integrates into learning management systems for single sign-on Open textbook distribution
53. The Orange Grove provides at no cost: Repository software license – perpetual Annual maintenance fee Development of tailored interfaces and metadata schemas OG staff support Upgrades to software 24 X 7 network support Bandwidth Hardware: server cluster Nightly file backup
54. Copyright The Orange Grove owns NOTHING! Supports Creative Commons License You keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify. See handout provided.
55. Partner 2: The University Press of Florida Discover the World with Florida Books
76. Dynamic online homework system for math, physics, chemistry, and statistics – automatically graded, tracked assignments
77. Supports a variety of question types and tools for entering mathematical and chemical notation
78. Can support e-books and links to additional resources from within the WebAssign course – videos, tutorials etc.
79. Offer instructors the ability to put in their own content (questions, notes, videos) and deliver truly customized courses08/09/2010 <2>
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81. Dynamic online homework system for math, physics, chemistry, and statistics – automatically graded, tracked assignments
82. Supports a variety of question types and tools for entering mathematical and chemical notation
83. Can support e-books and links to additional resources from within the WebAssign course – videos, tutorials etc.
84. Offer instructors the ability to put in their own content (questions, notes, videos) and deliver truly customized courses08/09/2010 <2>
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86. Currently offer College Algebra and Introduction to Statistics (Calculus is in production from University of Florida)
87. Features coded homework problems (randomized), with links to the e-books and video content for help or remediation
88. Online access to both e-book and homework is $25 per semester
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90. Collaborative Statistics With over 1500 coded homework exercises, Collaborative Statistics is a well-tested text for use in the Introduction to Statistics course. There are also pre-loaded instructional videos for students available for use that were developed by the author team. 08/09/2010 <2>
91. College Algebra Over 1400 coded online homework questions as well as links to instructional videos and the College Algebra e-book. Full symbols palette available that allows students to write in the appropriate math notation in their answers. 08/09/2010 <2>
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93. Benefits to Students Electronic versions of all OGT+ textbooks are free, saving cash-strapped students a significant amount of money. Portability: once downloaded, textbooks can be accessed on any type of computer, e-reader, or PDA. Flexibility: students can choose free e-book, print out select portions, or purchase paper back for a fraction of cost of traditional textbooks. No time limits or restrictions on usage.
94. Collaborations Classroom test of Statistics and College Algebra this summer at 5 schools. UF Math Department developed open texts for Calculus Beta testing with Honors classes this fall 1000 students in Spring Semester using open text 1500 students in Fall Semester using open text WebAssign – online homework, testing, and tutorials for math, science and behavioral sciences. WebAssign works directly with OGT+ on Algebra, Statistics, and Calculus.
95. Join us on – Facebook and our websites! www.theorangegrove.org www.openaccesstextbooks.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Orange-Grove/140241062660322
96. How to get involved Adopt an existing OGT+ text in your class Create and share supplemental materials to accompany an OGT+ text Serve as peer reviewer for OGT+ GenEd Review and tag open textbooks Advocate for open textbooks on your campus and institutional involvement Submit an open textbook and peer review to Kara Schwartz at Kara@upf.com
97. Questions and Answers For more information, go to: www.theorangegrove.org and www.openaccesstextbooks.org Susie Henderson, Director, The Orange Grove Repository shenderson@distancelearn.org, (850) 922-3359 Meredith Babb, Executive Director, University Press of Florida mb@upf.com, (352) 392-1351 Joel Hollenbeck, Vice-President of Sales and Customer Service, WebAssign hollenbeck@webassign.net, (704) 728-6531
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