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Robin Donaldson, Project Manager, The Orange GroveSlide2
Open Educationa ResourcesThe Orange GroveLicensing - Creative
Commons
Orange Grove Texts
Plus
(OGT+)
OER and Open Textbook LegislationSlide3
Sharing is the foundation of education and OER—Educational materials produced by one party that are licensed to be used freely and at no cost by others.
Curriculum content, assignments, textbooks...
Used on all
levels of
education
Can dramatically reduce cost of teaching & learningSlide4
OER•Revise: adapt and modify•Reuse:
use the original or your new version
•
Remix:
combine the OER with other OER
•
Redistribute:
make copies and share
original
OER or
new versionSlide5
Open textbooks…freely available through an open license that
permits users to
: read, download, copy, distribute, self-print, search, or link to the full texts without financial, legal or technical
barriers.
In addition, students may often be able to order a commercially bound print-on-demand copy at a
modest cost
.
Freely
accessible digital textbooks that can be read online, downloaded, and self-printed at
no or
low
cost
.
Students
focused on cost. What
’
s missing?Slide6
Millions being spent by states on textbooks and instructional content.States are in the process of updating their textbooks and instructional content to align with the Common Core Standards. Slide7
Primary and Secondary StakeholdersSlide8
E-textbooks & Digital textbooks
Digital
form
Offers
various interactive
functions and
multimedia
May
or may not have print version
E
-textbooks, digital textbooks = commercial productsSlide9
The Orange GroveA tool for educators to enable sharing of high-quality administrative and instructional digital content
A Google-like
service
for locating high-quality teaching and learning digital resourcesSlide10
GoalsProvide a means for educators to share resources
Increase opportunities for Florida educators to incorporate open educational resources (OER) into curricula
Provide a central location for finding OER
Increase
access to OERs from around the
worldSlide11
Any Digital Content Tutorials
Simulations
Audio recordings
Videos
Animations
Games
Slideshows
Surveys
URLs
Images
Graphs
Textbooks
Lesson plans
Complete coursesSlide12
Solution to Identified
Needs
:
D
ifficulty
finding
open resources and open textbooks
Means for sharing resourcesSlide13Slide14
Where educators can:Share their original content with colleagues
Collaborate
with colleagues to create content
Rate
and
comment
on others’ contributed content
Associate items
to standards-compliant digital content
Reuse
and
Repurpose
content multiple timesSlide15
Ensure QualityInstitutions can define review processReview of copyright and general information
Assign a peer review process
Faculty can comment and rate contributed resourcesSlide16
Orange Grove CollectionsCollections open to the public:Orange
Grove, Open Textbooks & Harvested
ResourcesSlide17
Metadata = DiscoverabilityExamples of metadata
Title
Author
Description
Date contributed
Comments & Ratings
ERIC,
MeSH
, GEM, Common Core
Standards, Common Course Numbers
File typeSlide18
Integrates with LMSDesire2LearnBlackboard
Moodle
SakaiSlide19
Harvested Resources & Open Textbooks
Over 69,000 high quality resources
Current focus on STEM and general education
Next steps – Humanities and Literature
InTech
– STEM
graduate level textbooks
and books
Connexions
– Open Textbook K-20
CK-12 - Open textbooks for K-12Slide20
Florida Educators are able to:
Search
,
Share
and
Comment
Save Searches and receive RSS updates for searches and specific collections.
Access and use resources licensed only for Florida educators.
Contribute resources to the repository.Slide21
Guests & Students are able to:
Search and use public resources
Share content with others
Comment on and rate contentSlide22
Licensing - Basic Conditions Provide attribution to author(s)
Non-commercial purposes
Optional Conditions
Add, remove, or alter content
(derivative works) –
CC BY-ND
Derivative works must offer the same license (share alike)
CC BY-SA
Use of the textbook commercially –
CC BY-NCSlide23
Open textbook licensing
Commercial
publishers
usually own copyright and reserve all printing or duplication rights.
Open textbook authors
retain their copyright instead of selling it and may apply limited rights to textbook use. Slide24
Solution to Identified Need
:
Quality is #1 priority for both faculty and student leaders when selecting or using textbook
The University Press of FloridaSlide25
The University Press of FloridaHighly recognized and regarded scholarship dissemination for state
Acquisitions
: select and guide textbook projects
Development
: editing, design, index, ISBN, proof, print, marketing, sales
Distribution
: bookstores (malls and campus)Slide26
Solution to Identified Need
:
Student report practice
problems improve their gradesSlide27
Independent Company in Raleigh, NC - ww.webassign.net
Dynamic online homework system with feedback
Automatically graded, tracked assignments
Multiple question types
Tools to enter mathematical and chemical notation
Embed links to open textbook content, videos, tutorials
Offer instructors the ability to embed personal content (questions, notes, videos)Slide28
Solution to Identified Need
:
S
tudents
want to be able to purchase a commercial print edition at low cost
Print-On-Demand Publisher (POD)Slide29
Print-On-Demand Publisher (POD) for OGT+
Low cost
Quality
commercial book
Minimum order = 1 and no maximum order limits
0-48 hour turn around
Bookstores
may place ordersSlide30
E-Textbook & Open Textbook Initiatives and Legislation California
Florida
Utah
WashingtonSlide31
Florida SB 2120 for K-12Transition to electronic and digital instructional material pilot
program
Electronic or digital textbooks by 2015-
16
Pilot programs authorized between 2011-
2015Slide32
California Proposed Legislation
Bill 1: Digital Open Source Textbooks
Produce 50 high quality open textbooks and related materials
Bidding open to publishers, faculty, and other interested parties
CC BY license
$25,000,000
Bill 2:
California Digital Open Source
Library
Create a statewide repository for open textbooks and related materials
Provide incentives to faculty for choosing lower cost alternatives such as open textbooks and related teaching tools
Require publishers to provide free copies of textbooks to campus libraries to be placed on reserveSlide33
Washington StateOpen Course Library
State Board of Community and Technical Colleges
Complete course materials for the 81 highest enrollment courses for $30 or less, open licensed
House Bill 2337
Regarding Open
E
ducational
R
esources in K-12 Education
Allocates 1.5% of curriculum and textbooks funds for development of openly licensed courseware
Would builds on work of CK-12 and other openly licensed textbooks and open educational resourcesSlide34
UtahOffice of Education: develop & support open textbooksSecondary curriculum
areas
Language Arts
Science
Mathematics
$
5/print book
Books updated as
neededSlide35
Contact InformationRobin Donaldson
rdonaldson@distancelearn.org
(850) 922-3107
Florida Distance Learning Consortium
1753 West Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32310
florida.theorangegrove.org
openaccesstextbooks.orgSlide36
Assuring Quality and Print Versions
OGT+ YouTube Video