1. Open Source Textbooks: To Adopt or Buy? That is the Question
Renee Rawe
Kathy Clower
Patti Levine-Brown
Teaching & Learning Conference
April 22, 2010
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3. Is this the scene at your college?
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4. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
Sticker Shock
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5. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
Oh, my aching back...
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The Students’ Lament…
Outdated
and
Poor Quality
Textbook
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7. Students don’t like traditional texts because they are…
Too expensive
Too heavy
Outdated
Can’t be resold
Not dynamic
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8. Instructors Aren’t Happy Either!
No textbook fits exactly.
It’s all or nothing.
Students complain if only a few chapters are used in a high-priced book.
Publishers come out with new editions too soon.
Too many resources, too little time to decide what’s fair to use and what’s illegal….
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9. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
Short Term Solutions
Rental programs
Putting more books in the library on reserve
Sharing books
Illegal copying
Stealing?
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10. Better yet… Why not an open textbook?
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11. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
An open textbook is…
Often modifiable by the instructor (modular & adaptable)
Free – or nearly free
With computers and internet access
Printable for free or a small fee (costs for ink and paper)
Often available in bound copies for $10-$40
Easy to get, use & pass around
Accessible for adaptive technologies
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12. Seven Myths about Open Textbooks
Open Textbooks and eBooks are the same.
Creators never receive monetary
compensation for open textbooks.
3. All open textbooks are crowd-sourced,
i.e., created by anonymous amateurs.
4. Campus bookstores suffer from the use of open textbooks.
A fact, not a myth but we are working to change this.
5. Derivatives damage the author’s reputation.
6. Open textbooks are low quality or out-of-date with expired copyrights.
7. Publishers are enemies of open textbooks.
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13. Benefits of Open Textbooks
High efficiency in use of modules
Resources can be created once and widely used rather than locked up All Rights Reserved in a 300-page $200 textbook
Adaptable to learning styles, cultures, geographies, and more
Use only what is needed: saves paper, toner, and weight and avoids confusion
Far more feedback from teachers and students to the creators (authors, illustrators, publishers, editors, technologists, etc.)
Global textbook improvement
Even classes without open textbooks benefit because students can afford to take more classes
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14. An open textbook has been…
Changed by the creators from
Copyright All Rights Reserved to
Copyright Some Rights Reserved under an open license e.g., Creative Commons License
From the Creative Commons store
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Creative Commons
CC – Creative Commons License
BY – Open with Attribution by
SA – Share Alike
ND – No Derivatives
NC – Non-Commercial
NCSA – Non-Commercial
Share Alike
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16. Creative Commons Example
Sociology Text
Western Art History - dynamic enhancements
Audio Books
Public Literature
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What’s in it for…
Instructors/Faculty?
Students?
Select content from reviewed list
Customize text (add, delete, combine)
Make content dynamic
Change & update often
Low to no cost
Ability to annotate & personalize content
No heavy books to carry around
Send content to multiple devices
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18. Erik Christensen Physics Professor, South FL CC
"Open Textbook Testimonial" A collegeopentextbook.org advocate and trainer, Professor Christensen discusses the benefits to himself and his students of adopting an open physics textbook.  The customization of the open textbook with his own teaching materials, he believes, enabled him to make physics "more fun and interesting" for his students, with some choosing to major in physics at the universities.  Also, costs to students dropped from $ to $13.00.
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What about…
Authoring?
The Bookstores?
Contributions are free
Payment is received only when content is printed
Some authors have bought back rights (statistics)
Grant-produced materials may be contributed
NSF grant for calculus based physics
More money made on teddy bears & tee shirts than books (?)
Open source books may be preordered by POD in bulk
Bookstore receives discount
Bookstore adds mark-up
Student cost the same
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20. Who Reviews the Content?
Faculty Peer Review
See CCCOER
Students
See Flatworld Knowledge
Publishers
See UPF
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21. Discover, but not this way
  Chemistry search = 130,000,000 results
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22. Discover open textbooks this way…
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23. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
Resources
Connexions (Rice University)
Orange Grove Texts Plus (FL Distance Learning Consortium & University Press of FL) and
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching)
Flat World Knowledge
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More Resources
Global Text Project (University of Georgia)
OER Commons
Textbook Revolution
USG Share
Community College Open Textbooks
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25. How to Adopt an Open Textbook
Connexions is
a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:
authors create and collaborate
instructors rapidly build and share custom collections
learners find and explore content
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Connexions cnx.org
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27. Flatworld Knowledge www.flatworldknowledge.com
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Orange Grove FDLC
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29. FLDLC & UPF Partnership
Traditional university publisher
Editors to review content
Vetted books
POD resources
Repository of digital learning resources
Statewide search for courses & content
Active contributing membership
Common course numbering system
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30. Collaboration is Key to Sustainability and Success
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER)
97+ colleges join to give 2-year schools a big voice in open textbooks and more
Community College Open Textbooks Collaborative:
A group of 12 organizations (FHDA, FDLC, CNX and more) funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to increase the demand and supply of open textbooks
Take a look
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CollegeOpenTextbooks.org
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32. CCCOER oerconsortium.org
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33. Next Steps: Step 1: Select an Open Textbook
Read the peer reviews; talk to other adopters or users
Compare your selections on quality, fit, interoperability, accessibility, printability, cost for printing, cost for bound copies
Select the best fit remembering that you can make it fit better!
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Read the Reviews
Full review available with comments and ratings for each chapter
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Compare & Contrast
Traditional Text
Open Textbook Subjects
Anthropology Art Biology Chemistry Computer Science Education English and Composition History , Languages and Communications Literature Math Physics Political Science Psychology Science Sociology Statistics and Probability
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36. Step 2: Adopt and Use Plan the class
Choose the parts of the textbook that fit
Add other open resources
Announce to the stakeholders
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37. We will answer your questions…
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Contact us!
Kathy Clower
Patti Levine-Brown
Renee Lightner
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Musical Works Cited
Duckett (2010). Wired But Disconnected. Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) Creative Commons.
Scottaltham (2010). Hear Us Now (Poptastic mix). Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) Creative Commons.
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