I gave this workshop June 1 and June 3 at Centralia College. Covers OER and resources for finding OER.

1. Open Educational Resources Using digital resources to replace your textbook June 3, 2010 Sue Gallaway, Centralia College Workshop for Faculty and Staff

2. Why the focus on OER?

3. Traditional Publishing Models in an Increasingly Digital World Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SusanLesch http://www.flickr.com/photos/saramusico

4. Traditional Delivery Models in an Increasingly Digital World http://www.flickr.com/photos/davedugdale

5. The Digital Age: User-Centric, Demand Driven Models http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanais http://www.flickr.com/photos/39688964@N00

6. Why the focus on OER? Challenges & Opportunities

7. Why the focus on OER? Challenges

8. Challenge: Changing Student Demographic Slide: FlatworldKnowlege

9. Challenge: Cost of Textbooks

10. Challenge : Cost of Textbooks Prices rising 2x the rate of inflation Slide: Geoff Cain, College of the Redwoods

11. Challenge : Cost of Textbooks Students average $900 per year on textbooks Slide: Geoff Cain, College of the Redwoods

12. Challenge : Cost of Textbooks only $238.95 High Prices Slide: Geoff Cain, College of the Redwoods

13. Enrollment Prices Revenue Growth Units

14. Challenge : Cost of Textbooks $81.78 used 5th edition new 6th $213.95 New Editions Slide: Geoff Cain, College of the Redwoods

15. Biology, 8e with CengageNOW, Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card $213.95 CostlyBundles Challenge : Cost of Textbooks Slide: Geoff Cain, College of the Redwoods

16. Meeting the Challenge “Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable” – See Exhibit 1 Click Image to Open Web Page

17. Textbook Affordability Solutions “Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable”

18. Why the focus on OER? Opportunities

19. Opportunity: Digital Content & Tools Image: http://www.itechnews.net

20. Opportunity: Digital Content & Tools "According to an IBM study, by 2010, the amount of digital information in the world willdouble every 11 hours." Slide: Cable Green, Washington SBCTC

21. Opportunity: Digital Content & Tools And we can make all of our “digital stuff” available to all people… and most of it will get used... by someone. Slide: Cable Green, Washington SBCTC

22. Opportunity: Digital Content & Tools “Long Tail” of Publishing $ long tail HarryPotter Hyper-geometricpartial differentialequations Slide: Cable Green, Washington SBCTC

23. Opportunity: Digital Content & Tools Creating a Culture of Learning Faculty using (and contributing to) open education How can open education tools, resources, and knowledge improve the quality of education? Slide: Cable Green, Washington SBCTC

25. Full-text databases instead of print subscriptions

26. E-Reserves & Streaming media

27. Online services such as virtual reference

29. Equation:OER + Library Resources + Image: http://www.libforall.org/photos/Global%20Network%20Web%20Image.02.JPG

30. Redefining the Learning Environment

31. Redefining the Learning Environment Click image to play video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY&feature=player_embedded

32. World of Resources Buckle Up! http://animalsarejustlikestars.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/buckle-up.jpg

53. Open Textbooks

54. Open Textbook Models Principles of Microeconomics By Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen Adoptions at: Calstate-LA, Penn State, University of Illinois, University of Massachusetts, University of Texas at Arlington... flatworldknowledge.com Online: FREE PDF: $19.95 Print: $29.95

55. Author Your Own Work Click image to open Written by a math faculty member at Pierce College

56. Using Digital Resources The Downside… Can require organized, coordinated effort Materials need reviewers There are not enough open texts Hidden infrastructure costs

57. Where to find Open Textbooks Some Specific ExamplesBusiness Communication for Success – From Flatworld Knowledge Textbooks for the California Learning Resource Network – These textbooks have already undergone peer-review. Open Textbook CollectionsCommunity College Open Textbook Collaborative - This should be our first stop. I liked the amount of finished work represented by this project and the fact that they have English textbooks. **OER Commons - There are a lot of textbooks here that will be of interest to us. Under recommended resources click on "textbooks.“ **Connexions - This is a site that features reusable modules and learning objects as well as some texts. Open Textbook Catalog: studentpirgs.org/open-textbooks Custom Google search for OER Project Sites for OER and Open TextbooksOpen Course Library project - This is the Gates Foundation funded course-redesign project. Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources - This project site has a lot of useful links. Making Textbooks More Affordable: a report of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.