train-the-trainer: or community colleges open textbook workshop

Open Textbook Network Training

Dave Ernst and Sarah Faye CohenOpen Oregon Workshop

March 4, 2016

Thank you.

Cal Poly San Luis ObispoCleveland State UniversityColorado State UniversityHarold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young UniversityMacalester CollegeMinnesota State College and Universities (34)North Dakota University System (11)The Ohio State UniversityOregon Community Colleges (17)Oregon State UniversityPortland State UniversityPurdue University

Temple UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of IowaUniversity of KansasUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of North Carolina - GreensboroUniversity of Northwestern St. PaulUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin – MilwaukeeUniversity of Wisconsin – StoutVirginia TechWest Virginia University

Open Textbook Network

Our Day9:00 am Welcome, Introductions, Goals9:30 – 10:30 Identifying obstacles to open textbook adoptions10:30 – 10:45 Break10:45 – 11:45 The Open Textbook Library: past and present11:45 – 12:15 Lunch12:15 – 2: 15 Workshop training on affordability, student

academic success, open, and Oregon2:15 – 2:30 Break2:30 – 3:30 Strategies in dealing with hard questions in open

textbooks3:30 – 4 Local workshop logistics, Closing

Introductions• Name• Institution• Role• What you hope to get out of today (1 sentence)

open = free + permissions

open = free + permissions

copy mixshare keepedit use

63.6% Not purchase the required textbook

49.2% Take fewer courses

45.1% Not register for a specific course

33.9% Earn a poor grade

26.7% Drop a course

17.0% Fail a course

In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:

http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

Barriers

Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption• Before today we asked you:

– Which of the following barriers to open textbook adoption are most common at your institution?

– What are the questions you are most frequently asked about open textbooks?

– Which questions do you find the most difficult to answer and why?

You responded:

Reflect on the barriers you face at your institution in advancing open textbooks.

• Write one barrier per sticky note• Go for quantity• There are no right answers

• You’ll share these at your table in 10 minutes.

Table Discussion• Share your barriers• Are there commonalities?

– Group them into themes– Name each theme

• Are there outliers?

• Select someone to report out in 20 minutes.

Share• Themes• Outliers

• Are there nuances we want to acknowledge?• Are there concerns we want to acknowledge?

Let’s take a break.

See you in 15 minutes.

Barriers to Faculty Adoption• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks

open.umn.edu

Adoptions: 0

Barriers to Faculty Adoption• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student financial

stress, and how it can impact students academically• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic textbooks

http://www.sheeo.org

Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/





26.7% Drop a course

17.0% Fail a course



Adoptions: 0


stress, and how it can impact students academically• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic textbooks


stress, and how it can impact students academically• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic textbooks• Faculty are skeptical of the quality of open textbooks

Adoptions: 11

(out of 9!)

At University of MinnesotaIn 3+ years, 15 faculty saved students nearly

$500,000.

Cal Poly San Luis ObispoCleveland State UniversityColorado State UniversityMinnesota State College and Universities (34)North Dakota University System (11)The Ohio State UniversityOregon Community CollegesOregon State UniversityPortland State UniversityPurdue University

University of ArizonaUniversity of IowaUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Northwestern St. PaulUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin – MilwaukeeUniversity of Wisconsin – StoutVirginia Tech

45% Adoption rate

The Open Textbook Library Today

open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

4 criteria1. Openly licensed2. Complete textbook3. Available in a downloadable format4. Affiliated with an institution of higher

education, scholarly society, or professional association, or, used at multiple institutions.

• 207 books• 378 reviews by over 600 faculty at OTN

schools• Books produced by Open Stax, Open SUNY,

COERLL, NOBA, UMN Libraries Publishing, Portland State, Grand Valley State, and more.

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• On the horizon:– Metadata and MARC records– More books and more reviews– “Adopted By” data

• Sign up for notifications on the About Us page at open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

The Faculty Workshop

–United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“…higher education shall be equally accessible to all…”

The cost barrier kept

2.4 millionlow and moderate-income college-qualified

high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf

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http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/oregons_minimum_wage_1968_to_2.html

The average borrower owes more than

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in student loans (class of 2014).

http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data-2015

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What can we do?

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http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926

The average student should budget

$1,249 - $1,364for textbooks and course materials in 2015-16.

http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2015-16

The average PCC student can expect to pay

$1,800 - $3,100on textbooks for their AAOT degree.

TVCC course catalog and bookstore

Earning that much money would take

195 - 335hours to earn at minimum wage.

http://www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/pages/minimum_wage.aspx

Resident tuition and fees are $96/credit, while textbooks are

$19 - $33per credit. So textbooks cost an additional

195 - 335hours to earn at minimum wage.

http://www.pcc.edu/enroll/paying-for-college/tuition/

What do you think about the cost of textbooks?

What do you think about the cost of textbooks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6HTN6llgo

Coping with the Cost• Purchase an older edition of the textbook• Delay purchasing the textbook• Never purchase the textbook• Share the textbook with other students

–U of MN Student

"I figured French hadn't changed that much.”

59%of students report that they have had to wait for their financial aid check to purchase textbooks.

Unpublished Minnesota State University Student Association survey

Have you ever delayed purchasing a textbook because of cost?

Have you ever delayed purchasing a textbook because of cost?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaTJC8zZJ4

7/10students surveyed hadn’t bought a required

textbook due to cost.

http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/open-education-and-solving-the-textbook-cost-crisis





26.7% Drop a course

17.0% Fail a course



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4IswNs0WWE

Other models…

Where does the funding come from?

Universities (SUNY, Umass Amherst, Portland State, …)

Foundations (Hewlett, Gates, …)

Governments (state, federal)

Professional Organizations (CALI)

All RightsReserved

Some RightsReserved

Plus…

With Creative Commons licenses, you are free to…

Copy Mix

Share Keep

Edit Use

Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics

1272 pages

Available inPDF

ePubPrintWeb

Bookshare (accessible)

Instructor solution manual

Powerpoint slides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zAcm0lXn0

open.umn.edu

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11 Peer Reviewed Studies

http://openedgroup.org/

48,623 Students


93% Same or Better Outcomes


9 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality


4,510 Professors and Students


50%Same35%

Better

15%Worse


What can we do?

• Take a look!• Write a review!• Adopt if a book meets the needs of you and your

students• Raise awareness - talk with colleagues in your

program and department

Writing a Review

Is there is a textbook in the Open Textbook Library that fits your class and/or expertise?Departmental funding for:1. attending this workshop, and2. reviewing a textbook in the Open Textbook Library

Writing a Review

1. You will receive an email with a link to the online review form.

2. Complete a concise review by March 25, 2016.3. The review will be posted on the Open Textbook

Library under an open license.4. Stipend will be paid.

Strategies in dealing with hard questions in open textbooks

Role playing

A few words of caution.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictureperfectpose/76138988

BEWARE of

demonizing

https://www.flickr.com/photos/post406/242630595

BEWARE of

overwhelming

Don’t come to me with the entire truth.Don’t bring me the ocean if I feel thirsty, nor heaven if I ask for light.

-from Olav Hauge’s “Don’t come to me with the entire truth,”

translated by Robert Bly

Respect Academic Freedom

https://www.flickr.com/photos/basykes/7131116

Leave Quality Judgment to Faculty

Embrace Uncertainty

Practice tackling tough questions• In small groups of three, take turns pulling out

questions from the hat. • Take 3-5 minutes to practice answering each

question to your group. • We will come back together a 3:15 pm to

review and discuss some of the questions.

Running a College Workshophttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1gvVmCdjsVv0C5anXfsrC7PWlpBEF_2DRdzmV5Tbwl24/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gvVmCdjsVv0C5anXfsrC7PWlpBEF_2DRdzmV5Tbwl24/edit?usp=sharing




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