Digital Learning Resources Network

Potential for BC Post-Secondary Institutions

Festival of Learning: June 9, 2016

There is a direct relationship between textbook costs and academic choices

60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost

35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost

31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook

cost23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost14% have dropped a

course due to textbook cost10% have withdrawn from a course

due to textbook cost

Source: Florida text book survey 2012

Integrated Digital Learning Resources

Digital Learning Considerations

Institutions

Faculty

Students

• Local digital learning initiatives• Human capacity• Policy and privacy• Infrastructure• More resources to choose from• Integration of materials to

support educational goals• Available supports• Access to materials• Affordability• Educational value• Learning experience

Faculty or Department Open Resources Publisher Resources Teaching resources based on

research/expert knowledge of subject

Updated regularly as part of teaching function

Malleable and adaptable to students based on needs

Maintained and updated by author/s

Ability to self publish Collaborative authoring Localization and customization of

resources

Available in many subject domains and disciplines

Free to reuse, revise, remix, redistribute and retain through CC

Collaborative authoring, revising and remixing to suit student needs

Position Libraries as the centre for collections of open access, discipline-specific OER

Associates institutions more closely with BC Open Textbook Project

Support for new models of teaching practice

Support for open pedagogies

Available in most subject domains and disciplines

Lower cost for students Publisher resources price-capped Students have access to required

resources Retain and print rights Latest versions available through

digital collections model Ability for faculty to select

individual chapters BC Privacy regulations adhered to

(FIPPA) Analytics available for some

online resources Tech support provided

Faculty and Instructor Interests

Faculty have their own workflows associated with the selection and use of learning resources

Sometimes departments specify the textbooks or resources for instructors to use

Malleable and adaptable resources could provide opportunities for customization or localization

However…We need to understand the requirements for different resource options (other than printed texts)

We need to understand and support the resource selection process

We need to understand what a streamlined distribution process for getting resources to students would look like

Library Interests Enabling search, discovery and preservation of digital resources

Supporting faculty in creation publication of OER text & resources

Active BCOER Librarians group facilitating adoption of OER content

Teaching and Learning Centre InterestsExploring teaching models like flipped classrooms, digital lab materials, adaptive learning systems, and other approaches

Exploring co-research and co-creation models for curriculum resource creation and sustainability

Exploring LMS for the delivery of digital resources

Dr. Jamie MulhollandDepartment of Mathematics, SFU

Bookstore Interests

Modern digital resource delivery model needed for the Bookstore Publisher agreements needed to lower student costs (40 – 70%) Keep a 2% cap on cost increases on an annual basis (in line with BC Gov)

Rationale for Sector-Wide Collaboration

Benefit from the evolving digital learning resource landscape

Maximize choices available to faculty Facilitate the adoption of digital

content by faculty Increase students’ access to learning

resources

Reduce costs for students Reduce contract and negotiation

administration Common technology platform &

policies Improved administration of privacy &

copyright

Activities to Date

DLRN

& ASDT

Sector-wide discussions

Institutional pilots

BCcampus OER strategy

DL Presentation

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Proposed DLRN Project Supports faculty members in their

selection of learning resources Leverages institutional synergies and

efficiencies in the acquisition, integration and implementation of openly-licensed or publisher-sourced digital learning materials

Sector-wide strategy and solution for adoption and scalable deployment of digital learning resources for BC post-secondary institutions

Seeks to support increased student success, educational affordability and improved access

Acquire Public Post-Secondary Administrative Service Delivery Transformation (ASDT) support for DLRN initial business case

Objectives Provide a framework for a cross-

sector, structured and focused discussion on digital learning resources

Facilitate the development of a common educational materials policy framework

Develop contract templates and publish effective practice guidelines related to vendor relationships

Provision a common, efficient, privacy-compliant platform for digital content (openly licensed and rights-managed/commercial) delivery

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ApproachBuild Initial Business Case

Create a project working group Hold a sector-wide forums June 2016 Develop draft initial business case Provide month updates to ASDT Steering Committee

Phas

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Phas

e 2

Phas

e 3 Implementation of Phased Rollout Solution

Implement sector-wide DLRN and policy recommendationsTBD

Definition of Solution Undertake the project

August 2016 Incorporate Working Group findings and recommendations

into BB ASDT Steering Committee

Before we have deeper conversations in groups…

Q&A?

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