1. Alternatives to Teaching with Textbooks: Open Educational Resources

2. Welcome!

3. Alternatives to textbooks in order to ….

4. Textbooks are expensive…

5. 53% of students report not purchasing a textbook 23% of students report not taking a class 24% of students report taking a different class or choosing a different major -- UMass Amherst Library Study, presented by Marilyn Billings at SPARC 2016 Student choices because of textbook costs --U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Student PIRGs. 2014. Fixing the Broken Textbook Market. (SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet, 2016)SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet, 2016

6. Work arounds: [Name of Professor] was a great teacher! At first, he’s intimidating, but he really knows his stuff. DO NOT SKIP THIS CLASS. Listening to his explanations of the notes is so essential. Don’t buy the book if you have him, no assigned readings and I never used it. -Iowa State University instructor rating, RateMyProfessor.com

7. “What have you done to avoid paying for a textbook?” Sharing / Cramming Going without Google translate Picking classes based on books Dropped class because the textbook was too expensive -- Simon Fraser Student Society OER advocacy campaign, #textbookbrokeBC

8. “Instead of textbooks I could have bought…” 1.Food 2.Rent -- Simon Fraser Student Society OER advocacy campaign, #textbookbrokeBC

9. Alternatives to textbooks in order to …. Make course content accessible [financially and otherwise] Better match course learning objectives Improve student outcomes

10. Ways to start Use library resources (articles, course reserves) Use existing open educational resources Create new open resources

11. On our campus…

12. Course: Psychology 302 Psychology 383 I use:Blackboard & various articles I don’t use textbooks because: Textbooks have become too expensive. And—publishing houses typically revise their textbooks every three years. The revisions are almost always minor, yet insufficient numbers of the older versions exist, thus requiring faculty to move to the new version. I simply do not want to contribute to this practice. Dr. Stephanie Madon, Professor, Psychology

13. Course: Math/Physics 646 I use:Key chapters from multiple texts, available in Course Reserve I don’t use textbooks because: Mainly because [the course] covers a somewhat eclectic mix of high (600) level material so it is hard to find a single source. I could assign a textbook which covers ~1/2 of the course, but it seemed better to just pull out a few key chapters and make these available. Dr. James Evans, Professor, Physics & Astronomy

14. Course: Biology 476 Biology 101 Biology 204 Biology 312 I use:Blackboard: SoftChalk presentations, Powerpoints from class lectures, original articles, videos, links to websites, and review questions I don’t use textbooks because: For 476 & 204 there is no suitable textbook. In 101, we are trying [this course] without a text for the first time this semester, mainly to keep students from getting overwhelmed with information—they have a hard time picking out main ideas from the details in the textbook. In Bio 312 (ecology) there are many texts, but most do a poor job in one part of the subject that I emphasize, plus we have lots of materials in other formats. Dr. Thomas Jurik, Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

15. Course: Library 160: Information Literacy I use:Our own chapter readings, tutorials, instructional videos, and assignments utilizing Blackboard as our course management system. We author our readings in SoftChalk, and use a variety of software for hands-on learning activities, tutorials, and videos. I don’t use textbooks because: The Lib 160 course has produced its own self-authored readings and assignments for many years. We radically redesigned the curriculum and moved our course online in Summer 2004 but still produced our own print-based course readings and paper-based assignments as a required “course manual” text available for sale at campus bookstores for approximately $8.00 - $10.00. Around 2008, we made the decision to move our assignments online. In part this was an issue of scale, as correcting paper-based assignments in a high enrollment course with relatively few instructors was no longer sustainable. With assignments online, it did not make sense to us to charge students money solely for the chapter readings. We decided move all course content online at no cost to students. We did this for students’ sake and also to streamline various aspects of our very high enrollment course. Susan Vega Garcia, Associate Professor, Library

16. Types of materials in case studies Articles placed on course reserve Selections of textbook chapters placed on course reserve Selections of textbook chapters placed on course reserve Problem sets / assignments PowerPoints from class lectures Videos Links to websites Review questions Softchalk presentations/readings in Blackboard Textbooks Learning objects Labs Case Studies Quizzes/Tests Problem sets Curriculum Syllabi Modules

17. Self-reflection Handout activity

18. Alternatives to textbooks in order to …. Make course content accessible [financially and otherwise] Better match course learning objectives Improve student outcomes

19. As teachers begin to ask these questions, one of the outcomes has been Open Educational Resources.

20. Open Educational Resources

21. Open Educational Resources

22. Educational Resources

23. Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute Open Free + Reuse Rights Nicole Allen, SPARC MORE 2016

24. “ Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge.” -- SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet, 2016 http://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SPARC-Open-Education-Fact-Sheet.pdf http://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SPARC-Open-Education-Fact-Sheet.pdf

25. What does this look like in practice?

26. Selecting course materials/Finding OERs Comparing open textbooks and traditional textbooks Compared to traditional textbooks, open textbooks are: Written by subject specialists Peer reviewed (You can do this too on Open Textbook Library) Updated more rapidly than traditional materials, and the new version is always free Print-on-demand for physical copies (typically very affordable) – campus partnerships Students get to keep the materials (don’t expire like traditional e-textbooks)

27. http://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/

28. http://www.tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free

29. TCC Z-Degree: Affordable course materials lead to better student outcomes Tidewater Community College Z-Degree: http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/

30. TCC Z-Degree: Matching course materials to learning objectives improves student outcomes Tidewater Community College Z-Degree: http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/

31. TCC Z-Degree: Matching course materials to learning objectives improves student outcomes Tidewater Community College Z-Degree: http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/

32. TCC Z-Degree: High perceived student satisfaction Tidewater Community College Z-Degree: http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/http://web.tcc.edu/academics/zdegree/

33. OERs linked to improved student outcomes “Studies conducted at Virginia State University and Houston Community College found that students who used open textbooks tended to have higher grades and lower withdrawal rates than their peers who used traditional textbooks.” -- SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet, 2016SPARC Open Education Fact Sheet, 2016

34. http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-campaign-encourage-schools-goopen-educational-resources

35. http://www.uen.org/oer/

36. Alternatives to textbooks in order to …. Make course content accessible [financially and otherwise] Better match course learning objectives Improve student outcomes

37. Tools to get started Need help finding content? Ask your librarian! Need help sharing content? Course reserves can help! Copyright or Fair Use questions? Email openisu@iastate.eduopenisu@iastate.edu Posting to Blackboard? CELT offers great Teaching & Learning Communities

38. The OER movement is growing... https://openstaxcollege.org/about Department of Education and other policy makers More faculty are adopting OERs More student bodies are advocating for OER Traditional networks are becoming interested in OER (iBookstore, Amazon)

39. Our challenge to you... The library is looking for OER adopters on campus We can help! Not a solo mission Every course and group of students is different—do what works in your situation