November 12, 2020 2020 Open Ed Conference on creating the OER of the Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book: https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-and-entrepreneurship/

1. Building a community while
building an OER
Open Ed Conference
November 12, 2020
Dr. Michelle Ferrier and Elizabeth Mays

2. Dr. Michelle Ferrier
Executive Director,
Media Innovation
Collaboratory
Professor, Florida A&M Univ.
Co-editors
Elizabeth Mays
Lecturer ASU
Previously worked with
Pressbooks & Rebus
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3. a (shared) problem
Lots of educators had begun teaching entrepreneurship
in j-schools, but there was no suitable “textbook.”
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4. Web Book
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http://bit.ly/mieopentextbook

5. 30+
authors
12+
Peer reviewers
12 classrooms
Of faculty and student beta testers

6. 36+ universities
University Adoptions of MI&E
1,976 Downloads
Of PDF or e-Book format
$100/student
Cost savings per student

7. Project Page
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8. Project Scoping & Planning
Outlining the project and recruiting contributors
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9. Outlining the project
◉ Spreadsheet of chapters (and later sidebars)
◉ Vetted the spreadsheet with faculty teaching
the subject
◉ Ideas of who could contribute each section
◉ Who declined, who accepted, and deadlines
◉ Intentional effort to find diverse contributors
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10. Interactive possibilities of the
Pressbooks webbook
◉ Hypothesis for annotation (used in beta testing
and some peer review)
◉ H5P (added quizzes and interactives later)
◉ Download other formats (including the TCC for
other instructors to use as spine of book in
LMS)
◉ Multiple modalities for students (can read on
cell phone, download for offline, buy in print)
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11. Community Calls
Feedback / dialogue from community of practice to the authors
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12. Biweekly calls using Zoom
◉ Invited all those we knew teaching the subject
○ We had their emails
○ Sent a reminder email closer to the call
◉ Promoted in relevant Facebook groups
◉ Made a video to promote the session
◉ Link to chapter for feedback was included in
the email.
◉ Included a mentorship/”how I teach this”
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13. Beta Testing & Peer Review
Gathering and incorporating feedback
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14. Multiple feedback mechanisms
◉ Invited faculty to biweekly calls - followed up
with authors to incorporate feedback
◉ Hypothes.is for student/faculty feedback
◉ Google form for submission of suggested edits
(we incorporated most)
◉ Single-blind peer review for each section (&
later several full-book reviewers)
◉ Also, 2 independent review processes by
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15. Maintaining the Book
The hardest part?
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16. Summer revisions
◉ Keep the version stable during semesters
◉ Post note indicating what was added or
updated each fall
◉ Additions include things that didn’t make the
first deadline and updates to a few chapters
that are news-dependent
◉ Mix of authors pitching us and us identifying
potential authors for content needed
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17. Key takeaways
◉ This is where we need the community’s help
most.
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18. Resources
◉ Blog Post http://bit.ly/mie8thingswelearned
◉ Rebus Report http://bit.ly/mierebusreport
◉ Project Page (with reviews) http://bit.ly/mieprojectpage
◉ Book http://bit.ly/mieopentextbook
◉ YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/mieyoutube
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19. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and
released these awesome resources for free:
◉ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
◉ Photographs by Unsplash
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20. Any questions ?
You can find Liz at
◉ linkedin.com/in/elizabethgmays/
◉ elizabeth.mays@asu.edu
Thanks!
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You can find Michelle at
◉ @mediaghosts
◉ michelleferrier@gmail.com