WCET 2010 Think Openly WCET 2010 Think Globally: Act Openly Una Daly, Community College Open Textbooks James Glapa-Grossklag and John Makevich College of the Canyons Susie Henderson, Florida Distance Learning Consortium Three Open Education Projects

Agenda Broken Textbook Model History of CCCOER College Open Texbook Goal What is an Open Textbook? Creative Commons Licensing Collaboration Join our team… 2

Broken Textbook Business Model Students spend $900/year on average. Prices rising at 4 X inflation rate. Academic authors often paid poorly. Instructors often must upgrade to new, editions which eliminate the used market. Source: student PIRGs Affordable Textbooks

Community College Consortium Open Education Resources (CCOER) 1.Martha Kanter, Chancellor College District 2.Dr. Judy Baker, Foothill College Dean 3.Hal Plotkin, College District Trustee 4.Dr. Barbara Illowsky, Author & Teacher funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

200+ Colleges: AZ, CA, KY, IA, FL, MD, NE, NV, NY, OH, TX, VA, WA, MN, Canada CCCOER Member Colleges

Who is the COT collaborative?

COT Collaborative Goal 7 Empower Faculty to –Find –Select –Adopt –Share High Quality Open Textbooks

An open textbook is… Modifiable by the instructor –Digital, Modular –Creative CommonsCreative Commons Low cost to the students –Free online –Printable for free or low cost paper bound copies ($10-$60) Labeled for reuse by MrKCoolsPhotostream

Traditional Copyright vs. Open License Publisher: WileyOpen: Connexions & QOOP Downloadable version: $77.50 Downloadable & online versions: FREE Printed bound version: $ new $ used Printed bound version: $31.95 new 9

What would happen if massive numbers of experts of the world were to unite and, with the help of the general public, do what they do best – impart knowledge to the world for free?” ~ Larry Sanger, Co-Founder of Wikipedia “Collaboration is powerful. Enormous collaborative efforts on clearly-defined, useful projects can be world-changing.

COT Collaboration Model Online Community of Practice Train-the-trainer Program Peer Reviews Accessibility Reviews Research Author/Adopter communities Partnering with Repositories, Publishers, Students, Bookstore Managers, Statewide Organizations.

Online Community of Practice 600+ Members Special Interest Groups –Adopters –Research –Authors –Accessibility –Reviewers –Librarians Events Posted Blog Broadcast Free to Join

College Open Textbook Blog

Adopting Open Textbooks “train-the-trainer” workshops 500 College faculty, staff trained –20 workshops, 12 states –Online Moodle, Peer2PeerU 50 Advocate-trainer led workshops. Advocacy efforts at college and state level Training resources created and shared FL, TX, CA, KY, WA, MI, MD, GA

Quality is #1 Faculty Concern 100 Open Textbooks Peer-Reviewed Review textbooks for –Reading level –Depth and scope –Quality and accuracy –Cultural relevance –Currency –Authority of source –Clarity Posted to COT website

Accessibility Reviews 100 Open Textbooks Reviewed –For learners with disabilities Review textbooks for –Section 508 –Web Content Access Guidelines –Best Practices Cognitive Learning Letters sent to authors Photo by:John_C_Abell_CC-NCSA Reviews posted to COT website Analysis of common accessibility issues found

Open Education Research Research open textbook adoption –Interviews with over 50 faculty, administrators, and students Faculty-driven research (Brian Evans, Econ.) –129 students (open textbooks) to 124 students (traditional textbooks) COST: $3194 vs. $10,867

Author-Adopter Community Collaborative Statistics Connexions and iTunes University More than 50 Adoptions at 30 Colleges 10 Custom versions Moodle course with videos RESULT –Better open textbook: ancillaries, videos, homework management systems.

Author-Adopter Community COT-sponsored Pilot Introduction to Sociology by Ron Hammond Adopter & Content Expert Adopted at 4 Colleges –in 3 States Potential authoring software: –Ning, Nixty, Playlists RESULT –Better open textbook with faculty adopter customizations

Open Textbook Publishing Partnerships Who’s Next …?

Promote OER on Campus Invite All Stakeholders –Curriculum Committees –Academic Senate –Articulation Officer –Tech Support –Bookstore Manager –Librarians –Faculty –Administrators –Students

Join Us Join College Open Textbooks Join the OER College Consortium Visit the OER Center for California Visit Open Access Textbooks

College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA Creating Open Educational Resource (OER) Content Playlists as Alternatives to Traditional Textbook Materials

Our Support Our work is supported by a U.S. DOE FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education) Special Focus grant

Today’s Take-out Menu As this presentation moves along, you should: – Be introduced to the motivation for new alternatives for textbooks – Become familiar with our Open Educational Resource (OER) grant and its goals – Learn about some of the basic steps that would be involved in creating a content playlist

So, Is the Textbook Forever? Well……….

Flickr, borman818 TODAY’S TEXTBOOK IS MADE OF PAPER… LOT’S OF PAPER.

How Much? Consider this example: – Student spends $180 on a textbook for a course and $30 on a textbook supplement SUBTOTAL = $210 – Course 3 units Current cost per unit = $26 Cost of course itself = $78 – In this scenario, the textbook and supplement represent 73% of the overall cost of the course!

So, clearly we have a motivation! Now what?

Our Goals Given: Textbook provides structure and content 1.Focus on creation of supplemental materials and rental of existing texts 2.Develop playlists of academic content to either supplement or replace textbooks 3.Prepare some potential models of content delivery to be prepared for the post- textbook era, if it arises

Our Goals Given: Textbook provides structure and content 1.Focus on creation of supplemental materials and rental of existing texts 2.Develop playlists of academic content to either supplement or replace textbooks 3.Prepare some potential models of content delivery to be prepared for the post-textbook era, if it arises

Why playlists?

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So, what is a playlist? Introduction text, learning objectives and outcomes, etc. Website with text/articles Media (captioned) Transition text Another website article/text Transition text

Reasons to Consider Playlists The content is already out there. Could playlist development be an easier process to sustain than textbook development? – Perhaps a fusion of both playlist and open textbook approaches represents the future of content delivery? Fundamentals of the technique are familiar – Faculty are accustomed to assembling existing content already (think learning units in a course management system). – We just desire to make it a more formal process.

Where are we now? Content development. Focus on both individual content objects and larger projects – Building the Scientist – Basic Skills Guided Learning Activities By getting objects developed around themes, the hope is to facilitate easier playlist development

Challenges thus far Faculty incentives Faculty workload Collaboration with campus bookstore and printing facilities – Long term goal of having kiosk printing capabilities for students on campus Communication between production staff and faculty

What’s next? Continue developing learning objects, mostly around common themes or subject areas. We’re in the planning stages now for two content playlists. – We will begin development in the next couple months.

WCET 2010 Open Education Project #3 1.Open Access Textbooks – a FIPSE grant to create a model for statewide use of open textbooks 2. Orange Grove Texts Plus – a Florida open textbook project open for all Think G Openly Think Globally: Act Openly Part III

41 What does “OPEN” mean? Changed by the creators from: Copyright - ALL Rights Reserved to Copyright - SOME Rights Reserved under an open license From the Creative Commons store

Open Texts and eBooks: What’s the difference? Open Textbooks Open License i.e. Creative Commons Can usually be modified or customized Viewed/read for no cost online permanently available in a repository or as a free download No limits on student self printing Low cost POD version eBooks (Publisher) Restrictive licenses No modifications Accessible for a limited time period Usually have restrictions on the amount of material students can print out

And, a new term… Dynamic Textbooks are open access textbooks for which there are a large number of embedded links to digital resources such as original source documents, maps, simulations, videos, games, podcasts, flash animations, and relevant websites. In many cases, a low cost, print-on-demand version is also available for a Dynamic Textbook.

Building on existing and new resources – The Orange Grove ( is the repository/home for over 201 open and online texts, in addition to many other types of resourceswww.theorangegrove.org – UPF is the official publisher of Florida’s postsecondary system – Integrated Book Technology: on- demand printer – WebAssign: online homework and grading, secure online testing with targeted feedback..is a partnership between The Orange Grove Repository and the University Press of Florida (UPF) to make open textbooks available for postsecondary education Launched September, 2009

The Orange Grove Repository is the storage container… Stable, persistent archiving of any content Access for educators to a variety of high quality resources Distribution vehicle for grant products and state- owned or state-licensed content Avoid duplication of development effort Federate with and harvest other repositories Integrates into learning management systems for single sign-on Open textbook distribution

The Orange Grove provides at no cost: – Repository software license – perpetual – Annual maintenance fee – Development of tailored interfaces and metadata schemas – OG staff support – Upgrades to software – 24 X 7 network support – Bandwidth – Hardware: server cluster – Nightly file backup

Copyright The Orange Grove owns NOTHING! Supports Creative Commons License – You keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify.copy and distribute your workthey give you credit

Discover the World with Florida Books Partner 2: The University Press of Florida

UPF – By the numbers…. Mission is to produce scholarly works 65 year old publisher Publish 90+ new titles/year 1632 titles in print Authors from 37 nations 10% of authors are Florida faculty or graduates Authors and press are recipients of multiple awards Non-profit organization Sales average $3.4 million/year

The University Press of Florida (UPF) …can work with faculty to develop or review resources. Ensuring quality of open textbooks #1 faculty concern

UPF Open Textbook Publishing Services: Choose level of copy edit: – proofread only – light edit – heavy edit Upload material to be created: can be original word doc, PDF, XML format Determine if © permissions need to be cleared – affects per unit price Submit word doc of table of contents, title page and cover image. Choose binding (case or paper) and chose CC license Students download for free or purchase books directly from OGT+ site at cost + overhead recovery

08/09/2010 Independent Company based in Raleigh, NC Dynamic online homework system for math, physics, chemistry, and statistics – automatically graded, tracked assignments Supports a variety of question types and tools for entering mathematical and chemical notation Can support e-books and links to additional resources from within the WebAssign course – videos, tutorials etc. Offer instructors the ability to put in their own content (questions, notes, videos) and deliver truly customized courses Partner 3: WebAssign

08/09/2010 Partnering with University Press of Florida and OGT+ to offer online homework option for key open source e-books Currently offer College Algebra and Introduction to Statistics (Calculus is in production from University of Florida) Features coded homework problems (randomized), with links to the e-books and video content for help or remediation Online access to both e-book and homework is $25 per semester Here’s the link to Statistics: Here’s the link to College Algebra: Open Access Textbook Initiative

08/09/2010 Collaborative Statistics With over 1500 coded homework exercises, Collaborative Statistics is a well-tested text for use in the Introduction to Statistics course. There are also pre-loaded instructional videos for students available for use that were developed by the author team.

08/09/2010 College Algebra Over 1400 coded online homework questions as well as links to instructional videos and the College Algebra e-book. Full symbols palette available that allows students to write in the appropriate math notation in their answers.

08/09/2010 WebAssign does support a Blackboard building block that allows for single sign-on for students directly into WebAssign through their existing Blackboard course LMS Integration

Benefits to Students Electronic versions of all OGT+ textbooks are free, saving cash-strapped students a significant amount of money. Portability: once downloaded, textbooks can be accessed on any type of computer, e-reader, or PDA. Flexibility: students can choose free e-book, print out select portions, or purchase paper back for a fraction of cost of traditional textbooks. No time limits or restrictions on usage.

Collaborations UF Math Department developed open texts for Calculus – Beta testing with Honors classes this fall – 1000 students in Spring Semester using open text – 1500 students in Fall Semester using open text WebAssign – online homework, testing, and tutorials for math, science and behavioral sciences. WebAssign works directly with OGT+ on Algebra, Statistics, and Calculus.

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How to get involved Adopt an existing OGT+ text in your class Create and share supplemental materials to accompany an OGT+ text Serve as peer reviewer for OGT+ GenEd Review and tag open textbooks Advocate for open textbooks on your campus and institutional involvement Join our free webinars – Submit an open textbook and peer review to Kara Schwartz at