Why GO Open?

Amanda CoolidgeSenior Manager, Open Education

BCcampus

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What is Open Education?

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Cape Town Declaration on Open Education

“This emerging open education movement combines the established tradition of sharing good ideas with fellow educators and the collaborative, interactive culture of the Internet. It is built on the belief that everyone should have the freedom to use, customize, improve and redistribute educational resources without constraint.”

http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration

Open Education is part of an Open Ecosystem

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What are Open Educational Resources?

• Open textbooks• Videos• Course materials• Lesson plans• Software• Games• Simulations• Wikis• Blogs• Adaptive tests

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The Hewlett Foundation define OER as

“teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. OER include …..used to support access to knowledge”.

Textbooks are expensive

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• Tuition and Fees

• Room and Board

• Books and Supplies

• Personal Expenses

• Transportation

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How much students in Canada say they spend on textbooks per term

Source: Data on Textbook Costs, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 2015.

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Normal Market Textbook Market

• Competition in the market forces prices down

• Consumer choice rewards companies that compete on price and quality (free to shop around, weigh options, choose products that are best suited)

• Five major publishers control 80% of the market, locking out competitors

• The student- the consumer- has no choice in which textbook they’re assigned

Textbook Costs vs Student Success

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Textbook Costs vs Student Success

64% do not purchase books at some point due to book cost

49% take fewer courses due to book cost

31% choose not to register for a course due to book cost

23% regularly go without textbooks due to book cost

27% have dropped a course due to book cost

21% have withdrawn from a course due to book cost

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Problems

1. Textbooks are expensive2. Students are not using them3. Students can’t keep them4. Students can fall weeks behind5. Students are taking more time to finish6. Learning is negatively affected

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11 Peer Reviewed Studies

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48,623 Students

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93% Same or Better Outcomes

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9 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality

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4,510 Professors and Students

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50%Same35%

Better

15%Worse

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Benefits

Faculty benefits• Increased flexibility of how you use content and ancillaries

supports• Easy access in many formats• No book orders or publishers to deal with• No heavy, bulky text to tote• Possibilities of customization, can modify/edit as needed• Student feedback is positive (students are grateful)• Supporting our students (social justice)

Student benefits• Low cost or free• Increased availability• Opportunity to retain the textbook & resources• No heavy, bulky text to tote• Easy to find and access, even before course begins

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Faculty have:Right to customizeThe textbook

Students have:Day 1 access to that customized textbook and CHOICE

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The Licenses

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• Make and own a copy• Use in a wide range of ways• Adapt, modify, and improve• Combine two or more• Share with others

Because of the licenses, you can…

BC Open Textbook Project

40 free & open textbooks for highest enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary subjects in BC2013 – 20 for skills & training

First province in Canada2013 – AB & SASK MOU

$1 million2013 - $1 million

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Why are we doing this project?

To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs To give faculty more control over their instructional resources To improve learning outcomes for students

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The Project

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Faculty Reviews

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Reviews > Adaptations

My Adventures Adapting a Chemistry Textbook291/365 by thebarrowboy used under a CC-BY

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New Creations

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The Library: open.bccampus.ca

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Opening up BC

Number of Open Textbooks in the Collection: 140

Top 40 Subject Areas: 85

Trades: 55

Adoptions: 414 (course sections)

Participating Institutions: 27

Number of students affected: 12,814

Student Savings: $1,604,425

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What’s next and how to get your faculty involved

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Why GO Open?

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Why STAY Closed?

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Thank you.

Amanda CoolidgeSenior Manager, Open Education

acoolidge@bccampus.ca250 818 4592