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Transcript of Global Text Project Mtg June30
Breakfast Meetingfeaturing
Global Text Project
June 30, 2008
~ Knowledge soars with open textbooks. ~
Agenda8:30 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
cccoer.wordpress.com
66 colleges
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NY, WA, N
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Ontario
CCCOER Survey Results
• 1,203 faculty respondents– 12 Districts and 28 colleges– 66% full-time– Represent wide range of
disciplines
• 91% indicated interest in usingOER materials in their classes
• 34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field
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Faculty Respondents
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CCCOERcan fill this gap
OER Survey
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
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
Community CollegeOpen 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
Project Partners
Content Review Panel
• CCCOER members – University representatives– Community college representatives– Discipline experts
• Determine and define the necessary elementsof a model CC Open Textbook– Reading level– Depth and scope – Quality and accuracy– Cultural relevance– Currency– Authority of source
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
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
List of Vetted Open Textbooks
Collection
Connexions Statistics Open Textbook Project
Collaborative Statistics
by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean
OCPS Television,1998, Pics4Learning
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