Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Source Textbooks and Learning Objects Cable Green eLearning Director

http://www.slideshare.net/ cgreen

Yes… We Really are Networked…

"According to an IBM study, by 2010, the amount of digital information in the world will double every 11 hours."

And we can make all of our “ digital stuff” available to all people… and most of it will get used... by someone.

“ Long Tail” of Publishing long tail $ Harry Potter Hyper-geometric partial differential equations

http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/ComingApart We All Get to Participate

Definition of OER Digitized materials, offered freely and openly for educators, students, to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

Digitized materials, offered freely and openly for educators, students, to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

The Old Economics Print, warehouse, and ship a new book for every student http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/2780164461/

The New Economics Upload one copy, and everyone uses it simultaneously http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/ Making copies, storage, distribution of digital stuff = “Free”

software textbooks music

Textbook 2.0 modular authored by community continuously updated personalized on assembly never out-of-print published on demand low cost ex: 600-page textbook for $32, not $132

modular

authored by community

continuously updated

personalized on assembly

never out-of-print

published on demand

low cost ex: 600-page textbook for $32, not $132

Why do we Need Open Textbooks? 2005 GAO report: College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decades http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf

2005 GAO report: College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decades

Why do we Need Open Textbooks? The College Board reported that for the 2007 through 2008 academic years each student spent an estimated $805 to $1,229 on college books and supplies… http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/trends/trends_pricing_07.pdf

The College Board reported that for the 2007 through 2008 academic years each student spent an estimated $805 to $1,229 on college books and supplies…

Why do we Need Open Textbooks? The gross margin on new college textbooks is currently 22.7 percent according to the National Association of College Stores . Products available in college stores are sold with a margin, as in any retail operation. Margin is the difference between cost and retail price, reflecting work required to bring products to market. http://www.nacs.org/public/research/margins.asp

The gross margin on new college textbooks is currently 22.7 percent according to the National Association of College Stores .

Products available in college stores are sold with a margin, as in any retail operation. Margin is the difference between cost and retail price, reflecting work required to bring products to market.

May, 2007: Dept of Ed.

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/course_correction.pdf

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/course_correction.pdf

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Joint effort to develop and use open educational resources and open textbooks in community college courses cccoer.wordpress.com

Community College Open Textbook Project Goal Identify, organize, and support the production and use of high quality, accessible and culturally relevant Open Textbooks for community college students Reduce the cost of textbooks!

84 colleges from AZ, CA, IA, MD, NV, NY, OH, TX, WA, Ontario CCCOER Membership

Comparison of Statistics Textbooks Publisher: Wiley Open: Connexions & QOOP Downloadable version: $77.50 Downloadable & online versions: FREE Printed bound version: $141.95 new $110.25 used Printed bound version: $31.98 new

Does TCC teach: “Introductory Statistics”

Does TCC teach: “Introductory Statistics”

General Physics 600 pages New $179.00 Used $125.00

Does TCC teach: “ Introductory Physics”

Does TCC teach:

“ Introductory Physics”

Does TCC teach: Elementary Algebra

Does TCC teach: Elementary Algebra

Do you want to go through the rest of TCC’s general education courses?

Do you want to go through the rest of TCC’s general education courses?

Challenges Faculty and student resistance to change Limited availability of high quality and comprehensive learning materials in some disciplines Inadequate access to high-speed Internet by students

Faculty and student resistance to change

Limited availability of high quality and comprehensive learning materials in some disciplines

Inadequate access to high-speed Internet by students

Challenges Compliance with accessibility requirements Printing and computer lab demands on campus by students Coordination with campus bookstores

Compliance with accessibility requirements

Printing and computer lab demands on campus by students

Coordination with campus bookstores

Open Textbook Adoption Locate open textbooks for consideration Evaluate each textbook for selection Customize, remix, and organize selected textbook Disseminate in print and digital formats http://emharrington.com/rex/images/adoptadog/Adopt_Me.jpg

Locate open textbooks for consideration

Evaluate each textbook for selection

Customize, remix, and organize selected textbook

Disseminate in print and digital formats

Locate Open Textbooks for Consideration MERLOT Connexions Wikibooks OER Commons Global Text Project http://rtnl.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/thinker21.jpg

MERLOT

Connexions

Wikibooks

OER Commons

Global Text Project

Evaluate Each Textbook Quality Accessibility Cultural relevance Currency Authority of Source Reading level Depth and scope Quality and Accuracy Articulation

Quality

Accessibility

Cultural relevance

Currency

Authority of Source

Reading level

Depth and scope

Quality and Accuracy

Articulation

Customize, Remix, and Organize

Disseminate Open Textbooks Digital formats Printed format Campus bookstore Campus print-shop services Proprietary services http://images.lexcycle.com/screenshots/feedbooks_library.jpg

Digital formats

Printed format

Campus bookstore

Campus print-shop services

Proprietary services

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Why so urgent? Consider One High Enrollment Course: English Composition I 37,226 enrollments / year X $100 textbook = $3.7 Million + (cost to students) What if we looked at 100, 200, 300 high enrollment courses? http://rtnl.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/thinker21.jpg

Consider One High Enrollment Course:

English Composition I

37,226 enrollments / year

X $100 textbook

= $3.7 Million + (cost to students)

What if we looked at 100, 200, 300 high enrollment courses?

Are there really Open Educational Resources (e.g., Open Textbooks) on the web?

Are there really Open Educational Resources (e.g., Open Textbooks) on the web?

“ Lenses” @ Rice Connexions social software for quality control cnx.org/lenses/ johnDoe univ.edu/cnx IEEE.org/cnx

social software for quality control

Bookstores Future Role? Bookstores are perfectly positioned to be the College’s clearinghouse for printed open educational resources. print-on-demand open textbooks & OER course packs Students want printed options ( Course Correction ) Have location and are tightly networked into IT and fiscal campus operations. e.g., students can use fin aid @ bookstores

Bookstores are perfectly positioned to be the College’s clearinghouse for printed open educational resources.

print-on-demand open textbooks & OER course packs

Students want printed options ( Course Correction )

Have location and are tightly networked into IT and fiscal campus operations.

e.g., students can use fin aid @ bookstores

Bookstores Future Role? Open Textbook Commercial Affiliates Work with them like you work with existing commercial Publishers Flat World Knowledge: interested in bookstores buying print copies of open textbooks at reduced rates. Your ideas? Let’s chat.

Open Textbook Commercial Affiliates

Work with them like you work with existing commercial Publishers

Flat World Knowledge: interested in bookstores buying print copies of open textbooks at reduced rates.

Your ideas? Let’s chat.

Legislation HB 1025 / SB 5778 HB 1946 Federal: HEOA

HB 1025 / SB 5778

HB 1946

Federal: HEOA

http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu http://blog.elearning.sbctc.edu Dr. Cable Green eLearning Director cgreen@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4334 Special thanks to: David Wiley (BYU) and Richard Baraniuk (Rice)