Global Text Project Mtg June30
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The document summarizes a breakfast meeting about the Global Text Project and the Community College Open Textbook Project. It discusses the goals of increasing access to open educational resources and reducing textbook costs for community college students. It outlines the process for vetting open textbooks, including determining quality standards, technical standards, and reviewing samples to test the proposed standards.
Global Text Project Mtg June30
- 1. Breakfast Meeting featuring Global Text Project June 30, 2008 ~ Knowledge soars with open textbooks. ~
- 2. Agenda 8:30 Welcome and introductions Martha Kanter 8:45 Overview of Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources and Community College Open Textbook Project Judy Baker 9:00 Global Text Project - quality assurance process Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey 9:30 Global Text Project - model to keep textbooks current Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey
- 4. 66 colleges from CA, MD, NY, WA, NV, Ontario
- 5. CCCOER Survey Results 1,203 faculty respondents 12 Districts and 28 colleges 66% full-time Represent wide range of disciplines 91% indicated interest in using OER materials in their classes 34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field
- 6. CCCOER can fill this gap OER Survey
- 7. Community College Open Textbook Project Hewlett Foundation Grant Feasibility study Provide access to high quality, accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks for community college students and faculty Through the CCCOER and other academic, noncommercial and commercial partners
- 8. Identify, organize, and support the production and use of high quality, accessible and culturally relevant Open Textbooks for community college students Reduce the cost of textbooks
- 9. Community College Open Textbook Project Goals Increase the scope and membership of CCCOER Centralize critical Open Textbook information for use by community colleges Document a workflow model for producing and maintaining Open Textbooks Design and conduct research studies about the benefits of Open Textbooks Develop a business plan to increase sustainability
- 10. Project Partners
- 11. Content Review Panel CCCOER members University representatives Community college representatives Discipline experts Determine and define the necessary elements of a model CC Open Textbook Reading level Depth and scope Quality and accuracy Cultural relevance Currency Authority of source
- 12. Tech Standards Committee Tasks Develop criteria for vetting open textbooks in terms of: Interoperability Accessibility Metadata LMS integration Content dissemination formats Develop a review process Pilot-test vetting criteria and process using the Elementary Statistics open textbook
- 13. CCOT Project Website Point users to: List of open textbooks vetted by: Content Review Committee Tech Standards Committee Fall 2008 projected website launch Example Commitment to Quality seal
- 14. List of Vetted Open Textbooks Collection
- 15. Connexions Statistics Open Textbook Project Collaborative Statistics by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean OCPS Television,1998, Pics4Learning
- 16. Next Steps Identify existing quality and tech standards appropriate for open textbooks Modify standards for use by CCOT project Determine process for vetting Field-test proposed standards and process using Elementary Statistics textbook Kenneth Ransom,, 2000. Pics4Learning