The Status of Open Educational Resources in Manitoba
1. Access to education
Is at the heart of everything we do.
The Status of Open
Educational Resources
In Manitoba
MADLaT 2016
Presenters:
Kathleen Fehr, Special Projects Coordinator, Campus Manitoba
Trent Gill, Virtual Help Desk Navigator and OER Generalist, Campus Manitoba
Slides adapted from “Working Together for Students” by Clint Lalonde CC-BY 4.0
@campusmanitoba #openedmb
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3. CAMPUS MANITOBA
Access 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.
9. “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
10. How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
11. How students battled textbook publishers to a draw, Planet Money, NPR, Oct 9, 2014
What is going on here?
13. 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.
15. 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
16. Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under a CC-BY 3.0 License
CC license image from Copyright in Education & Internet in South African Law used under CC-BY 2.5 license
17. Faculty have full legal rights to
customize & contextualize open
textbooks to fit their pedagogical
needs.
27. So far
Reviews 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
28. 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
29.
30. 30
11 Peer Reviewed Studies
48,623 Students
93% Same or Better Outcomes
Source: http://openedgroup.org/
Adapted from David Wiley CC-BY
31. Next steps
• Collaborative projects to encourage
adaptations and adoptions
• More information about OER use across
the system
• Long-term
32. Access to education
Is at the heart of everything we do.
The Status of Open
Educational Resources
In Manitoba
Slides adapted from “Working Together for Students” by Clint Lalonde CC-BY 4.0
MADLaT 2016
@campusmanitoba #openedmb
Editor's Notes
Why we do it:
Access to education is at the heart of everything we do. Manitoba’s post-secondary sector is committed to higher education – the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge. As such, our purpose is to expand access and connect students to the opportunities that higher education offers.
What we do:
We provide students the tools to find their educational path, navigate through it, and achieve their goals. Our strength is in finding solutions that come from the collective efforts of Manitoba’s post-secondary education institutions – our partners. These solutions currently include eCourses Manitoba, Set Your Course, Open Ed Manitoba, and Transfer Manitoba. In addition to these online services, students are able to get help from the Student Advocate and our Virtual Help Desk Navigators.
How we do it
We seek the strength of collective action.
We discover opportunities through openness.
We create new pathways.
We actively spread awareness of Open Educational Resources (OER) to enhance teaching and learning across the province, and to save students money.
Tuition costs are rising and textbooks are expensive.
The rise in textbooks are exponentially greater than consumer goods.
The reason for this… [next slide]
…Is, analysts say, students are “captive consumers”
Which means the consumer does not decide which product to buy, rather it is chosen for them, similar to how a doctor prescribes a given pharmaceutical.
So the rise in prices remain unchecked.
But it’s not just about cost…
There are pedagogical implications to high textbook costs.
In 2001, here’s the breakdown of textbooks bought, and we can see that students either bought them new or used.
In 2013, students have more choices. They rented, perhaps borrowed.
But although there were more alternatives, there seems to be a gap.
A study was done about this and it shows that students are not acquiring the textbooks at all.
In this study, 65% of students admitted that there was a point in their academic career that they didn’t buy a textbook for a course because of price.
When students start out or go through the course without the resources they need, it has negative impacts on their learning.
Problems:
Textbooks are expensive
Students are not using them
Student can’t keep them
Students fall behind
Students are taking more time to finish
Learning is negatively affected
Traditional copyright limits is not as compatible with the kind of learning environment that we hope to create if we truly believe in “open and accessible” learning. Educators want to focus on teaching and learning, less on whether they’re breaking copyright laws.
No solution is perfect, but there are opportunities to use learning resources that are equally effective and more easily acquired than traditional textbooks.
Open Textbooks are the most immediately recognized bridge between traditional proprietary methods and an open environment and ecosystem for education.