Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 111/17/2010 Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Workshop for CCCConfer November 17, 2010 Jacky Hood, Director, College Open Textbooks Slide 111/17/2010

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 211/17/2010 The instructor’s dilemma No textbook fits exactly It’s all or nothing Students complain about paying high prices Worse if only a few chapters used Also dislike jumping around to web resources Too many resources, too little time to decide what’s fair to use and what’s illegal…. Creative Commons some rights reserved by mando2003us

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 311/17/2010 An open textbook is… Open licensed Creative Commons Public domain Often modifiable by the instructor Digital, Modular Adaptable Low cost to the students Usually free for those with computers and internet access Printable for free or a small fee Sometimes available in bound copies for $10-$40 open sign okd by mrkcool

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 411/17/2010 A solution is emerging World Class open textbooks now available on multiple repositories Flatworld Knowledge and Textbook Media publish high- quality open textbooks Macmillan Dynamic Books features modifiable open and copyrighted textbooks McGraw-Hill announces modifiable textbooks at EDUCAUSE conference Who’s next? my habitat or prison by K. Sawyer

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 511/17/2010 Who points to Open Textbooks? USG Share

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 611/17/2010 Who stores Open Textbooks? Connexions Orange Grove Global Text Project Open Learn Curriki CK-12 Individual Web Sites Photo ok’d for reuse by the Real Estreya

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 711/17/2010 Choosing the world-class open textbooks - Peer Reviews MERLOT 3-person board College Open Textbooks 11 criteria Each chapter rated More than 100 books reviewed Assayer, others CC Licensed by Andercismo

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 811/17/2010 Choosing world-class open textbooks - Accessibility Reviews College Open Textbooks reviews posted College Open Textbooks reviews completed; posted soon Section 508, WCAG 2.0 John_C_Abell_CC_NCSA_Flickr.jpg

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 911/17/2010 For-profit publishers join the parade marching band open licensed on wikimedia Sealth High_School

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 1011/17/2010 Small publishers lead the way.. Accounting Financial Managerial Principles American Government English Composition Grammar Writing Outstanding ancillaries Business & Economics Humanities & Social Sciences Mathematics Professional & Applied Sciences Sciences More than 1500 adoptions

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 1111/17/2010 Macmillan Dynamic Books Instructors adopt and modify textbooks from many publishers 25 open textbooks Rich student experience; ePub format; $25 fee; keep books forever Bound copies available; students keep books forever

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 1211/17/2010 Create from McGraw-Hill Higher Education Announced at EDUCAUSE in October Replaces Primis Online Powerful new search engine Textbooks modifiable at chapter level Drag and drop chapters Instant eBook of course pack

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 1311/17/2010 Which publisher is next?

Open Textbooks Put You in Charge Slide 1411/17/2010 Put yourself in charge! Visit these websites College Open Textbooks OER Center for California FlatWorld Knowledge Textbook Media* Dynamic Books McGraw-Hill Create Join our community Contact me or Judy Baker