BC Open Textbooks Project update

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Page | Clint Lalonde Manager, Curriculum Services & Applied Research CCCOER Oct 30, 2013 Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License . Feel free to use, modify or distribute any or all of this presentation with attribution The British Columbia Open Textbook Project

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Slides from CCCOER community presentation updating the status of the BC Open textbook project.

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Clint LalondeManager, Curriculum Services & Applied ResearchCCCOER Oct 30, 2013

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The British ColumbiaOpen Textbook Project

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“Connect the expertise, programs, and resources of all BC post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework”

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Curriculum Services & Applied Research

Student Services & Data Exchange

Collaborative Programs & Shared Services

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“Connect the expertise, programs, and resources of all BC post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework”

OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 License

1Curriculum Services & Applied ResearchSupport & promote the development & use of Open Educational Resources

Support instructors who want to use technology in their teaching practice

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2003-2012

$9 million invested153 grants awarded100% participation across system83% partnerships47 credentials developed in whole or part via OPDF355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course components (learning objects, labs, textbooks, manuals, videos)

100% open license for free & open sharing & reuse by all BC post-secondary

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Online Program Development Fund (OPDF)

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solr.bccampus.ca

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40 free and open textbooks available for the highest enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary subjects in BC

First province in Canada

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We have a problem (2, actually)

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Images: http://www.openeducation.net/2009/09/17/beyond-textbooks-andy-chlup-discusses-digital-learning-models/ used under CC-BY license

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Students spend $1200/yr on textbooks

4x rate of inflation over past 20 years

70% students have not purchased textbook for a course because of price

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Free is more than just a good deal

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There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success

60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost

35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost

31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost

23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost

14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost

10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost

Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus

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kaleidoscope.org/

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“Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them.”

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What are OER?

UNESCOhttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/

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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 move the open agenda forward in a meaningful, measurable way

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open.bccampus.ca

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Project Phases

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1Phase One: Launch (March -August 2013)

3Phase Three: Create (January 2014-Sept 2014)

2Phase Two: Adapt (Sept 2013-Sept 2014 underway)

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Available in many formats www, ePub, PDF and print

Small, curated collection

Locally peer reviewed

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Identify Top 40 Subjects

Environmental scan of existing OTB: goal 10

BC Faculty reviews of 10 OTB

System Outreach

Early Adopter

1Phase One: Launch (March -August 2013)

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Source: BC CDW & BC Research Institutions

http://bccampus.ca/top-40-courses

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

Student savings: $11,200

College Physics textbook cover image by OpenStax College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

1Phase One: Launch (March -August 2013)

Early Adopter: Dr. Takashi Sato Physics KPU

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

Student savings: $11,200

College Physics textbook cover image by OpenStax College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

1Phase One: Launch (March -August 2013)

Early Adopter: Dr. Takashi Sato Physics KPU

1 class 1 institution 1 term

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Adaptation Call for Proposal – 2 types: Existing & New

More textbooks (13 new)

More reviews

More outreach: Libraries & Bookstores

Technology (PoD, PressBooks, Connexions)

2Phase Two: Adapt (Sept 2013-Sept 2014 underway)

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Type 1: New

Suggest a textbook & modifications for a subject area we have not found existing textbooks.

2Phase Two: Adapt (Sept 2013-Sept 2014 underway)

AnthropologyApplied ScienceCommerceCriminologyEarth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science

GeographyHistoryKinetics/KinesiologyPolitical ScienceVisual Arts, Media & Design

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Type 2: Existing

Introduction to PsychologyThe faculty who reviewed this text felt that it needed to be adapted to reflect a Canadian context, that it required the addition of a chapter on stress, health, and coping, and an overview of all the major psychological perspectives in the first chapter of the text. The BC Open Textbook project will fund a subject matter expert $7500 to complete this work. Technical support and editing services will be provided.

Introduction to SociologyThis book received a good overall rating, however the faculty who reviewed it felt that it required adaptation to reflect a Canadian context and the insertion of content about Feminist Theory. The BC Open Textbook project will fund a subject matter expert $7500 to complete this work. Technical support and editing services will be provided.

Introduction to ChemistryReviewers of this text found it was missing content about Kinetic-Molecular Theory and Thermodynamics. In addition it is lacking a glossary. The BC Open Textbook project will fund a subject matter expert $5000 to add the additional content and create a glossary.

2Phase Two: Adapt (Sept 2013-Sept 2014 underway)

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Produce as few textbooks as possible from scratch

Create 1 exemplar e-textbook

3Phase Three: Create (January 2014-Sept 2014)

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Thank you!Clint Lalonde

[email protected]

@clintlalonde @bccampus

http://open.bccampus.ca

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