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Clemson University TigerPrints Open Education Week 2019 Open Education Week 2019 Open Textbooks - The Affordable Flexible Alternative Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/oew_2019  Part of the Library and Information Science Commons   @Adapted from Erik Christensen (2010) CC-BY 3.0                              Funded by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation      OpenStaxCollege – openstaxcollege.org Open textbook publisher of high quality print and mobile platform texts for general education courses.  OER authoring platform is available through the OpenStaxCnx project at Rice University.  MERLOT – merlot.org A repository of free and open online teaching materials with peer reviews supported by the California State University system and many community partners.    Saylor Foundation – saylor.org/books A repository of openly licensed books available for download in word or pdf format.  Open Textbook Library - open.umn.edu Listing of high quality open textbooks and faculty peer reviews at University of Minnesota.  BCcampus– open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ A repository of open textbooks peer reviewed and adapted by faculty in British Columbia, Canada.  The Orange Grove – florida.theorangegrove.org  Florida’s repository of open source educational materials operated with University Press of Florida.  College Open Textbooks –collegeopentextbooks.org Listing site of open textbooks with peer reviews developed for community college consortium.  CK-12 – www.ck12.org Math and science open textbooks, interactive lessons, and online study help targeted at K-12.  Open SUNY Textbooks - opensuny.org State University of New York’s open textbook publishing initiative repository.     CC-BY   Attribution - This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. 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A way to significantly reduce student textbook costs while enabling you the flexibility to reformat and customize your course material.      Where to find open textbooks Open Textbooks  The Affordable Flexible Alternative  Creative Commons Licenses   www.creativecommons.org  www.oerconsortium.org cccoer@ocwconsortium.org      What makes a textbook open?  A textbook becomes "open" when its copyright-holder grants usage rights to the public through an "open license," which typically includes the right to access, reformat, and customize it at no additional cost.  What do open textbooks look like? Hard copies of open textbooks look much like traditional texts. The primary differences are that open textbooks are also accessible online at no cost and the hard copies are optional and affordably priced.  How many open textbooks are there? Thousands of open textbooks already exist and more are on the way.   Who pays open textbook authors? Open publishing models are still evolving, so author payment varies. Some are paid royalties on print sales, some receive grant support, and others choose to write on their own time.   Are open textbooks high quality? Many open textbooks are developed through traditional peer review, others are vetted by experts.  As with any textbook, you are the final judge of whether an open textbook meets the needs of your course.      Open textbooks are similar to traditional texts, but much more flexible.  If desired, you can create a custom version by editing it yourself to match your classroom instruction.  Open textbooks are available in both print and digital formats:  • Online, at no cost. • Downloaded PDF, ePub at no cost. • Print-on- Demand, typically for $20---50.  Many open textbooks contain a variety of supplemental materials (e.g., test banks, quizzes, PowerPoints, etc.).  Examples  of open textbooks:           California Open Textbook Project   http://icas-ca.org/coerc  Student PIRGs Open Textbooks –studentpirgs.org/open-textbooks       1. Find the right textbook.  Search the repositories listed in this pamphlet. Use advanced search options to narrow results.  2. Review and evaluate it to see if it matches your criteria and based on content, presentation, online accessibility, production options, platform compatibility, delivery options, interactivity, consistency between online and printed versions, and available ancillary material (test banks, PowerPoints, etc.)  3. Decide if you want to use it as is, or edit it.  One of the benefits of open textbooks is flexibility to modify and customize them for specific course designs as much or as little as you desire. If you want to make edits or append content, make sure the licensing allows that.  Different repositories will have different options for editing and publishing revised copies.  4. Distribute it to your students.  Select the best format to distribute to your class (online, downloadable PDF, ePub, Print-on-Demand via either your campus bookstore or from the online repository.)  What do open textbooks look like? How to adopt an open textbook Open Textbook Projects What is an open textbook? 

Open Textbooks - The Affordable Flexible Alternative

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Open Textbooks - The Affordable Flexible Alternative

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