This document provides an introduction to an open textbook adoption workshop. It discusses the high costs of traditional textbooks for students and challenges for instructors in finding textbooks that fully cover their course needs. Open textbooks are presented as an alternative that are freely available online and can be customized by instructors. They provide benefits like low costs for students, adaptability, and efficient use of resources. The workshop will cover topics like different open educational repositories and lists, criteria for choosing materials, and how to adopt an open textbook.

1.
Welcome
to
the
Open
Textbook/OER
Adop6on
Workshop
Introductory
Session
Facilitated
by
Beth
Burns
SUNY
SOL
Summit
March
7th
,
2012
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2. The
typical
college
scene:
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3. S@cker
Shock
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4. Oh,
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5. The
Instructor’s
Dilemmas
Break
Free
of
Tradi@onal
Textbooks
• No
textbook
fits
exactly
• It’s
usually
all
or
nothing
• Students
complain
about
paying
high
prices
• They
complain
even
more
if
only
a
few
chapters
are
used
in
a
high-­‐priced
book
• They
complain
even
louder
when
sent
hither
and
yon
for
materials
• Too
many
resources,
too
liQle
@me
to
decide
what’s
fair
to
use
and
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6. An
open
textbook
is…
• Commonly
modifiable
by
the
instructor
– Digital,
Modular
– Adaptable
• Low
cost
to
the
students
– Usually
free
for
those
with
computers
and
internet
access
– Printable
for
free
or
a
small
fee
(costs
for
ink
and
paper)
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in
bound
copies
for
$10-­‐$40
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7. Benefits
of
Open
Textbooks
• High
efficiency
in
use
of
modules
• Free
for
those
with
computers
or
Resources
can
be
created
once
and
readers
and
Internet
access
widely
used
rather
than
locked
• Much
lower
cost
for
printed
and
up
/
All
Rights
Reserved
in
a
300-­‐ bound
page
$200
textbook
Even
classes
without
open
textbooks
benefit
because
• Adaptable
to
learning
styles,
students
can
afford
to
take
more
cultures,
geographies,
and
more
classes
• Use
only
what
is
needed:
saves
paper,
toner,
and
weight,
and
avoids
confusion
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8. An
open
textbook
has
been…
Changed
by
the
creators
from
• Copyright
All
Rights
Reserved
to
• Copyright
Some
Rights
Reserved
under
an
open
license
From the Creative Commons store
e.g.,
Crea@ve
Commons
License
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9. hQp://crea@vecommons.org/about/licenses/
• Authors
retain
the
copyrights
to
their
crea@ons.
• Those
rights
include
the
profits
from
commercial
use
and
distribu@on
of
their
crea@ons
and
the
right
to
deny
other
to
make
modifica@ons
to
their
crea@ons.
• However,
some
creators
are
willing
to
share
some
of
their
rights
with
others…
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11. The Twelve Members
of the College Open
Textbook Collaborative
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12. Repository
or
List?
• Open
educa@onal
resources
are
here,
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there,
and
everywhere…
• One
person’s
ideal
repository
is
another’s
dead
end.
• Many
lists,
not
so
many
repositories….
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13. What
is
an
OER
Repository?
• Repositories
are
searchable
databases
that
typically
contain
authorita@ve
content.
• Textbooks
are
typically
available
in
one,
consistent
format
(i.e.
.pdf,
.odt,
.doc,
etc.)
• They
typically
contain
a
limited
number
of
textbooks,
but
the
materials
within
a
repository
are
more
likely
to
have
been
peer-­‐
reviewed.
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14. What
is
an
OER
list?
• An
OER
list
is
simply
a
searchable
collec@on
of
all
types
of
OER’s.
• There
is
no
uniformity
• There
is
a
lower
likelihood
of
finding
peer
reviewed
materials,
though
this
does
not
mean
that
finding
peer-­‐reviewed
materials
in
a
list
is
impossible.
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15. Some
criteria
for
choosing
OER
Repositories:
• Type
• Licensing
• Disciplines
• Quality
• Format
• Print
Op@ons
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• Ease
of
Use
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16. A sampling of the
hundreds of OER
repositories and lists…
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17. Orange
Grove
Texts
Plus
Type
Textbooks,
Resources,
• Unique
rela@onship
with
Courses,
Ancillaries
University
Press
of
Florida
Licensing
Mul@ple
• Founder
of
Disciplines
Academic
OnCoReBluePrint
inter-­‐state
Quality
Very
High
due
to
UPF;
sharing
and
model
some
reviewed
• 100
collec@ons
Format
Mostly
PDF
• 165
textbooks
Print
op@ons
PDF,
bound
hQp://www.theorangegrove.org/open_textbooks.asp
Ease
of
use
High
for
users;
limited
www.upf.com
for
modifiers
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18. Global
Text
Project
Type
Textbooks,
• Affiliated
with
the
Licensing
CC
BY
3.0
University
of
Disciplines
Business,
Compu@ng,
Georgia
Educa@on,
Health,
Humani@es,
Natural
Sciences,
• Grant
funded
by
Social
Sciences
Jacobs
Founda@on
Quality
High
Format
Created
in
Open
Office;
converted
to
PDF
hQp://
Print
op@ons
Paper
and
CD
or
DVD
globaltext.terr
Ease
of
use
High
but
limited
flexibility
y.uga.edu/
books
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19. College
Open
Textbooks
:
a
list
site,
not
a
repository
Type
Textbooks
• 450
open
textbooks
listed
Licensing
CC
,
PD,
other
open
by
discipline
Disciplines
Most
community
• 80
reviewed;
50
on
the
college
academic
schedule
Quality
Highly
varied
• Very
detailed
reviews;
Format
Highly
varied
named
peer
reviewers
Print
op@ons
Varied
and
improving
• Accessibility
ra@ngs
• Grant
funded
(HewleQ)
Ease
of
use
Good
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20. OCW
Consor@um:
a
list
site
Type
Courses
• Courses
stored
on
a
usually
Licensing
Custom*
(cc
by
nc)
dedicated
member
site
Disciplines
All
academic
and
most
• Grants
and
memberships
voca@onal
*
Use,
reproduce,
distribute,
Quality
Generally
excellent
translate
and
modify
the
Format
Varied;
eduCommons
Materials
for
educa@onal,
non-­‐commercial,
and
non-­‐
Print
op@ons
Very
limited
monetary
gain.
Some
trails
Ease
of
use
Excellent;
outstanding
lead
to
fees….
assistance
to
members
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21. “Make
it
work”
• Read
the
peer
reviews;
talk
to
other
adopters
or
users
• Compare
your
selec@ons
on
quality,
fit,
interoperability,
accessibility,
printability,
cost
for
prin@ng,
cost
for
bound
copies
• Select
the
best
fit,
remembering
that
you
can
make
it
fit
beQer!
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22. Navigate
to
one
of
these
sites
http://www.theorangegrove.org/open_textbooks.asp
www.ocwconsor@um.org
http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books
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23. Instruc@onal
Design
Scenarios
• Team
1:
Recommend
• Team
2:
Recommend
the
two
repository
sites
two
list
sites
to
a
faculty
to
a
faculty
member
member
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24. Adopt
and
Use
• Plan
the
class
• Choose
the
parts
of
the
textbook
that
fit
• Solidify
access
type
(online,
print,
or
both?)
• Add
other
open
resources
• Announce
to
the
stakeholders
–
See
next
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25. Stakeholders
• Curriculum
CommiQee,
Department,
Dean
or
other
group
that
approves
textbook
adop@ons
• Check
restric@ons
on
requiring
computer/internet
access
• Colleagues
• College
bookstore
• College
library
• Media
center
• Print
Shop
• Teaching
assistants
• Students
well
in
advance
• Others
as
needed
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26. Other
Possibili@es…
Become
an
advocate;
join
our
community
J:
hQp://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/
Create,
license,
and
share
your
own
OER’s:
• hQps://open.umich.edu/wiki/DScribe
• hQp://www.web2rights.com/OERIPRSupport/
starter.html
• hQp://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/
Composing_free_and_open_online_educa@onal_reso
urces_2011
• hQp://lemill.net
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27. Final
Thoughts
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