niso two-part webinar: e-books for education part 2: open textbook initiatives
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About the Webinar The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook marketplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues. This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products. Just as open access has revolutionized the world of journal literature, so too is it increasingly being advocated in the e-textbook world. Part 2 of E-books for Education will focus on the efforts to make textbooks electronically available under free open copyright licenses as part of the broader open educational resources movement. Agenda Introduction Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO The Library Publishing Landscape for E-Textbooks Faye Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director, Oregon State University Student-Funded Textbook Initiative at Kansas State University Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State University Beth Turtle, Associate Professor/ Scholarly Communications & Publishing, Kansas State University Libraries Using Open Resources to Expand Access to Education Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, BoundlessTRANSCRIPT
NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education
Part 2: Electronic Textbooks: Open Textbook Initiatives
September 17, 2014Speakers:
Faye Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director,
Oregon State University
Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State UniversityBeth Turtle, Associate Professor / Scholarly Communications & Publishing,
Kansas State University Libraries
Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, Boundless
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/open_initiatives/
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NISO WebinarE-books for Education Part 2: Electronic Textbooks: Open Textbook Initiatives
Faye A. ChadwellDonald & Delpha Campbell University Librarian & OSU Press DirectorOregon State UniversityCorvallis, ORSeptember 17, 2014
Academic LibrariesEngaged in Open Textbook Publishing
PUBLISHING SERVICES
Library Publishing
PersonnelTwo departments—the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services and Emerging Technologies and Services. Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services
PublicationsPeer-reviewed journals via a joint instance of Open Journal System (OJS) with the University of Oregon
Non-peer-reviewed journals presented in the institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU)
Electronic theses and dissertations
Extension communications publications
Publishing strengths relate to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest—the people and landscapes, historical and cultural heritage, flora and fauna, natural resources, and the environment
4 FTE staff
20 books per year
Press Publishing
Digital complements to Press titles
Open access monographs
Open access textbook initiative
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/oregon-state-university-open-textbook-request-proposal
OSU Request for Proposal
Four Successful Proposals
SUBJECT COVERAGE
ANIMAL NUTRITION
BIOCHEMISTRY
FOREST INDUSTRY MARKETING
COMPUTING FOR BIOINFORMATICS
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/oer/earthquake/
OSU Textbook Prototype
BENEFITS TO AUTHORS
Author an authoritative peer-reviewed work published with a respecteduniversity press imprint.
Press and Ecampus have marketing personnel to promote the textbooks broadly, increasing visibility for the author and the potential for adoption.
Access to the tech saavy OER staff who can help faculty create interactive multimedia elements for their content.
Print on demand may yield some royalties.
NEXT STEPS
Explore sustainable and seamless publishingplatforms
Create feasible business models
Track adoption by other institutions
Include learning analytics
Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative
Kansas State UniversityBrian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition
Beth Turtle, Scholarly Communication & Publishing Librarian, K-State Libraries
NISO Webinar September 17, 2014
Outline
Background/Goals of Initiative
Criteria for Selection & Projects Funded
Importance of Mentoring
Next steps : Assessment, Funding
From traditional texts to…
Principles of Biology
OpenStax book
Impact: 1,600 students per year will use the book
K-State First Guide to College Student Success
Impact: 50% of all first-year students (2,000)will use the book
Background of Initiative
Funded by Students (through tuition dollars) and K-State Libraries
Collaboration with faculty who are advocates of OERs
$96,000 disbursed over 2 years
K-State Student Government Association
Goals of Initiative
• Save students money
• Change default textbook culture
• Awareness & adoption
• Improve teaching & learning
Proposal Criteria
• Potential savings to K-State
students
• Preference given to high
enrollment/lower level courses
• Sustainability beyond the initial
course
• Ability to produce a quality product
Options for Texts
• Develop a new text
• Adapt/adopt an existing open text
• Assemble modules of open resources
• Integrate licensed library content
• All formats encouraged!
Why not all OPEN?
• Note: Open/ALTERNATIVE• Use of Creative Commons license
encouraged• Not required to deposit in IR/Press
Some faculty want to put in CMS
Some use licensed library content
2013-2014
12 awards$60,000 disbursed
Course Annual Enrollment
New Textbook(s)Cost
Annual Savings (new)
Annual Savings ($100)
Spring 2013
Principles of Biology 1638 $150 $245,700 $163,800
Multicultural Advising (Online) 120 $112 $13,440 $12,000
Chemical Analysis & Honors Chemistry 2
90 $160 $14,400 $9,000
Introduction to Industrial Engineering
85 $142 $12,070 $8,500
Fundamentals of Public Relations 400 $80 $32,000 $40,000
Psychobiology 135 $205 $27,675 $13,500
Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom
150 $150 $22,500 $15,000
Plane Trigonometry 275 $150 $41,250 $27,500
College Algebra Studio 570 $182 $103,740 $57,000
Course Annual Enrollment
New Textbook(s)Cost
Annual Savings (new)
Annual Savings ($100)
Fall 2013
College Algebra (Salina & Online) 105 $192.50 $20,213 $10,500
BIOL 340 Human Body 320 $251.50 $112,480 $32,000
Core Teaching Skills and Lab & Field Experience/Lab
343 $216.20 $74,157 $34,300
2013-2014 Total 4231 $687,624 $423,100
2014-2015
8 Awards$36,250 disbursed
Course Annual Enrollment
New Textbook(s)
Cost
Annual Savings (new)
Annual Savings ($100)
Spring 2014
K-State First 2000 $50.00 $100,000 $200,000
General Calculus and Linear Algebra (Salina & Online)
95 $212.75 $20,211 $9,500
College Algebra (Traditional) 1200 $210.00 $252,000 $120,000
Geographies of Tourism 100 $50.00 $5,000 $10,000
Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory
152 $163.00 $24,776 $15,200
Anatomy and Physiology 160 $100.00 $16,000 $16,000
Teaching Mathematics K-6 80 $58.95 $4,716 $8,000
Chinese 1-6 40 $30.00 $1,200 $3,000
2014-2015 Total 3827 $423,903 $382,700
Initiative Total 8058 $1,111,527 $805,800
Fall Individual MeetingsEarly November
• Discuss ideas, progress, future plans
• Interest in meeting other awardees and discussing experiences
• Some had a clear plan & had made progress; others needed guidance (approach, focus, technology etc.)
Spring Group Meeting
• Post resource or link to it prior to meeting
• Shared experience and discussed approaches
• Some had taught, some were still developing
• 2 did not post a resource & did not appear to have accomplished much. Withheld 2nd payment until we could evaluate progress in summer
Summer Individual Meetings
Early July
• 2 Spring, 3 Fall Awardees• 3 Spring Awardees had made good progress• One fall awardee had completed resource • Other fall awardee had to be talked into
changing textbook order to optional• Last awardee completed resource in August
and received 2nd payment
Assessment
• Student Surveys
• Faculty/Instructor
Surveys
• Late in the fall
semester
Initiative Future
• Met with Provost & President in July
• Requested Central Administration/Donor Funding
• Scale Up in Stepwise Manner
• Requested Stipends for Mentors & Funds to Revise/Update Texts
Credits• Programming Language Textbooks, K. Lee. Licensed under Public domain via
Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Programming_language_textbooks.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Programming_language_textbooks.jpg
• Principles of Biologyhttp://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]
• K-State First Guide to College Student Successhttp://www.k-state.edu/first/faculty/KSF%20Textbook_2014.pdf
• K-State Student Government Association https://blogs.k-state.edu/sga/legislative-3/
• Purdue Lecture Hall• http://phdcomics.com/images/purdue_01_small.jpg• Salina campus business students• http://www.salina.k-state.edu/business/business_main_image.jpg• Reader survey image• http://michaelhyatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/results-of-my-2009-re
ader-survey.jpg• President Schulz, Provost Mason• https://blogs.k-state.edu/kstatenews/files/UWA-MOU2.jpg
Using Open Resources to Expand Access to
Education
Gemma Fay Academic Content Manager, Boundless
Cloud Powered Textbooks
20+ college level subjects Easy customization
Any device
Cloud Powered Teaching Resources
Pre-made PowerPoints, easy to share + edit
Ready to use or easily customized assignments
Cloud Powered Classroom
Easy classroom management Real time metrics + data
Cloud Powered Community
Publish your open textbooks View and edit in our e-reader
Expanding OER repository
Universal Access to Quality Education Is a Right
NISO Webinar • September 17, 2014
Questions?All questions will be posted with presenter answers on the NISO website following the webinar:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/open_initiatives/
NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education, Part 2: Electronic Textbooks: Open Textbook Initiatives
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