global text project mtg june30
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Community College Open Textbook Project meeting with Global Text ProjectTRANSCRIPT
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Breakfast Meetingfeaturing
Global Text Project
June 30, 2008
~ Knowledge soars with open textbooks. ~
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Agenda8:30 Welcome and introductions
Martha Kanter
8:45 Overview of Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources and Community College Open Textbook Project Judy Baker
9:00 Global Text Project - quality assurance process
Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey
9:30 Global Text Project - model to keep textbooks current
Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey
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cccoer.wordpress.com
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66 colleges
from CA, M
D,
NY, WA, N
V,
Ontario
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CCCOER Survey Results
• 1,203 faculty respondents– 12 Districts and 28 colleges– 66% full-time– Represent wide range of
disciplines
• 91% indicated interest in usingOER materials in their classes
• 34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field
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Faculty Respondents
Interested
Aware
Using
Would Use
Would Help
CCCOERcan fill this gap
OER Survey
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Community College Open Textbook Project
• Hewlett Foundation Grant– Feasibility study – Provide access to high quality,
accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks for community college students and faculty
– Through the CCCOER and other academic, noncommercial and commercial partners
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Identify, organize, and support the production and use of high quality, accessible and culturally relevant Open Textbooks for
community college students
Reduce the cost of textbooks
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Community CollegeOpen Textbook Project
Goals• Increase the scope and membership of CCCOER• Centralize critical Open Textbook information for
use by community colleges • Document a workflow model for producing and
maintaining Open Textbooks• Design and conduct research studies about the
benefits of Open Textbooks • Develop a business plan to increase sustainability
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Project Partners
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Content Review Panel
• CCCOER members – University representatives– Community college representatives– Discipline experts
• Determine and define the necessary elementsof a model CC Open Textbook– Reading level– Depth and scope – Quality and accuracy– Cultural relevance– Currency– Authority of source
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Tech Standards Committee Tasks
• Develop criteria for vetting open textbooks in terms of: – Interoperability– Accessibility– Metadata– LMS integration– Content dissemination formats
• Develop a review process • Pilot-test vetting criteria and process using the
Elementary Statistics open textbook
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CCOT Project Website
• Point users to: – List of open textbooks vetted by:
• Content Review Committee • Tech Standards Committee
– Fall 2008 projected website launch
• Example– Commitment
to Quality seal
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List of Vetted Open Textbooks
Collection
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Connexions Statistics Open Textbook Project
Collaborative Statistics
by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean
OCPS Television,1998, Pics4Learning
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Next Steps• Identify existing quality and
tech standards appropriate for open textbooks
• Modify standards for use by CCOT project
• Determine process for vetting
• Field-test proposed standards and process using Elementary Statistics textbook
Kenneth Ransom,, 2000. Pics4Learning