OER & The Alabama Open Publishing House at Troy University Joshua Hill, M.Ed.
OER Students Faculty Staff Students: Access increases comprehension, retention, and completion Faculty: Freedom to Adopt, Adapt, Create Staff: Recruitment tool, project managers, researchers, and developers "...Given that (1) students and teachers generally find OER to be as good or better than traditional textbooks, and (2) students do not perform worse when utilizing OER, then (3) students, parents and taxpayers stand to save literally billions of dollars without any negative impact on learning through the adoption of OER." -Hilton, J., III, & Mason, S. (2016, September). Review. Retrieved March 22, 2018, from http://openedgroup.org/review.
Troy Students and Faculty OER Feedback • “I am the sole provider in my house and buying expensive books every few weeks is taxing on my
family. Because of that, I can only take one class at a time. I spent nearly $500 on books for two classes.
• I loved the OpenStax free textbook. Not everyone qualifies for financial aid, like myself. So it was
always such a burden to try to scramble and find the money to buy a $200.00 textbook that the Instructor wanted you to have on day one. This is the most important reason why I will continue my education at Troy University
“As an instructor, OER has been an amazing tool for leveling the playing field in the classroom. Every student has the same resources and the same opportunities to not only be prepared for class, but to also be engaged in the material since the text is readily available long before the first class session. No more hoping everyone has a book or the financial means to purchase the course materials...I can start teaching from day one. The increase in active instructional time has really made a positive difference for me and my students.”
Troy’s OER Timeline April 2016 Concept Approval
Spring 2017 College OER Liaisons
Jan 2017 Board of Trustees Policy on OER
Spring 2017 OpenStax Visit $100 per adoption
Spring 2018 (104) OER Winter 2017 Summer 2017 Created AOPH and Sections/2,437 students Developed OER Website and course published first Open $243,700 designations for OER textbook with OTN
Summer 2017 4 OER Courses 136 Students / $13,600
Jan 2018 Met with ACHE & ACCS
Spring 2018 Join OTN
Standards and Peer Review by Liaisons
Seeking Funding
Alabama Open Publishing House Standards
Proposed qualifications for consideration: • All published content will be (CC BY 4.0)
• Textbook must be an original work or contain an adaptation that is properly attributed. • Textbooks created by adapting content found on the Commons or other Open Education Resources repositories are acceptable. • The most restrictive license for any content that is adapted on AOPH must be (CC BY 4.0) license and must contain proper attribution.
• Any content created must be a complete work (not individual chapters) unless submitted as part of a group effort that results in a complete textbook.
• Any textbook created must be used for a course at a higher education institution. • A reasonable search should be conducted before starting a new textbook proposal to ensure there is a viable need for adaptation or creation.
• Any textbook you would like to submit for consideration to the Open Textbook Network should meet the above qualifications, and the OTN requirements found at: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/Submit.aspx
• Any textbook submitted should include all textbook elements of sound instructional design concepts, such as, but not limited to; chapter student learning objectives, key terms, key takeaways, chapter review questions, and glossary.
Alabama Open Publishing House at Troy University Peer Review Process Proposed Requirements for Academic Peer Reviewers:
• A Double-blind peer review for all works • Basic Requirements: (Recommend that reviewers are selected by Academic Administrators.)
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Individuals with expertise in the area related to textbook topic Prior experience with publishing Preferred peer review experience
Proven accomplishments in field of expertise
Alabama Open Publishing House at Troy University Peer Review Process Rubric
• Comprehensiveness-The text covers all areas and ideas of the subject appropriately • Content Accuracy-Content is accurate, error-free and unbiased.
• Relevance Longevity-Content is up-to-date, but not in a way that will quickly make the text obsolete. • Clarity-The text is written in lucid, accessible prose.
• Consistency-The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework. • Modularity-The text is easily and readily divisible into smaller reading sections that can be assigned at different points within the course.
• Interface-The text is free of significant interface issues, including navigation problems, distortion of images/charts.
• Grammatical Errors-The text contains no grammatical errors. • Cultural Relevance-The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. This rubric was developed by BCcampus. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Adopt, Adapt, Create at Troy University • • • •
Applications to Adopt, Adapt, or Create Open Educational Resources Foundation funding and OER Donor Campaign Alabama OER Community of Practice
General Education Conversion Plan students savings estimate $6,000,000.