The Status of Open Educational Resources in Manitoba

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Access to educationIs at the heart of everything we do.

The Status of Open Educat ional Resources

In ManitobaMADLaT 2016Presenters: Kathleen Fehr, Special Projects Coordinator, Campus ManitobaTrent 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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CAMPUS MANITOBAAccess 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.

OpenEd Manitoba

1. Introduction and context

2. What are open textbooks?

3. Manitoba initiative (website demo)

4. Questions

What are students saying?

Program: Pre-Nursing

“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

Traditional copyright• Lead question of another session: “Are

you a copyright criminal?”

David Weiss | CC-BY

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.

Where do open textbooks come from?14

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

Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under a CC-BY 3.0 LicenseCC license image from Copyright in Education & Internet in South African Law used under CC-BY 2.5 license

Faculty have full legal rights to customize & contextualize open textbooks to fit their pedagogical needs.

BC Open Textbook Project

Don’t reinvent it by Andrea Hernandez released under CC-BY-NC-SA and based on Wheel by Pauline Mak released under CC-BY license

Results in BC

open.bccampus.ca

openedmb.ca

So farReviews completed Reviews in progress

8 16

Manitoba Reviews

Introducing Marketing & Principles of Marketing

Anatomy and Physiology

Analytical Chemistry

English Literature: Victorians and Moderns

Research Methods in Psychology

Introductory Business Statistics

Writing for Success: First Canadian Edition (in progress)

Canadian History: Pre-Confederation

Participating Institutions

Assiniboine Community College

Brandon University

Red River College

The University of Winnipeg

Manitoba Institute of Trades & Technology

The University of Winnipeg

Canadian Mennonite University

30

11 Peer Reviewed Studies

48,623 Students

93% Same or Better OutcomesSource: http://openedgroup.org/Adapted from David Wiley CC-BY

Next steps

• Collaborative projects to encourage adaptations and adoptions

• More information about OER use across the system

• Long-term

Access to educationIs at the heart of everything we do.

The Status of Open Educat ional Resources

In Manitoba

Slides adapted from “Working Together for Students” by Clint Lalonde CC-BY 4.0

MADLaT 2016

@campusmanitoba #openedmb

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