In June, Campus Manitoba was at The University of Winnipeg to talk to faculty and librarians about open educational resources. We would like to thank The University of Winnipeg community for providing this opportunity.
1. Access to education
Is at the heart of everything we do.
Using Open Educational
Resources
OpenEd MB
The University of Winnipeg, 2017
Presenters:
Kathleen Fehr, Special Projects Coordinator, Campus Manitoba
Trent Gill, Virtual Help Desk Navigator and OER Generalist, Campus Manitoba
Slides adapted from “Working Together for Students” by Clint Lalonde CC-BY 4.0
@campusmanitoba #openedmb
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3. CAMPUS MANITOBA
Access to education is at the heart of everything we do.
We seek the strength of collective action.
We discover opportunities through openness.
We create new pathways.
4. OpenEd Manitoba
1. Introduction and context
2. What is OER? Why do we care?
3. Manitoba OER initiative
4. Discussion/Questions
5. Open educational resources
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type
of educational materials that are in the public
domain or introduced with an open license. The
nature of these open materials means that
anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt
and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks
to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments,
tests, projects, audio, video and animation.
(via UNESCO)
9. “The cardinal lesson is that
prices rise unchecked if the
people who order the goods
aren’t paying the prices.”
The $250 Econ 101 Textbook, Craig Richardson, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 13, 2015
10. How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
11. How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
What is going on here?
12. What are Open Textbooks?
A textbook licensed under an open copyright
license, and made available online to be
freely used by students, teachers and
members of the public.
They are available for free as online and
electronic versions, or as low-cost printed
versions, should students opt for these.
15. Adoptions in BC
Year Students Savings
2013 593 $59,300 - $87,960
2014 2998 $299,800 - $430,672
2015 5561 $556,100 - $678,029
Current 42,001 $3,980,255. - $4,586,552
Known BC adoptions: 1299
Known participating faculty: 318
21. Results in MB
Year Adoptions Students Savings
2015/16 3 21 $1,035.00
2016/17 3 395 $50,250.00
2017/18 11 582 $73,380.00
Total 17 973 Over $127,442
22. Participating Institutions
Assiniboine Community College
Brandon University
Red River College
The University of Winnipeg
Manitoba Institute of Trades & Technology
University of Manitoba
Canadian Mennonite University
International College of Manitoba
23. Open pedagogy
Open Pedagogy refers to a set of teaching and
learning practices that are only possible in the
context of the free access and additional
permissions that characterize open educational
resources (OER). (David Wiley / KPU)
In practice: “renewable” assignments in which
student work contributes to a broader learning
commons, such as Wikipedia or an open textbook.
24. Examples of Open Pedagogy
• Murder, Madness, and Mayhem (Students editing
Wikipedia)
• Open Anthology of Earlier American
Literature (Alumni selecting public domain readings for an
anthology and students annotating these readings)
• DS 106 (Students contribute to a bank of course
assignments)
• Grav CMS Open Course Hub (A course website that can be
copied or contributed to via GitHub)
25. The 5 R’s of Open Content
• Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
26. Faculty have full legal rights to
customize & contextualize open
textbooks to fit their pedagogical
needs.
27. Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under a CC-BY 3.0 License
CC license image from Copyright in Education & Internet in South African Law used under CC-BY 2.5 license
28. Community
• Build community of faculty and librarians in Manitoba
around OER
• Connect to opportunities in wider OER community (eg.
Rebus Foundation)
• Collaborative projects to encourage adaptations and
adoptions
• Professional development opportunities for OER
through Teaching & Learning Centres
29. Access to education
Is at the heart of everything we do.
Using Open Educational
Resources
OpenEd MB
Slides adapted from “Working Together for Students” by Clint Lalonde CC-BY 4.0
The University of Winnipeg, 2017
@campusmanitoba #openedmb
Notas do Editor
Why we do it:
Access to education is at the heart of everything we do. Manitoba’s post-secondary sector is committed to higher education – the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge. As such, our purpose is to expand access and connect students to the opportunities that higher education offers.
What we do:
We provide students the tools to find their educational path, navigate through it, and achieve their goals. Our strength is in finding solutions that come from the collective efforts of Manitoba’s post-secondary education institutions – our partners. These solutions currently include eCourses Manitoba, Set Your Course, Open Ed Manitoba, and Transfer Manitoba. In addition to these online services, students are able to get help from the Student Advocate and our Virtual Help Desk Navigators.
How we do it
We seek the strength of collective action.
We discover opportunities through openness.
We create new pathways.
Tuition costs are rising and textbooks are expensive.
The rise in textbooks are exponentially greater than consumer goods.
The reason for this… [next slide]
…Is, analysts say, students are “captive consumers”
Which means the consumer does not decide which product to buy, rather it is chosen for them, similar to how a doctor prescribes a given pharmaceutical.
So the rise in prices remain unchecked.
But it’s not just about cost…
There are pedagogical implications to high textbook costs.
In 2001, here’s the breakdown of textbooks bought, and we can see that students either bought them new or used.
In 2013, students have more choices. They rented, perhaps borrowed.
But although there were more alternatives, there seems to be a gap.
A study was done about this and it shows that students are not acquiring the textbooks at all.
In this study, 65% of students admitted that there was a point in their academic career that they didn’t buy a textbook for a course because of price.
When students start out or go through the course without the resources they need, it has negative impacts on their learning.
Criteria for reviewing a textbook:
Teaching at a Manitoba institution in the subject area of the textbook.
Willingness to adopt is a factor.
Reviewer address these areas:
Comprehensiveness
Content Accuracy
Relevance
Clarity
Consistency
Modularity
Organization
Interface
Grammar
Cultural Relevance