Sylvia Moes, gives a presentation on the added value of open textbooks for higher education.

1. The possibilities of open textbooks
Sylvia Moes| Library Summer School 2022

2. Ontwikkelingen
binnen Nederland
2017: Make it discoverable:
Haagse Hogeschool
2017: VU starts with Ecotoxicology
2018: TU Delft start with Open
Textbooks in PDF format
2021: Open textbooks
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Open
textbooks in
Higher
Education in
the
Netherlands

3. VU Open Tekstboeken
• 2017: Start of incentive regulation project Ecotoxicology
– Publication 1st textbook 2019
• Since 2020 - 29 open textbooks (unique titles)
• Platform Wikiwijs
– Pro:
• Low-threshold in use (many teachers no HTML knowledge)
• Multiple authors, cross-institutional
• Interactive, 9 different forms of "test yourself quizzes"
• Modularity & Re-use
• Easy to manage, multiple output formats
– Temporatry downside:
• Book can be written in English, buttons are NL-language (so
far no barrier in use for students)
• Development: soon this will be in English too

4. What opportunities do open textbooks offer?
• Teachers can publish their own teaching materials -> recognition
• Teaching literature is more in line with lesson design
• Students have access to course material at all times
• Institution can showcase its areas of expertise
• Self created open textbook offers instructors new teaching activities

5. Imperical study 46.000 students: Open educational resources
and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy
and perceptions
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9
Videoclip about this study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX0K0hb_xKE

6. Co-creation between academic staff and
students
• Creation of open textbooks, (School of
Trades & Technologies - Medicine Hat
College)
• Why. Updated information, in the
language of students
• Plus creation of videos by students
(explanation of topics and detailed
walkthroughs on how they would solve
a problem)
https://bccampus.ca/2021/01/18/co-creating-oer-with-students-in-the-trades/

7. Interactie met content -
samenwerken & peer feedback
Interaction with content -
collaboration between students & peer feedback

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https://openstax.org/

10. Infographic Open Textbooks
https://versnellingsplan.nl/wp-content/uploads/Infographic/OpenTekstboeken/OpenTekstboeken.html

15. 4 building blocks
Attribution
(BY)
Share Alike
(SA)
Non-Commercial
(NC)
Non-Derivative
(ND)
Open
Less open
https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/
OPEN TEXTBOOKS | CREATIVE COMMONS
LICENSES

16. Open Textbooks @VU
https://maken.wikiwijs.nl/147644/
Environmental_Toxicology__an_open_o
nline_textbook

18. https://zoeken.wikiwijs.nl/search/ilse+van+straaten
https://zoeken.wikiwijs.nl/search/Heelkunde+Digiteam

19. https://maken.wikiwijs.nl/147644/Environmental_Toxicology_
_an_open_online_textbook

24. ELO

26. ePub

27. Tools: types of content related to learning
activities and goals
https://www.versnellingsplan.nl/en/Kennisbank/tool-kies-wijzer-digitaal-leermateriaal-3/

28. Integratie in onderwijs
• What are the learning objectives of the subject?
• What learning activities are appropriate to it?
• Lower order learning goals or higher (see Bloom's taxonomy)?
• Should the book be interactive? (Video, quizzes, animations, etc.
• What role does the open textbook play in this? How does it contribute to the learning objectives?
• Who is/are the author(s)
• Teachers?
• Teachers and students?
• Access to the book
• Will students have access to the book as a whole/or will it be accessed in a modular fashion?
• Should it be integrated into the learning environment?
• What are the required output formats?
• Tip: students read text more easily from paper than a screen. Always have a downloadable PDF
available.
Integration in learning design

29. Integratie in onderwijs
Templates Open Textbooks
https://tinyurl.com/templates-open-textbooks

31. Co-creation
textbook multiple
users

33. Easy to use
(drag and drop)
&
Integration of interactive
elements

34. Multiple choice questions Hotspot questions Combination question
Interactive questions

35. Drag and drop Select multiple labels Order in priority
Interactive questions

36. Life cycle
&
publication process

37. Life cycle
&
publication process

38. edusources.nl

39. Merlot.org

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How to create open
textbooks?
(Engish version available in
October 2022)
https://www.versnellingsplan.nl/Kennisbank/open-tekst-boek/

41. https://tinyurl.com/evaluation-summerschool
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