BC Open Textbooks ETUG Spring 2013
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This document summarizes a presentation about the BC Open Textbook Project. The presentation discusses the high cost of textbooks for students, and how open textbooks can help increase access to education. It provides an overview of the project goals, phases, and technology used to create, publish and distribute open textbooks. The project aims to create 40 open textbooks aligned with top enrollment courses in BC over multiple phases, starting with reviewing existing open textbooks and moving to adapting and creating new textbooks. Faculty are invited to provide input and reviews during the process. The document also discusses the technology used for authoring, publishing, storing and distributing the open textbooks.
BC Open Textbooks ETUG Spring 2013
- 1. ETUG Spring 2013 BC Open Textbook Project Clint Lalonde & Mary Burgess Curriculum Services & Applied Research Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
- 2. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Agenda • Why Open Textbooks? • Project update • Technology • Your ideas, thoughts & questions, input? 2
- 3. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Sparks • What is a textbook? • How do you use a textbook? • What criteria do you use when choosing a textbook? • Are supplementary materials (test banks, quizzes, presentations) important when choosing a textbook? • What are you hearing at your institutions? What questions are you fielding about the project? • How can we support you in supporting your faculty? • What are we missing? 3
- 4. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 We have a problem… 4 Images from http://www.openeducation.net/2009/09/17/beyond-textbooks-andy-chlup-discusses-digital-learning-models/ CC-BY and http://markmcguire.net/2011/01/01/r-i-p-department-of-design-studies/ CC-BY-NC
- 5. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Fortunately, there are solutions… 5 Images from http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/page/adopt-1 CC-BY and http://classroom-aid.com/2011/12/07/why-dont-teachers-publish-their-own-textbooks-k12/ CC-BY-SA
- 6. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 What is an Open Textbook? •An instructional resource •An ebook •A printed book •Uses a Creative Commons license to enable others to further share and modify 6 Images from Bccampus.ca and CreativeCommons.org. CC-BY
- 7. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 The BC Open Textbook Project 7 Image from Bccampus.ca
- 8. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 8 ETUG Spring 2013 Why are we doing this project? •To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs •To enable faculty more control over their instructional resources •To move the open agenda forward in a meaningful, measurable way Images from Oxfam.org CC-BY and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Talks/World_Open_Educational_Resources_Congress_2012 /How_Open_Access_and_Open_Science_can_mutually_fertilize_with_Open_Educational_Resources CC-BY
- 9. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 The project: •40 Texts, aligned with the 40 most highly enrolled 1st and 2nd year subjects in BC •Not just for online delivery •Ebook (multiple formats) or print on demand 9
- 10. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Project Phases: Phase One: Call for reviews of existing open textbooks Date: Now – call closes May 24 Phase Two: Call for adaptations Date: Sept 2013 Phase Three: Call for creation from scratch Date: Jan 2014 10 Images from http://www.advanc-ed.org/issues-in-education/perspectives/worth-investment-strengthening-teacher-evaluation-age-accountabilit http://www.flickr.com/photos/wakingtiger/3156791341/ http://gutsygirls.net/gygsns2/pages/c-and-v-page
- 11. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Where we got “seed” OTB 11 openstaxcollege.org collegeopentextbooks.org/ saylor.org/books open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
- 12. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Phase 1: Technology • Host seed books • Public faculty reviews • Faculty review community (Adaption/Author) • Single site 12
- 13. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Phase 1: Technology 13 open.bccampus.ca
- 14. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology 1. Adapting & Authoring – import, creation, modification 2. Publishing – how final output is rendered 3. Repository - where final “books” will be stored 4. Distribution - how content is made available to students/faculty 14
- 15. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology Authoring & Adapting – import, creation, modification ETUG Spring 2013 15
- 16. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology Publishing – how final output is rendered 16 HTML – Most universal PDF – Print on Demand, cumbersome in eReader ePub – Still far from standard. Accessibility
- 17. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology Repository - where final “books” will be stored ETUG Spring 2013 17 Invisible to end users
- 18. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Phase 2/3 Remix/Author: Technology Distribution - how content is made available to students/faculty ETUG Spring 2013 18 • Faculty websites • Department websites • Institutional Libraries • Print on Demand • HTML version (either self-hosted or possible hosted on OpenTextBC.ca)
- 19. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 Sparks • What is a textbook? • How do you use a textbook? • What criteria do you use when choosing a textbook? • Are supplementary materials (test banks, quizzes, presentations) important when choosing a textbook? • What are you hearing at your institutions? What questions are you fielding about the project? • How can we support you in supporting your faculty? • What are we missing? 19
- 20. Page |BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. ETUG Spring 2013 20 Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Thank you! Mary Burgess mburgess@bccampus.ca Clint Lalonde clalonde@bccampus.ca