Page | David Porter, Ed.D. University of Tasmania – November 5, 2014 Austrailan National OER Symposium Slides adapted and remixed from original slides by Clint Lalonde and David Porter - BCcampus.ca Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to use, modify or distribute any or all of this presentation with attribution.BCcampus.ca Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Beyond Free How open textbooks are reshaping collaborative practices in British Columbia

Page | $10 million invested 153 grants awarded 100% participation across system 83% partnerships 47 credentials developed in whole or part via OPDF 355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course components (learning objects, labs, textbooks, manuals, videos) 100% open license for free and open sharing and reuse by all BC post-secondary institutions and instructors 2 BC Online Program Development Fund (OPDF)

Page | 3 Assumptions about openness Grant freedoms instead of imposing restrictions Sharing is fundamental to teaching Collaboration is a good thing

Page | 4 Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under Creative Commons attribution share-alike license Announced in free, digital and open textbooks available for the highest enrolled 1 st and 2 nd year post-secondary subjects in BC First province in Canada +20 more for SKILLS training programs

Page | Where do they come from?

Page | Students: 240 Previous Textbook: $187 OpenStax Textbook: $0 Student savings: $60,000 1 course 1 institution 4 terms Early Adopter and Adapter: Dr. Takashi Sato Physics KPU

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Page | 8 There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and student success       60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost 35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost 31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost 23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost 14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost 10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus Slide: CC-BY Cable Green, Creative Commons via

Page | 9 But, free is more than just a good deal

Page | 10 Beyond Free Benefit #1 Faculty and instructors have full legal control to customize and contextualize learning resources for their students

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Page | 12 Beyond Free Benefit #2 Access to customized resources improves learning

Page | 13 Psychology Department modifies an existing open textbook to create custom textbook Source: One college’s use of an open psychology textbook, John Hilton III, Carol Laman, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning Volume 27, Issue 3, 2012One college’s use of an open psychology textbook “During the fall semester 2011, 690 students used this book. Compared with students using a traditional text in the spring of 2011, students who used the free online textbook scored higher on departmental final examinations, had higher grade point averages in the class and had higher retention rates. Houston Community College

Page | 14 Beyond Free Benefit #3 Opportunities for authentic learning activities

Page | 15 launched in 2008 on a shoestring budget, now nets over 2 million visitors a month, making it the most visited domain among the university's websites. ChemWiki recently received its first major funding — a grant of $250,000 from the National Science Foundation Delmar Larsen now offers extra credit to students who submit entries, occasionally holding pizza parties to bring in volunteers to write or review pages. He assigns a rating system to new articles based on the author's expertise and experience, with articles moving up as they are edited and vetted. Source:

Page | 16 Beyond Free Benefit #4 Collegial collaboration

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18 Beyond Free Benefit #5 Demonstration of the service mission of the institution

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Page | 20 This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Terry Goss But, beware of sharks in open waters

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Page | Slides adapted and remixed from original slides by Clint Lalonde and David Porter, BCcampus.ca Released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, except where otherwise notedBCcampus.ca Join us in being Open! David Porter