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
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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
How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
What is going on here?
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
Story from UBC
open.bccampus.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