Global Text Project Mtg June30

Breakfast Meetingfeaturing

Global Text Project

June 30, 2008

~ Knowledge soars with open textbooks. ~

Agenda8:30 Welcome and introductions

Martha Kanter

8:45 Overview of Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources and Community College Open Textbook Project Judy Baker

9:00  Global Text Project - quality assurance process

Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey

9:30  Global Text Project - model to keep textbooks current

Rick Watson and Don McCubbrey

cccoer.wordpress.com

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CCCOER Survey Results

• 1,203 faculty respondents– 12 Districts and 28 colleges– 66% full-time– Represent wide range of

disciplines

• 91% indicated interest in usingOER materials in their classes

• 34% said they were aware of OER materials in their field

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CCCOERcan fill this gap

OER Survey

Community College Open Textbook Project

• Hewlett Foundation Grant– Feasibility study – Provide access to high quality,

accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks for community college students and faculty

– Through the CCCOER and other academic, noncommercial and commercial partners

Identify, organize, and support the production and use of high quality, accessible and culturally relevant Open Textbooks for

community college students

Reduce the cost of textbooks

Community CollegeOpen Textbook Project

Goals• Increase the scope and membership of CCCOER• Centralize critical Open Textbook information for

use by community colleges • Document a workflow model for producing and

maintaining Open Textbooks• Design and conduct research studies about the

benefits of Open Textbooks • Develop a business plan to increase sustainability

Project Partners

Content Review Panel

• CCCOER members – University representatives– Community college representatives– Discipline experts

• Determine and define the necessary elementsof a model CC Open Textbook– Reading level– Depth and scope – Quality and accuracy– Cultural relevance– Currency– Authority of source

Tech Standards Committee Tasks

• Develop criteria for vetting open textbooks in terms of: – Interoperability– Accessibility– Metadata– LMS integration– Content dissemination formats

• Develop a review process • Pilot-test vetting criteria and process using the

Elementary Statistics open textbook 

CCOT Project Website

• Point users to: – List of open textbooks vetted by:

• Content Review Committee • Tech Standards Committee

– Fall 2008 projected website launch

• Example– Commitment

to Quality seal

List of Vetted Open Textbooks

Collection

Connexions Statistics Open Textbook Project

Collaborative Statistics

by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean

OCPS Television,1998, Pics4Learning

Next Steps• Identify existing quality and

tech standards appropriate for open textbooks

• Modify standards for use by CCOT project

• Determine process for vetting

• Field-test proposed standards and process using Elementary Statistics textbook

Kenneth Ransom,, 2000. Pics4Learning