Library StrategiesFor sustainable open education adoption and publishingBy Kate Pitcher, Marilyn Billings, Shane Nackerud, Cyril Oberlander

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Kate PitcherOpen SUNY Textbooks

Services & initiatives Staffing:

Digital Publishing Services Manager Digital Resources & Systems Librarian Publishing/Web Services Developer

Student internships: Editorial assistants Production technicians Marketing and promotions

Volunteer network: Copy editors Proof readers Peer review Instructional design + librarians +

faculty content + multimedia developer = Course supports model

Measuring impact Download statistics Author adoption surveys Feedback and interviews with students and adopters

Sustainability

SUNY OER Scale-Up Course Supports:

Librarian Instructional Designer Faculty Member Multimedia Developer

Faculty Survey ResultsMarilyn Billings

• My teaching needs were met by the Open Educational Resources implemented in the course. (4.27) • Student performance improved compared to past semesters when a

traditional textbook was used. (4.36) • Student engagement increased compared to past semesters when a traditional textbook was used. (4.09)

On a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the highest

Faculty Comments

• The students are much more satisfied with the new materials; they are more engaged and more prepared than I have ever seen them.

• Grades have improved drastically since using [Open Educational Resources] in my course … the support from the Libraries was outstanding.

• My students are reading more, they are much more organized, and they are happy that they no longer need to spend so much money on materials.

• I was highly satisfied with the resources provided by the Libraries, as are my students.

• I received excellent technical support from the Libraries.

Outcomes

• Intended Outcomes• 50 faculty + over 85 classes taught = over $1 million saved for students• Course evaluations show same quality of student satisfaction, or better• Service points on campus are partnering for student success

• Unexpected Outcomes• Instructors using new teaching styles and flipping their classrooms• Increased awareness on campus and queries from instructors about OERs• Professors report students better prepared for class and more engaged • Created resources add to available open education resources for everyone• Relationships between service point partners are stronger• Student involvement and passion are stimulating change

Lessons Learned: What Worked• Value of mini grants and peer review• Meet faculty where they are – create cohorts• Capitalize on library strengths and value of

existing services• Leverage complementary strengths of the

partners for new initiatives

And What Didn’t, or “Challenges”

• Lack of knowledge by faculty• Time consuming to find or develop OE content• Lack of search tool or comprehensive catalog• May lack prepared quizzes and other content• Students may prefer print• Time commitment from partners• Getting beyond the “pilot” phase

U of M Libraries eLearning Support InitiativeShane Nackerud

• Provost focus on “eLearning” in Fall 2012• Libraries response

• Student affordability – Student success• Support and advocacy for open education

• 3 library staff dedicated to eLearning initiative

• 1 program lead and 2 IT staff

Importing

Thanks to Hugh McGuire and Brad Payne!!!

Importing Flatworld content Currently working on ~20 Flatworld books

Based on hit counts in the Open Textbook Library Faculty need and request 7 have recently been released

Benefits Gave us experience creating open textbooks Taught us how to work with Pressbooks Seed our repository with multiple titles Increased trust in titles Give these titles new life

●Provided faculty with a small grant ($500 to $1500) to explore more affordable alternative content for their course.

●Call for proposals – Spring 2015 and Spring 2016●Brings together all of our library eLearning efforts to date – Digital

Course Packs, reserves, open textbooks, Coordinated Service Model, content creation

●Showcase success stories to leverage future work with faculty in these areas.

●http://z.umn.edu/pfac

Partnership project stats 16 grants awarded for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 ~9 courses are adopting/using open content

3 adopting open textbooks 8 are creating open content

Including 3 new open textbooks Information Strategies for Communicators

Book and chapters viewed over 30,000 times since September 1

Measuring Impact Download stats

Including activity from OTL to textbooks Surveys

Faculty and student Cost savings estimates

Potential Partnership savings for Fall 2015 is over $54,000 for the 9 courses (563 students)

Altmetrics Tracking usage beyond hit counts

Sustainability Dedicated staffing for eLearning/affordability programs Partnership for Affordable Content project will continue

Will we get to the point where they aren’t necessary? Operationalize with subject librarians Strengthen campus partnerships

Grant to produce and enhance more open content BC Campus model

Focus on measuring student outcomes

Humboldt State University Sustainable Learningthanks to CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions Grant

Cyril Oberlander

Collaborative• Library• College of eLearning• Bookstore• 19 Faculty (call for

participation) joined a learning community:• Evaluating &

adopted OERs• Student survey• 9 authoring OERs• Faculty evaluation• Sharing with

other faculty

Humboldt State University Press

Humboldt State University Press publishes a broad scope of print and electronic publications, including books, journals, conference proceedings, and open textbooks. The mission of Humboldt State University Press is to publish high-quality scholarly, intellectual, and creative works of regional interest, or that support lowering the cost of a college education, or foster the development of a sustainable academic friendly publishing model. The initial scope of publications is designed to showcase research, scholarship, learning resources, and other works created or edited by HSU faculty, staff, and students. HSU Press will expand its submission guidelines by January 2017.

Humboldt State University Press

Humboldt State University Press

http://teachingcommons.us/

Open Textbook Publishing Underway

Current StatusPeer Review

Humboldt State University Press

Author Service Model

• Peer review, copy editing, text layout, ISBN, PDF production, hosting, & marketing

• Developing distributed selection review – adapted from the 2nd Call for Authors, Open SUNY Textbooks.

• Refer authors to print-on-demand services if interested in royalties.

Humboldt State University PressSupport ModelStaff and Librarians assisting with hours while we search for a

Scholarly Communications & Digital Scholarship LibrarianLook for the announcement soon…

Additionally… to support digitization, proof-reading, etc.• Library Student Scholar Intern – paid internship program

with lesson plans, pre-test & post-test student learning assessment. (4 in fall, 10 in spring)

• Library Student Employees

Also, developing shared Associate Editor roles for OER publishing, Instructional Designers from College of eLearning and Librarians will support this service.

Thank you… now a few questions…

We would like to hear from you…

1. Do you have a program for adopting OERs?

2. Do you have a program for creating OERs?

3. Do you see your library moving to publishing roles?

4. Do you support Peer Review Process? Please identify roles/methods.

Thank you