Presentation by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechic University; Caroline Daniels, Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University; and Brenda Smith, Librarian, Thompson Rivers University at the BC Library Association Conference, May 2015 in Richmond BC

1. Academic Librarians and OER:
Access, Advocacy, and Activism
Brenda Smith, Thompson Rivers University
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Caroline Daniels, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

2. Today’s Plan
• Background on OERs
• Creative Commons Licensing & Attributions
• OER in BC: Some Highlights
• Making the case for faculty, students &
institutions
• Librarians: Small and Easy! Make it happen
• BCOER Librarians

3. “Teaching, learning, and research resources that
reside in the public domain or have been
released under an intellectual property license
that permits their free use and re-purposing by
others.”
Source: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
(http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education/open-educational-resources)

4. Types of OERs
• textbooks
• readings
• multimedia files (e.g.,
videos)
• software
• assessment tools (e.g.,
quizzes, tests)
• lessons/lesson plans
• modules
• entire courses

5. The 5 R’s of Openness
• RETAIN
the right to make, own, and control copies
of the content
• REUSE
the right to use the content in a wide range
of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on
a website, in a video)
• REVISE
the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter
the content itself (e.g., translate the content
into another language)
• REMIX
the right to combine the original or revised
content with other open content to create
something new (e.g., incorporate the
content into a mashup)
• REDISTRIBUTE
the right to share copies of the original
content, your revisions, or your remixes with
others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a
friend)
Source: David Wiley, CC, March
2014, http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221

6. Open Content Licencing
Middle range of licences between public domain
and copyright – “some rights reserved”

7. http://creativecommons.org/

8. Creative Commons Licenses
• Available free of charge to the public.
• Allow creators to communicate which rights
they reserve, and which rights they waive for
the benefit of recipients or other creators.
• Using a CC license on OERs is a mainstay
within the sector.

9. Only for items you want to copy
(linking and embedding are OK)

10. Creative Commons Licence Features

11. 6 Creative Commons Licences

12. 6 Creative Commons Licences
Least Open
Most Open

13. Public Domain Tools
CCO
Use if you want to waive all
copyright and related rights for
work that YOU have created.
Public Domain Mark
Use if you have identified a
work that is free of known
copyright restrictions.

14. How do I properly mark CC stuff
that I use?

15. Attribution
TASL
T – Title
A – Artist
S – Source (usually link)
L – CC Licence
If you modify, note what you change.

16. "Clownfish and Sea Anemone 2" by Samuel Chow is licensed
under CC BY 4.0

17. This is a modified image based on the image Clownfish and Sea
Anemone 2" by Samuel Chow is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Text
and arrows were added.

18. Adapting CC Material

19. This is a modified image based on the image Clownfish and Sea Anemone
2" by Samuel Chow is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Text and arrows were
added. Amphiprioninae text from Wikipedia used under a CC-BY-SA licence.

20. Remixing CC Material
Source 1
↓ Source 2
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions/

21. This is a modified image based on the image Clownfish and Sea Anemone
2" by Samuel Chow is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Text and arrows were added.
Amphiprioninae text from Wikipedia used under a CC-BY-SA licence.
This image is released under a CC-BY-SA licence.

22. Attribution Builders
• Open Attribution Builder:
http://www.openwa.org/open-attrib-builder/
• Open Attribute (plugin):
• http://openattribute.com/

24. Building a CC Licence
http://creativecommons.org/choose/

26. OERs in BC

27. OERu
http://oeru.org/

29. Open Textbook Project
● Phase 1: 2012 -
highest enrolled
academic subject
areas
● Phase 2: 2014 -
trades & skills
training
http://bccampus.ca/open-textbook-project/

30. Open Textbook Project: Adaptations
& Creations in Top 40 Subject Areas

31. http://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=6c4a9484-8d43-4a44-a565-
09cc773aa53f&contributor=&keyword=&subject=History

33. SOL*R
http://solr.bccampus.ca/

34. Professional Development
• Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG):
http://etug.ca/
• SCoPE: http://scope.bccampus.ca/
• Open Textbook Summit:
http://otsummit.bccampus.ca/
• OpenEd Conference:
http://openedconference.org/2015/

35. Why Are OERs Important?

36. • Half of Bachelor’s degree graduates
rely on student loans
• In Sept. 2010 Federal student loan
debt surpassed $15 billion
• Average BC student debt in 2011 was
$29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34% are
debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay for
PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000, program
completion rates drop from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has increased by
812% over 30 years

37. • Half of Bachelor’s degree graduates
rely on student loans
• In Sept. 2010 Federal student loan
debt surpassed $15 billion
• Average BC student debt in 2011 was
$29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34% are
debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay for
PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000, program
completion rates drop from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has increased by
812% over 30 years

38. • Half of Bachelor’s degree graduates
rely on student loans
• In Sept. 2010 Federal student loan
debt surpassed $15 billion
• Average BC student debt in 2011 was
$29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34% are
debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay for
PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000, program
completion rates drop from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has increased by
812% over 30 years

39. • Half of Bachelor’s degree graduates
rely on student loans
• In Sept. 2010 Federal student loan
debt surpassed $15 billion
• Average BC student debt in 2011 was
$29,497
• 3 years after graduating, only 34% are
debt free
• BC students now work 180% more
hours than they did in 1975 to pay for
PSE
• When debt reaches $10,000, program
completion rates drop from 59% to 8%
• The cost of textbooks has increased by
812% over 30 years

42. But what about e-textbooks?

43. 60%+ do not purchase textbooks
at some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to
textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a
course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without
textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course
due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a
course due to textbook cost
Source: 2012 student survey
by Florida Virtual Campus
There is a direct relationship between
textbook costs and student success

44. Why Open Textbooks?
Access
Cost savings
Portability
Course performance
Adapt, update, & remix
Student retention
Program completion

45. Hilton & Laman (2012)
• 7 psychology faculty
• Houston Community College
• 23 sections (690 students)
Traditional textbook
(Spring 2011)
Open textbook
(Fall 2012)
GPA 1.6 2.0
Withdrawal rate (%) 14 7.1
Final examination (%) 67.6 71.1
Hilton, J., & Laman, C. (2012). One college’s use of an open psychology textbook. Open
Learning, 27(3), 265-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657

46. Robinson et al. (2014)
• Quasi-experimental design
• Propensity-score matched groups
• OT students scored slightly higher on end-of-
year standardized science tests
• Significant gains in chemistry
• No differences in physics or earth systems
Robinson T. J., Fischer, L., Wiley, D. A., & Hilton, J. (2014). The impact of open textbooks on
secondary science learning outcomes. Educational Researcher, 43(7), 341-351. doi:
10.3102/0013189X14550275

47. 2014 Babson Survey
Those who have adopted OER rate the
quality of OER as significantly higher:
F(1, 35) = 7.88, p = .008, = 0.18
(Jhangiani et al., 2015)

48. Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the
modules/chapters in the open textbook

49. What is the average cost of the textbooks that
you purchase for your other courses?

50. Overall, I am satisfied with the convenience,
access, & portability of the open textbook
%

51. I would have preferred to pay for a traditional
textbook for this course

52. I like how the theories are explained in
more understandable ways compared to
other textbooks where the author tends to
talk in circles before explaining what is
being talked about
I would not have bought the text book for
this course because it's an elective. I
would have possibly walked away with a
C, now I might actually get an A-
It is easily accessible and
convenient. Material is easy
to understand and follow
I personally really like the convenience of
having the complete set of chapters on my
computer and even accessible from my
phone if I need it. I like that I don't have to
lug around another text book
It's free and it's a great money saver

55. Jhangiani et al. (2015)
• 78 participants representing 17 institutions
• 72% have taught for >10 years

56. Use of OER

57. Challenges Faced

58. Enabling Factors

59. Open
Education
Practices
Open
Textbooks
& Other
OER
Open
Access
Publishing
Open
Research
Practices
Open
Pedagogy

61. OER - Think Locally ….
Caroline Daniels
Systems, Web and Interlibrary Loan
Librarian
Kwantlen Polytechnic University

63. BC Open Textbook Summit 2014

64. Off the side of my desk?

65. Opportunities vs. obstacle

66. Initial reaction

67. Gentle Liaison

68. The Easy factor
Do anything to make it easier for faculty to use
OER

69. Web Page - Keep it Simple!

70. Integration ideas:
#1 Catalogue OER Collections

71. Integration#2
Integrate open resources into discovery layer

72. Integration #3
Gather OER resources in your ERM

73. Leverage traditional services for non
traditional purposes

74. Ask for Help: BCcampus

75. Ebooks vs. Open Textbooks

76. Start a Small Team

77. Join a Big Team!

78. Stop Duplicating Work!
BCcampus Media Wiki

79. KPU Libguides

80. Learn from Success
Digital Course Pack from University of Minnesota
• University of Minnesota Digital Course Pack

81. Tidewater College
‘Z’ Degree using only Open Content

82. Cal Poly
Open Textbook Library

83. What’s Happening at KPU

84. “It’s just change”