Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources What are

Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources: What are they, where can I find them, and how do they support student success? VERON ICA B IELAT, STU DENT S UC CES S LIB RARIAN 165 TE A CHING COMMO NS/PU RDY LIBRARY VERON ICA. B IEL AT@WAYNE. EDU 313 -577 -4217

What are Open Educational Resources (OER’s)? Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others. Open includes right to retain, reuse the content through a variety of platforms, ability to revise, adapt and modify content, right to combine and remix content to create something new, ability to share copies including redistributing your own remixed or revised copies. Generally, does not require a login or other personal identification from students or faculty. Everything from videos to simulation software to lesson outlines to public domain book repositories.

What is a Creative Commons License? These Creative Commons licenses reflect the 5 R's and would be defined as Open Educational Resources (OER)

What they are not… E-textbooks by commercial publishers, including rentals. Custom textbooks that can only be purchased through a retailer. Semester course fees for platform access, sometimes knows as First Day initiatives or Inclusive Access programs. OER platforms by commercial publishers, that require a per semester fee per student for access (Openwashing and Open. Wrapping) ◦ BNC OER Plus ◦ Open. Now from Cengage ◦ Macmillan Learning

What about Quality? Funded projects focus on quality Created by educators Reviewed by educators Post publication reviews by faculty Uses sustainable practices Carry a Creative Commons license Your librarian can help locate quality open educational resources.

OER Content Sites and Repositories Quality Sites and Repositories §OER Commons §Open Textbook Library §OER Repositories §OER Metafinder 5 Rs of Open Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute

What is an open textbook? Free to Download Free to Print Openly Licensed Free to Read Online Customizable

How do I find them? Open Textbook Library

Using Open Textbooks Positively Impacts College Affordability 1 Average spending on textbooks has risen by over 430% since 1989 2 1989 $158 2019 $685 An average undergraduate now spends the equivalent of 11. 9% the cost of tuition on books and supplies 3 1 2 3 4

Textbook cost can impact academic success and time to graduation More than 3 out of 5 students have skipped buying or renting an assigned text due to cost 3 in 10 decided not to take a class because of the high cost of textbooks. A Courses with open textbooks see significantly lower drop rates than those with commercial texts

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