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Dispelling Myths about OER and Open Textbooks

Dispelling Myths about OER and Open Textbooks. Jacky Hood, Coordinator, Open Doors Group 14 September 2011 at 12:50 Eastern Time Photo credits on the last slide. Slide 1. Myths are great…both urban and rural…. Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox. Lost city of Atlantis. Slide 2.

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Dispelling Myths about OER and Open Textbooks

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  1. Dispelling Myths about OER and Open Textbooks Jacky Hood, Coordinator, Open Doors Group 14 September 2011 at 12:50 Eastern Time Photo credits on the last slide Slide 1

  2. Myths are great…both urban and rural… Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox Lost city of Atlantis Slide 2

  3. But let’s avoid Myth-Conceptions Open Educational Resources are low quality. My students prefer bound textbooks so I cannot select an open textbook. Slide 3

  4. Poll: Use of OER… Have you used Open Educational resources? • Yes, as an instructor • Yes, as a student • No Slide 4

  5. Myth 1: Demand is High; Supply is Low Slide 5

  6. Poll: Pricing Behavior In a restaurant, do you avoid the • least expensive item • most expensive item • both • neither Slide 6

  7. Myth 2: Commercial Use of OER should be Avoided Slide 7

  8. Myth 3: An open textbook requires only the efforts and generosity of an author. Photographers Illustrators Editor Author(s) Project Manager Marketers Bookstores Beta trial students Wholesalers Peer Reviewers Distributors Fact Checkers Printers Copy Editors Sales people Slide 8

  9. Poll: Student Media Preferences Do the students you know prefer • Bound textbooks • On-line textbooks • Downloadable textbooks • Printable textbooks Slide 9

  10. Myth 4: All Open textbooks are eBooks Slide 10

  11. More Myths • Open textbooks will destroy college bookstores • Open textbooks are crowd-sourced by anonymous amateurs • Low cost is the only benefit of open textbooks. Slide 11

  12. Contact Us • Open Doors Group http://opendoorsgroup.org Coordinator jacky.hood@opendoorsgroup.org • College Open Textbooks http://collegeopentextbooks.orgUna Daly, Director, unatdaly@gmail.com • Join our community at http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com Slide 12

  13. Photo Credits • Race for the Lost City of Atlantis by Don Dixon http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/bin/images/large/374_AtlantisAerial.jpg • Paul Bunyan from Brainerd http://www.brainerd.com/images/pbcover.jpg • Question mark from puzzle pieces open licensed by Horia Varlan http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/ • Supply/Demand/Need open licensed by A Look Askance (MelvinSchlubman) http://www.flickr.com/photos/alookaskance/253465353/ • Le Restaurant at the Gare de Nord open licensed by Fotopedia http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2567349994 • Currency symbols on dice by Mad Group: http://www.flickr.com/photos/m4dgroup/6001102681/ • Publishing the Open Source Way CC BY SA by Open Source Way http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5041738449/sizes/z/in/photostream/ • Spring Break Projects (Cat computer and books) open licensed By Seth Battis http://www.flickr.com/photos/battis/2332470390/ • Atlas from a 1917 public domain book; photo open licensed by perpetualplum Sue Clark http://www.flickr.com/photos/perpetualplum/4526748750/ Slide 13

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