The document outlines a workshop on adopting open textbooks at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, discussing the importance of open educational resources (OER) for affordability and customization in education. It covers topics such as Creative Commons licensing, the BCCampus Open Textbook project, and how to discover and select open textbooks. Additionally, it provides a framework for faculty on implementing OER and encourages collaboration and feedback for improvement.

1. Adopting Open Textbooks
Workshop
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
February 26, 2013

2. Workshop Team
BCcampus
• Terrie McAloney
• Sylvia Currie
• Mary Burgess
• Hilda Anggraeni and Heather Kincaid (Thanks for the graphic
wall!)
KPU
• Meg Goodine
• Jane Fee
• Alan Davis
• Judie Phillips
• Todd Mundle
NWCC and Douglas College
• Adrienne Watt
Creative Commons
• Paul Stacey
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3. Today’s Agenda
• Myth or Fact?
• Creative Commons Licensing
• BCcampus Open Textbook Project
• Lunch: Keynote
• Discovery & Selection
• Institutional Processes
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4. Activity
1. Open textbooks: One thing you know or want to know
2. Myth or Fact
• All open textbooks are peer-reviewed
• Open Educational Resources (OER) are free
• OER are in the public domain
• Publisher produced material is better than OER
• Open textbooks hurt bookstores
• eBooks are open textbooks
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5. Creative
Commons
Licensing
Paul Stacey
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6. A
Case:
From
Start
to
Finish
Adrienne Watt
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7. Need
 Affordability for student $$$
 Availability for class start
 Obsolescence of textbook content
 Content is too broad
 Ability to customize textbook for course, not
the other way around
 Faculty empowerment
 Promote collaboration
 Eliminate unneeded updates

8. Prepare
 Check available sources online
◦ www.oercommons.org
 repository of 42K + tools for sharing curriculum
◦ www.saylor.org
 free education, free books
◦ www.cnx.org
 Educational content repository
 There are many more

9. Develop
 Choose tool – Word, Pressbooks, others
 Create a list of topics to cover
 Create images, or use public domain
 Make sure all source material is CC BY
◦ Attribution must credit original author.
◦ Proof read, proof read, proof read
 Get an editor to review the book (if possible)

10. Feedback
 Peer reviews
 Student feedback was very positive
 Always more work to be done
 Multimedia content
◦ Videos
◦ Instructor materials
◦ Student activities
http://bccampus.pressbooks.com/dbdesign/

11. Discussion
A replacement for the textbook
should…
Discuss
Report one thing
Post all comments on the wall
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12. Share One Item
licensed for re-use: Some rights reserved by denise carbonell
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13. …. have more versatile learning content that is
customizable, current, affordable, dynamic,
accessible and portable
CC-BY-NC-SA
ShipLibrary/
flickr
adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
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14. The
BCcampus
Project
Mary Burgess - Video
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15. Workshop Feedback
Reminder!
What did you like?
What would you change?
What are your next steps?
(Add to the wall!)
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16. Steps: Adopt an Open Textbook
1. Discover
&
Select
2. Ins3tu3onal
Processes
San Miguel stairs creative commons licensed by
larry&flo 2007
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17. MERLOT Peer Reviews
Structured Process
Highest quality resources reviewed first
At least two trained peer reviewers
Criteria
Quality of Content
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Ease of Use
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18. College Open Textbooks Ratings
Peer reviews based on rating scale with comments:
Reviewer's Comments
I recommend this book. Overall, the chapters are very readable and the
material presented is consistent and appropriate for the course. A wide range
of exercises introduces students of varied interests to a variety of applications.
Graphics are both clear and complete in both the on-line and printed versions
of the text.
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19. Discover Open Textbooks
Repositories & Listing Sites
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20. College
Open
Textbooks
College
Open
Textbooks
• Point
to
Open
textbook
list
by
subject
(750+)
• Peer
reviews
(150)
• Accessibility
reviews
(100)
• Online
community
of
college
faculty
(1000+)
• Nursing
• Introductory
Sociology
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21. BOUNDLESS
BOUNDLESS
18
open
textbooks
under
Crea3ve
Commons
ASribu3on
(CC
BY-­‐SA)
Cover
subjects,
such
as
accoun3ng,
biology,
chemistry,
sociology,
and
economics
Some
premium
features,
including
flashcards,
study
guides,
and
quizzes.
Requires
a
free
user
account.
Marke3ng
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22. MERLOT
MERLOT
• Open
textbook
list
by
category
(2200+)
• Some
Merlot
Peer
reviews
• Some
Accessibility
reviews
• Registered
MERLOT
users
may
create
personal
collec3ons
and
comment.
• Nursing
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23. Connexions
Connexions
• Open
License
• Searchable
by
subject
areas
• Collec3ons
of
learning
modules
• Lens
for
endorsing
content
• Print
on
Demand
• Create
&
publish
your
own
materials
• Basic
Math
Textbook
for
the
Community
College
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24. Florida’s Orange Grove Text Plus
Florida’s
Orange
Grove
Text
Plus
• Open
license
• Repository
&
Harvested
• Print-­‐on-­‐demand
• Link
to
within
CMS
• Florida
University
Press
•
Sta3s3cs
hSp://orangegrovetexts.com/AA0001170
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25. OpenStax College
OpenStax College
Founda3onal
Support
All
books
in
CNX,
all
CC-­‐BY
Spring
2012
Spring
2012
Feb
2013
Feb
2013
Spring
2013
Ul#mate
Goal
–
High-­‐quality
books
for
top
20+
courses.
hSp://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/biology
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26. Saylor
Saylor
• Freely
available
for
download,
online
reading,
sharing
• Various
open
licenses
• Many
from
Flat
World
Knowledge
• Publish
your
own
materials
• Currently
PDF
and
Word
format
• Chemistry
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27. OER Commons
OER Commons (advanced search)
Entrepreneurial
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28. Finding Images, Videos, Music
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29. PressBooks at BCcampus
PressBooks at BCcampus
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30. Examples of OERs
IMathAS http://dlippman.imathas.com/
Athabasca Press
Jorum - Computer Science
InTech
CK-12
Wiki Books - Computing
Light and Matter
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31. Examples of BC Open Textbooks
• Objects-first Java book - Rick Gee
people.okanagan.bc.ca/rgee/javabook.pdf
• A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation
with MATLAB - Serhat Beyenir
http://cnx.org/content/col11371/latest/
Adult Literacy Fundamental Mathematics - Liz
Gerard and Wendy Tagami
http://urls.bccampus.ca/qn
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32. Institutional
Processes:
KPU
Todd Mundle
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33. Next Steps at Your Institution
Giulia
Forsythe
cc-­‐by-­‐nc-­‐sa
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/8094691691/
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34. Why OER Matters
Why Open Education
Matters
Enhance existing materials with
OER
Enhance existing Open Textbook
Replace existing materials with cc-by-nc-nd
Open Textbook eslenkphoto
Invite students to generate OER
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35. Thank you for participating!
open.bccampus.ca
Mary Burgess mburgess@bccampus.ca
Terrie McAloney terrie@bccampus.ca
Sylvia Currie scurrie@bccampus.ca
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