SAVE THE TREES! Mary Cash and Karen Kaemmerling ELCC 2011

What is Open Content  "Open content is content that is licensed in a manner that provides users with the right to make more kinds of uses than those normally permitted under the law - at no cost to the user.”  The primary usage rights open content is concerned with are:  Reuse - the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form  Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself  Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new  Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others 

Advantages for Faculty  No waiting for students to get text  Content is current/relevant  Content is engaging/dynamic  Content is easier to manipulate  Faculty may find open source content more engaging for themselves and for their students (Shakespeare course a great example!)

Advantages for Students  Have “text” when class starts  Lower or No cost  More dynamic/engaging content  Appeals to more learning styles  Audio  Video  Carry chunked content  Printable

Common Elements in Design  Discussion Intensive  Research Based Homework  Student Centered Learning  Scaffold Assignments

ANT 101 Example  Provides a custom Search Engine  :2wm6lwfl5hs :2wm6lwfl5hs  Provides “required” internet resources for each Unit  Wikibooks: ction ction  Permissions to use material in course

HIS 202 Example  NROC content  Interactive maps and images  Sound files  Mini Lectures as videos  Printable   Web Links

ENG 122 Example  Course Readings pulled from the Purdue OWL: Research and Citation, Argument and MLA Styleguide (2009) and information on rhetoric/argument comes from.Purdue OWLResearch and CitationArgumentMLA Styleguide  Students choose their semester-long research topic by visiting/browsing/searching through a list of online magazines including: Wired Magazine, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, The New Republic, Discover, Seed Magazine, The Utne Reader, Mother Jones.  Students can search for articles by going to the CCCOnline article databases, or they can search the article databases and use the library resources at their home schools (See the CCCOnline Library Resources information on our student wiki:  Some ENG 122 courses also incorporate sources/tutorials, etc. from the CCCOnline Research and Writing Toolkit (and if they don’t... they should!)CCCOnline Research and Writing Toolkit

LIT 225 Example  Play texts from Open Source Shakespeare (reformatted slightly and saved into course)Open Source Shakespeare  Audio recordings from LibriVoxLibriVox  (note: took play texts and reformatted slightly and placed files in course; with LibriVox audio recordings – downloaded and put on our media server to ensure continuous access.)  Videos – majority come from open source (Google/PBS, etc.); students need to rent Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) and check another one out from the library (Measure for Measure).  Course also points to play synopses (text and audio) and a multitude of Shakespeare web resources (Example: King Lear from PBS).King Lear from PBS

Challenges with Open Content  More time and work to develop  More maintenance  ADA compliance  More student support  Read content on screen  Access to technology  No book to hold  Non traditional  Need tech assistance InstructorsStudents

Solutions  Don’t over do it  Improve page design  Incorporate multimedia  Be available  Provide affordable print versions  Provide time to become familiar with format  Provide usability tips InstructorsStudents

Feedback from Students  “I'm learning a lot and finding it easier to find more information without a book. The internet is a good source.”  “This class allows me to do my own research and by doing that it challenges me to find out everything about a certain topic in order to truly understand it.”  “I appreciate the lower cost and I do think I get more from hearing it and then reading it. ”

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