Presented by Una Daly, Community College Outreach Director, at the Mid-Pacific ICT 2013 Conference in San Francisco January 3rd. The state of California recently adopted legislation to develop open textbooks for the 50 highest enrolled college classes and store them in a statewide repository. The goal of the legislation is expanding access to education by saving students thousands of dollars each year in textbook costs. A key component of this equation is the adoption of open textbooks by the faculty and staff who support students and their learning. Come to this session to learn more about finding, selecting, and adopting open textbooks and OER to enhance student learning. Case studies from the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources will be shared and an invitation to join their open and collaborative Advisory Board will be extended

1. California's Open Textbook
Law:
Expanding Student Access & Fueling
Faculty Innovation
Una Daly
OpenCourseware Consortium
Mid-Pacific ICT 2013 Conference 1

2. Introductions
Una Daly
Director, Community College Outreach
OpenCourseWare Consortium
Mike Kirby licensed this image for reuse with Creative Commons.

3. Agenda (50 mins)
• Backstory
• SB 1052, 1053
• True or False?
• What, How, Why
• Finding Open Textbooks
• Adopting Open Textbooks
• Join Community Colleges
• Q&A

4. OpenCourseWare Consortium
(founded MIT in 2001)
“Advance formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-
quality education materials organized as courses.”
Nearly 300 institutions in 46 Countries

5. 109+ Community & Technical College
members at OCW Consortium

6. Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
– Expand access to education
– Support professional development
– Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation

7. California Open Textbook Law (2012)
• Open Educational Resources
Council (SB 1052)
gov.ca.gov
• Digital Open Source Library
(SB 1053)

8. OER Council
(SB 1052)
• Joint council with UC, CSU, CCC faculty
• 50 Lower-division “openly licensed”
textbooks
• Establish selection and/or production
criteria
• Issue competitive RFPs for 2013
delivery

9. Digital Open Source Library
(SB 1053)
• Repository for storing “openly licensed”
instructional materials
• Web-based access for students, faculty, and
staff to easily find, adopt, utilize, or modify
course materials for little or no cost.
• Administered by CSU in coordination with UC
and CCC.

10. True or False?
• All OER is in the public domain
• Publisher produced textbooks are
better than open textbooks
• All open textbooks are peer-reviewed
• All OER is free
• eBooks are open textbooks

11. What are Open Educational
Resources?
U.S. Dept. of Education
– Teaching, learning, and research
resources that reside in the public
domain or have been released under an
intellectual property license that permits
their free use or repurposing by others.
cc-by donkyhotey/flickr
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license 11

12. Examples
Includes –
• Course materials
• Lesson Plans
• Modules or lessons
• OpenCourseWare (OCW)
• Open textbooks
• Videos
• Images
• Tests
• Software
• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used
to support ready access to knowledge
adapted from Judy Baker’s ELI 2011 OER Workshop cc-by license
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13. What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Shared, usable and re-usable: licensing that is less
restrictive than standard copyright
adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license 13

14. An Open Textbook Has Been …
• Copyright
All Rights Reserved
to
• Creative Commons License
Some Rights Reserved
From the Creative Commons store
How to Adopt an Open Textbook 14
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15. Creative Commons licensing
• Works with existing copyright law
• Promotes sharing
• Internationally recognized
• Author/creator can specify re-uses
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16. Save Costs & Empower Faculty
Traditional Textbook Open Textbook by
Open Adrienne Watt, NWCC
Textbook by Instructor
Adrienne
Watt, Instructor
New From $171.90 Free: online, pdf, ePub
Hardback Print out yourself
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17. Discover Open Textbooks
How to Adopt Open Textbooks 17
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18. College Open Textbooks
• Open textbook list by subject
(750+)
• Peer reviews (150)
• Accessibility reviews (100)
• Online community of college
faculty (1000+)
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19. MERLOT
• Open textbook list by category (2200+)
• Some Merlot Peer reviews
• Some Accessibility reviews
• Registered MERLOT users may create
personal collections and comment.
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20. Connexions
Rice University
• Open License
• Searchable by subject areas
• Collections of learning modules
• Lens for endorsing content
• Print on Demand
• Create & publish your own materials
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21. Saylor.org
• Free and open collection of college
courses
• $20K open textbook challenge
• Flat World Knowledge archive
– http://saylor.org/books

22. Teamwork
• Work with a partner and visit one or more …
– collegeopentextbooks.org
– cnx.org
– taste.merlot.org/opentextbooks
– theorangegrove.org/OGTtest.htm
– saylor.org/books
– oercommons.org/advanced-search
– bccampus.pressbooks.com/
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23. Adopting OER & Open Textbooks
• Selection and Evaluation
• Adding other materials
WIREDSTEVE CC-BY-NC-SA
• Curriculum Approvals
• Student Access/Bookstore Role
Adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license

24. Case Studies Student Savings
• College of the Canyons
– $235,000 using open textbooks in multiple
disciplines in one year
• De Anza College
– $400,000 using Collaborative Statistics open
textbook for entire year (4 quarters)
• Scottsdale Community College
– $200,000 using OER for math curriculum in fall
2012

25. Join Us
• Open Professional Development Webinars
• Advisory Group for Sharing Best Practices
• Find Partners for Collaboration
• Access to OER Resources and Experts
• Leverage OpenCourseWare PR Exposure
oerconsortium.org

26. Open Education Week
March 10-15, 2013 Worldwide
Raise awareness of the open education movement and its
impact on teaching and learning worldwide.
Proposal Deadline is
January 18, 2013
• Locally hosted events
• Webinars
• Project Show Cases:
videos, presentations, etc
• Resources

27. Meet up at Conferences
Conference Location Date
Mid Pacific ICT San Francisco Jan 3-4
AACC Workforce San Diego Jan 30-Feb 2
Development Institute
eLearning 2013 San Antonio Feb 18-20
Open Education Week Online March 10-15
ET4 Sloan Merlot Las Vegas April 9-11
AACC Annual Conference San Francisco April 19-21
Connexions Conference Houston April 23-24
OCWC Global Conference Indonesia May 8-10
CCC Online Teaching Long Beach, CA June 19-21
Conference

28. Thank you for coming!!
• Questions?
• Contact Info:
Una Daly, unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

29. Photo credits:
Share
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4424154829/in/photostream/
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30. Workshop Description
• The state of California recently adopted legislation to
develop open textbooks for the 50 highest enrolled college
classes and store them in a statewide repository. The goal
of the legislation is expanding access to education by saving
students thousands of dollars each year in textbook costs.
A key component of this equation is the adoption of open
textbooks by the faculty and staff who support students and
their learning.
• Come to this session to learn more about finding, selecting,
and adopting open textbooks and OER to enhance student
learning. Case studies from the Community College
Consortium for Open Educational Resources will be shared
and an invitation to join their open and collaborative
Advisory Board will be extended