Sloan c merlot panel july 12

Building Communities of Practice to Encourage Open Textbook Use SloanC-MERLOT Conference July 12, 2011 With generous support from DynamicBooks Slide

The challenge
Increase adoption, effective use, and sustainability of open-licensed textbooks
The solution
Communities of Practice
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Why we are here today
Hear from our panelists about the lessons they’ve learned in forming working communities of practice around open textbooks
Hear from you about lessons you’ve learned
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Goals
Share the practices that have worked and those that have not
Apply the results to other kinds of learning communities.
Discuss the differences between the communities that start with a theoretical vs. pragmatic approaches
Compare the use of synchronous and asynchronous communications methods.
Discuss how instructors and others can feel comfortable sharing their materials.
Share the plans for the future of these seven communities
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Logistics
Each panelist represents a different academic discipline and will take 5-7 minutes to share his/her learning around a specific area of communities of practice.
We will start discussions after the presentations
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Joanne Mu Joanne Munroe
Community: Organic Chemistry
Emphasis: Learning Communities and Communities of Practice (Cox, 2004; Wenger, 1998; Wenger, White, and Smith, 2009)
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Una Daly
Community: Educational Psychology
Emphasis: Collaboration & Remixing
Curriculum Drivers
Small programs
Varied majors
State licensure
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Connexions textbook
Drs. Seifert & Sutton
Online collaboration
Reorder, remix, authoring tool.
Online repository
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Slide CC BY-SA Some rights reserved by Gideon Burton

Bill Buxton
Community: Economics
Emphasis: Pragmatic, Participatory, Permanent, Powerful
Slide Bill Buxton, Founder, Textbook Equity

Economics
Primary (seed) Open Textbook:
“ Microeconomics”, by R. Larry Reynolds, Professor, Boise State University. (2011) CC-BY-NC-SA
Current Ancillaries:
15 Interactive Excel® models
6 Flash® modules with voice over
2 Quicktime® movies with voice over
13 Powerpoint® lectures
Math and calculus reviews
Topics in PDF and Word® formats
Homework and exam examples with answers
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Teamwork Slide

“ Corequisites” for Success

Lynda Lambert
Community: College Writing
Emphasis: Starting from Scratch
Author/
Facilitator
Goals:
To get unbiased opinions on the usability of an unpublished, as yet un-adopted book
To create ancillary materials on a course site that could then be accessed and used by adopters.
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Goals Achieved?
At this point....
There has been some feedback on the book from three people, with minor suggestions.
There was an attempt to offer a possible ancillary, but the posting caused technical problems that tied us up for 3 weeks.
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Things learned so far
A larger, more varied pool of possible participants will help move us forward.
Asking for a specific response is better than asking for a general contribution.
Specific tasks do-able in short timeframes are best.
Methodical, regular contact and updates are a necessity to keep things going.
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If you’re interested...
For those in the audience who are interested in joining this Learning Community, you can begin by taking a look at the book on which it is based, Deconstructing American English , at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XtU840Cftqmsq6fOAxowW9pZT58N-CQV4LZhZfZ_sc4/edit?authkey=CNqNkpIG&hl=en_US&pli=1
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Barbara Illowsky
Community: Statistics
Emphasis: Author responses to inputs & evolution
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Barbara Illowsky
PDF: free always! (download and/or print)
QOOP: hard copy of pdf – purchase ( <$30)
Connexions: free (Web 1.0)
Kno/20 Million Minds: $4.99 enhanced with interactive multimedia (Web 2.0)
WebAssign homework system: $25
iTunesU: free chapter videos
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Navigate table of contents Click here to print out Key term links to definition

Jacky Hood: Four Communities with Varied Challenges
Accounting: great book, publisher support challenge : fledgling community
Math: excellent book, many adopters, excellent Subject Matter Expert challenge : no facilitator
Sociology: great tool and structure, huge opportunity challenge : only four adopters, none available to manage community
Project management: large well-qualified community, three great tools, challenges : writing a 1000-page textbook, funding, business model
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Discussion
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Sloan c merlot panel july 12

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