quality and openness - open academic e-textbooks for stem
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In the talk will be presented the quality assurance mechanisms for open e-textbooks that have been planned and implemented based on the results of research among academic teachers in the project “Open AGH e-textbooks”, launched in May 2013 at AGH University of Science and Technology .TRANSCRIPT
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Quality & openness - open academic e-textbook for STEM
Karolina Grodecka, Jan KusiakUniversity of Science and Technology, Centre of e-Learning, Poland OCWC Global 2014, Ljubljana
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Challenges in HE in Poland
Curriculum (NQF)
resources
technology
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adjustment of teaching to the requirements of the job market and education for the future (NQF)
NQF requires up-to-date educational materials to be provided (too expensive for students)
Challenges in HE in Poland - curriculum
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students use materials available online (questionable quality)
lack of high quality materials for teachers to prepare education resources/OER
Challenges in HE in Poland - resources
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Digital School programm (ICT skills equipped learners become students)
unlimited access to the content
easy use and adaptation
Challenges in HE in Poland - ICT skills
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Our mission is to create effective mechanisms for opening educational
materials, e-textbooks and other educational resources developed by
academic teachers at AGH
Mission - openness
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for everyone
no fees and login/password required
to high quality resources
for users with special learning needs
to the source of material for adaptation (open formats)
to open tools enhancing learning process
Openness = access
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2010
OER repository
Opennes at AGH - how did we start
2013
Open academic e-textbooks
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OER study of the academic community (2013)
2 682 academic teachers (the complete response rate of 25%)
46% declared recognition of the idea of OER
35% presented fully formed attitude towards OER
5% of academic teachers were not able to assess their knowlege
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OER study (2013) - knowlegde on Open AGH
40% of respondents recognised it 21% browsed materials published there only 4% used the materials for educational purposes
13% had experience in publishing and sharing their educational resources on the Internet
only 2% have published own materials in Open AGH repository.
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OER study (2013) - quality
60% recognise the potential of the quality of OER
improving the quality of teaching materials improving the quality of classes
improving development of better curricula
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Variety of formatsClosed formatsDifficulties with adaptationOut-of-dated
2010 2013
Open academic e-textbooks
OER repository Open academic e-textbooks
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open content for modules & e-textbooks
(NQF physics and maths)
open source platform(for development, publishing, use)
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1st pilot modules for physics
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Open AGH e-textbooks - modularity
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Open AGH e-textbooks – target group
Creators of core content
subject coordinatorauthor
reviewer editor
Users of content
academic teacher studentteacher
school student learner
.
.everyone
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Coordinator Author Reviewer Editor
Create module
Assign module to author Write the module Write the review of
the moduleCorrect the module
Accepts the module for publicationPublish the module
Create e-textbook form the modules
Publish e-textbook
From module to e-textbook
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Online editor (TikiWiki)
Import from LaTeX (plug-in LaTeX2Wiki)
Review and editor’s correction process
Working on the content
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Working on content - online editor
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List of modules - result of author’s work
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academic teacher/responsible for the subject
Building e-textbooks from modules
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AGH Curriculum based on NQF(curriculum of other universities from Poland)
academic teacher/responsible for the subject
Building e-textbooks from modules
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Exemplary e-textbook
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PDF, DjVu ePUB, MOBI, AZW3
Fexibility of e-textbook use and adaptation
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PDF, DjVu ePUB, MOBI, AZW3 ODT, LaTeX
Fexibility of e-textbook use and adaptation
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Flexibility of e-textbook use
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Flexibility of e-textbook use
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use published e-texbooks
adapt published e-textbooks
create your own e-textbooks
share (published/own) e-textbooks
Open AGH e-textbooks
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Open academic e-textbooks
Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 3.0 Poland
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adapted and modified e-textbooks will be always available for all users as well for the authors of the original works (AGH)
high quality resources are good starting point for adaptation = more open good quality resources availabale (CC -> SA)
constant up-to-date e-textbook according to AGH Curriculum
protection from use by commercial publishers
Benefits from CC BY-SA
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Metadata standards
OAI-PMH for sharing metadata with other universities‘ libraries (catalogue, digital libraries)
Learning Resources Metadata Initiative Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
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Open academic e-textbooks AGH
created by the AGH community for the whole academic community
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Open AGH e-textbooks - outcomes
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open soure platform for developing, publication and use
Open AGH e-textbooks - outcomes
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open soure platform for developing, publication and use
Open AGH e-textbooks - outcomes
open modules and e-textbooks + archive in Univ. Library catalogue
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open soure platform for developing, publication and use
Open AGH e-textbooks - outcomes
open modules and e-textbooks + archive in Univ. Library catalogue
University Curriculum plug-in
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open soure platform for developing, publication and use
Open AGH e-textbooks - outcomes
open modules and e-textbooks + archive in Univ. Library catalogue
University Curriculum plug-in
increase of IPR awareness among academic community
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First pilot open e-textbooks - academic year 2014/2015