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BC Open Textbook Project

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What Are OER?

Open

Educational

Resources

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What Are OER?

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OER Examples

Videos

Course materialsLesson plans

Software Games

Simulations

Wikis

Blogs

Adaptive tests

Open textbooks

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How did this get started?

40 free & open textbooks for highest enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary subjects in BC2014 – 20 for skills & training

First province in Canada2014 – AB & SASK MOU

$1 million2014 - $1 million

Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under CC-SA license

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Why are we doing this project?

To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs To give faculty more control over their instructional resources To improve learning outcomes for students

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OER and Student Achievement

11 Peer Reviewed Studies

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48,623 Students

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93% Same or Better Outcomes

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Student Achievement: No Significant Difference

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“In three key measures of student success—course completion, final grade of C- or higher, course grade– students whose faculty chose OER generally performed as well or better

than students whose faculty assigned commercial textbooks.”

A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students in Journal of Computing in Higher Education

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What are Open Textbooks?

A textbook licensed under an open copyright license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public.

They are available for free as online and electronic versions, or as low-cost printed versions.

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Benefits of Opentextbooks- Students

Increased access to education

Remove financial barriers: replace expensive textbooks with free alternatives

Students don’t have to go without textbooks or buy outdated editions

If free access to a resource, students are more likely to use it and learn from it

Promotes legal and responsible use of digital resources

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Benefits of Opentextbooks – Faculty & Students

Enhanced Pedagogy

Adapting courses to fit textbooks vs. molding textbooks to fit a course

Faculty take control of own teaching approach: adapt textbooks to fit the pedagogical needs

Opentextbooks: free to edit and distribute means authentic learning assignments

Accessible resources adapted to fit the needs of a course foster positive classroom environments

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Faculty have full legal rights to customize & contextualize open textbooks to fit their pedagogical needs

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The 5 R’s of Open

• Make and own a copyRetain• Use in a wide range of waysReuse• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise• Combine two or moreRemix• Share with othersRedistribute

http://lumenlearning.com/announcement-5r-open-course-design-framework/

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The Project

Don’t reinvent it by Andrea Hernandez released under CC-BY-NC-SA and based on Wheel by Pauline Mak released under CC-BY license

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Peer Reviewed

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Early Adopter and Adapter

Dr. Takashi Sato Physics KPU

Students: 60Previous Textbook: $187OpenStax Textbook: $0

Student savings: $11,200

1 class 1 institution 1 term

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Student Debt Crisis

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Education is expensive

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• Tuition and Fees

• Room and Board

• Books and Supplies

• Personal Expenses

• Transportation

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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budget

“For many undergraduate university programs, $800 to $1,000 per year is a reasonable range for planning for the cost of books and other materials.”

College Board (US)

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

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How much students say they spend on textbooks per term in Canada

Source: Data on Textbook Costs, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 2015.

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“Overall, the Canadian Federation

of Students says textbook costs

have risen by 2.44 times the rate

of inflation since 2008.”

CBC article: Back to school 2015: How post-secondary

students can fight 'grim reality' of rising textbook costs

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Average Student Expenditures onTextbooks

The Peak: SFU Campus Newspaper

“On average, students in Canada

spend $500–1,000 every year on

textbooks and courseware;…”

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66% do not purchase books at some point due to book cost

47.6% take fewer courses due to book cost

45.5% choose not to register for a course due to book cost

37.6% regularly go without textbooks and earn a poor grade due to book cost

26.1% have dropped a course due to book cost

20.7% have withdrawn from a course due to book cost

Impact of Textbook Cost

Source: 2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey – Florida Virtual Campus (DRAFT)

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Textbooks Vs. Groceries?

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Free, High Quality Textbooks

No Compromise

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Faces of Student Debt

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Saving Students $$

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Results

Year Faculty Sections Students Savings

2013 12 18 553 $55,300 - $84,560

2014 42 78 2630 $263,000 - $367,896

2015 (Jan-April)

33 73 2224 $222,400 - $252,285

Today 168 538 15206 $1,528,600.00 - $1,905,289.00

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Advocacy is lacking

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What can YOU do? Think BIG and BOLD

In the index card provided to you write ONE bold idea for how you could advocate for OpenTextbooks and OER in your institution.

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What can YOU do? Think BIG and BOLD

Pass cards around over and over until you hear the stop bell

Read the idea on the card you have in your hands

Discuss with your partner Rate it using a 1 to 5 scale (1: Low 5: high) Write your rating on the back of the card Pass it along again until you hear the stop bell Lets do this 5 times Add up the 5 scores on the back of the card

you end up with

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What can YOU do?

• Presentations • Utilize visuals, create displays• Speak directly to faculty• Suggest that faculty review a textbook• Showcase examples• Form a student led OER group• Run a #textbookbroke campaing• Connect. Collaborate. Join forces.

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What can YOU do?

https://open.bccampus.ca/2013/03/11/how-students-can-advocate-for-open-textbooks/

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What can YOU do?

https://opentextbc.ca/studenttoolkit/chapter/step-two-what-already-exists-on-your-campus/

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What can YOU do?

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What can YOU do?

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What can YOU do?

Senior administration letter of support template

Promote OER Webinars on campus

Joint OER Resolution

Resource Templates

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What can YOU do?

Dear Professor,

I found these great books by <OpenStax, BCcampus> at thelibrary. They’re free AND peer-reviewed!

Textbooks are extremely expensive, so it would be awesomeif you reviewed one of these textbook to see if it would fit the needs of the class.

You can pick up a copy from the library or access the book onlineat <openstax.org/subjects https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>

Thank you for considering this possibility.

Regards,

Academic freedom-friendly email sample to let faculty know about Open Textbooks

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Thank You!