Adapting oer langara

Editor's Notes

• #3: Does everybody know what an Open Textbook is? Is anyone here using one in the class? Has anybody used one in the past? Wikipedia defines open textbook as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_textbook
• #4: So now you have adopted a textbook. You have used it for say a couple of semesters…. and you think that you’d like to change some things around….. Using this book just as an example
• #6: So you can reuse, revise, remix…. As long as the book or resource are openly licensed.
• #7: CC licenses enable the free distribution of otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they have created. Authors retain IP, but may allow for differing levels of flexibility – 5R
• #8: Having said all this, not many faculty members who adopt an open textbook take the time to revise and adapt then…. but 7.5 % do! Ideally we will see this number growing – the ability to adapt a textbook is a powerful tool for faculty. Examining the Reuse of Open Textbooks, Hilton, Wiley & Lutz, 2012 - about 7.5% of instructors who adopt an open textbook also modify it.
• #9: Why adapt an open textbook? Places faculty in control of the pedagogical approach to teach their course. Allows faculty to adapt content to the needs of their class.
• #10: http://bahtings.blogspot.ca/2014/05/part-one-open-pedagogy-model-for-open.html Open pedagogy places emphasis on the concept of open practices such as openness, sharing,  connectedness and reflective practice.
• #11: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Ed_Tech_Hegarty_2015_article_attributes_of_open_pedagogy.pdf
• #12: http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/oeglobal2015_submission_75.pdf Show example: ATR 492 Advanced Athletic Training Practicum Co-created Study Guide for Professional Exam
• #14: First decide what you want to do – the extent of the changes you want to make to the book. This helps with determine the scope of the work.
• #15: https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/6-steps-to-adapting-an-open-textbook/ Step 1: Check the license First, check the license to make sure you have the permission to modify the contents. As long as the Creative Commons license does not have a No Derivative (ND) attribute, Step 2: Check the file format If you want to adapt an open textbook, you will need it in a workable technical format, i.e. an editable file type. These include: Pressbooks or WordPress files (.xml or .wxr) HTML files (webpages) Word document (.docx) or OpenDocument Text (.odt) Simple text files (.txt) EPUB (see “Export Google Docs as ePub Files“) LaTeX files (if the original book includes math or science formulas and equations) Step 3: Use editing tools Once you have an editable file, you are ready to begin your adaptation. The tools you use to create your adaptation will depend on the source file of the original textbook and how comfortable you feel working with the format and tool. Pressbooks A commonly used publishing and editing tool is the online publishing and editing software called Pressbooks. You can import a number of different formats into Pressbooks for editing including Word, EPUB, and HTML. In turn, from Pressbooks a number of source files can be exported such as EPUB (for use in most e-readers), MOBI (for Kindles), PDF (for printing), HTML, ODT, and XML to act as back-up files for Pressbooks and WordPress. For more information, see Pressbooks: Online Software to Make Adaptation Easier in the appendix or the Pressbooks Guide (open creation).
• #16: https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/using-a-style-guide/
• #17: I don’t know where to being. We say, read our guides first so you start to understand what’s involved. (When in doubt, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.) Take your time to think about this. Talk to your colleagues who have done this; they may or may not be at your institution. I have no time is a very common fear/excuse to not adapt an open textbook. What we tell faculty, is to start small. You don’t need to make big changes to begin with, but if you just start using the open textbook or other OER, then you have a tool you can use right away that’s contextualized. Think about an open textbook from a pedagogical approach and how this flexible resource and tool can be used in the classroom. 3. Open Textbook Directory on our website; libraries are creating libguides 4. To address the worry and frustration of working in Pressbooks, we have an open creation of Pressbooks and will begin Pressbooks Training Webinars at the end of November.
• #20: Training: Set up an online training session with the project manager, training webinars Community: Sometimes, more than one adaptation project could be happening at the same institution or at different institutions, so it makes sense to connect related faculty. We know what projects are going on and can be the community links. Self serve / support materials: Pressbooks Guide (videos with transcripts; instructions; are building a section on problems; A bank of FAQ. These are new and we’re building them. Past experience with other Bccampus services have proven their effectiveness. Where 80-90% of queries are fulfilled by an answer in the FAQ bank. We started the OpenEd FAQ in September, and had almost 300 views, but less than a dozen individual queries. 4. Ongoing technical support: Questions will come up; problems will occur; technology isn’t perfect. As we customize the PB authoring platform for open textbook use, and try to create design/formatting consistency between the different file types, other problems pop up. One way we are attempting to address the reality of working in an evolving online system like this, with live users – faculty and staff -, is through our helpdesk and institutional contacts
• #23: We continue to create a suite of guides and toolkits to provide support the adaptation of open textbooks and related work in open education. Some of these, such as the Adaptation Guide and Pressbooks Guide, are “open creations”, i.e. works in progress or under development that are publicly viewable and accessible, openly licensed, and available for harvesting and comments. If you go to our website, you will see all of these items listed under the “Resources” drop-down link. This open creation concept is brand new, something I came up with a few weeks and blogged about. It really came out of laziness. I wanted to offer my work to the world without finishing it; but, on the other hand, my perfectionist self wanted to make sure each guide went through the rigorous steps of review, copy editing, proof reading.   I have also found that putting one’s work up for other’s to see is a great opportunity to gather ideas and even if someone doesn’t directly comment on the work, when I’m asked a question and don’t have an answer, I can always say: “That’s a great idea. I don’t’ know the answer, but I’ll put a page in the Adaptation Guide and think about it. Maybe someone else has a solution.”