1. Dispelling Myths about OER and Open Textbooks Jacky Hood, Coordinator, Open Doors Group 14 September 2011 at 12:50 Eastern Time Photo credits on the last slide Slide 1

2. Myths are great…both urban and rural… Slide 2 Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox Lost city of Atlantis

3. But let’s avoid Myth-Conceptions Open Educational Resources are low quality. My students prefer bound textbooks so I cannot select an open textbook. Slide 3

4. Poll: Use of OER… Have you used Open Educational resources?  Yes, as an instructor  Yes, as a student  No Slide 4

5. Myth 1: Demand is High; Supply is Low Slide 5

6. Poll: Pricing Behavior In a restaurant, do you avoid the  least expensive item  most expensive item  both  neither Slide 6

7. Myth 2: Commercial Use of OER should be Avoided Slide 7

8. Myth 3: An open textbook requires only the efforts and generosity of an author. Slide 8 Bookstores Wholesalers Distributors Printers Sales people Marketers Beta trial students Peer Reviewers Fact Checkers Copy Editors Photographers Illustrators Editor Author(s) Project Manager

9. Poll: Student Media Preferences Do the students you know prefer  Bound textbooks  On-line textbooks  Downloadable textbooks  Printable textbooks Slide 9

10. Myth 4: All Open textbooks are eBooks Slide 10

11. More Myths  Open textbooks will destroy college bookstores  Open textbooks are crowd-sourced by anonymous amateurs  Low cost is the only benefit of open textbooks. Slide 11

12. Contact Us  Open Doors Group http://opendoorsgroup.org Coordinator jacky.hood@opendoorsgroup.orghttp://opendoorsgroup.orgjacky.hood@opendoorsgroup.org  College Open Textbooks http://collegeopentextbooks.org Una Daly, Director, unatdaly@gmail.com http://collegeopentextbooks.orgunatdaly@gmail.com  Join our community at http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com Slide 12

13. Photo Credits  Race for the Lost City of Atlantis by Don Dixon http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/bin/images/large/374_Atlan tisAerial.jpg http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/bin/images/large/374_Atlan tisAerial.jpg  Paul Bunyan from Brainerd http://www.brainerd.com/images/pbcover.jpghttp://www.brainerd.com/images/pbcover.jpg  Question mark from puzzle pieces open licensed by Horia Varlan http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/  Supply/Demand/Need open licensed by A Look Askance (MelvinSchlubman) http://www.flickr.com/photos/alookaskance/253465353/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alookaskance/253465353/  Le Restaurant at the Gare de Nord open licensed by Fotopedia http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2567349994 http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2567349994  Currency symbols on dice by Mad Group: http://www.flickr.com/photos/m4dgroup/6001102681/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/m4dgroup/6001102681/  Publishing the Open Source Way CC BY SA by Open Source Way http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5041738449/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5041738449/sizes/z/in/photostream/  Spring Break Projects (Cat computer and books) open licensed By Seth Battis http://www.flickr.com/photos/battis/2332470390/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/battis/2332470390/  Atlas from a 1917 public domain book; photo open licensed by perpetualplum Sue Clark http://www.flickr.com/photos/perpetualplum/4526748750/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/perpetualplum/4526748750/ Slide 13