textbook rebellion summit (7 13-11)
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The Obviousness of Open
Textbooks
(& Policy & Courseware & Data & Science)
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Higher Ed
Education grant making
How does CC support Open Textbooks?
Search & Discovery
Translations & Accessibility
Customization & Affordability
http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”
The high cost of textbooks has reduced Washington citizens’ access to higher education.
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
English Composition I
• 50,000+ enrollments / year
• x $100 textbook
• = $5+ Million every year
• Open Course Library– designing and sharing 81 high
enrollment, gatekeeper courses– for face-to-face, hybrid and/or online
delivery– to improve course completion rates
–lower textbook costs for students (<$30)
– provide new resources for faculty to use in their courses
– for our college system to fully engage the global open educational resources discussion.
Open Education
• All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.
New State Board “Open” Policy
• SSHB1025• Faculty consider the least costly
practices in assigning course materials, such as adopting the least expensive edition available, adopting free, open textbooks when available, and working with college librarians to put together collections of free online web and library resources, when educational content is comparable as determined by the faculty…
WA Legislation
• SSHB1946 – two big ideas – share technology and share content.
• (v) Methods and open licensing options for effectively sharing digital content including but not limited to: Open courseware, open textbooks, open journals, and open learning objects…
WA Legislation
Partner with Legislators who care about:
(a) efficient use of state tax dollars &
(b) saving students money.
Legislative Strategy
• WA CTC Student Voice Academy
• (1) CUTTING TEXTBOOK COSTS–“The high cost of textbooks is a burden to students….”•Top Issue three years running….
Student Advocacy
• We must get rid of our “not invented here” attitude regarding others’ content–move to: "proudly borrowed from
there"
• Which textbook one uses is not a strategic advantage
• Nor can we (or our students) afford it
Hey Public K-20 Education!
• What if all publicly funded educational content was open access?
• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.
Questions
• $2 Billion DOL Grant
• All $2B of programs / courses produced must be openly licensed (CC BY)–Community Colleges can download, modify and use any of it!
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training Grants Program
• Efficient use of public funds to increase student success and access to quality educational materials.
• Everything else (including all existing business models) is secondary.–Read: “Disrupting College…”
Only ONE thing Matters:
• Taxpayer-funded educational resources should be open educational resources.
• Information that is designed,
developed and distributed through the generosity of public tax dollars should be accessible to the public that paid for it -- without artificial restrictions and/or limits.
Big Idea is…
• Any [insert your State here] public or private K-20 education institution that receives any state operating, capital or student financial aid funding shall openly license (creative commons attribution licensing) and share, in a common open repository, all instructional resources created in part or in whole with state funding including: courses, textbooks, course packs, lesson plans, syllabi, slides, lecture notes, audio and video, simulations, academic journals, research data, digital labs, and other educational materials.
Possible Policy
• You should get what you paid
for• Public access to publicly funded educational materials
• Buy one, get one (David Wiley)
Slogans
• Use of Open Textbooks needn't and should not be mandated.–Quality, affordable, openly licensed textbooks will get revised, remixed, reused and redistributed
• Support faculty who want to build open textbooks / share their work.–Release time, grants, professional development …
IMPORTANT
Textbook RFP?1. Higher Education
– Textbooks for top 100 highest enrolled courses
2. K-12– Textbooks for 24 “Common
Core” courses
Legislative Strategy
