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Determining the Quality of OER\/OA<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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How does one determine the quality of OER\/OA?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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MYTH: Open source textbooks are textbooks created by individual faculty with little or no institutional support. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, most open source textbooks (by usage) are created by non-profit or commercial publishers. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditional, commercial texts are typically assumed to be high quality because they are published (and marketed by) well-known commercial publishers. These publishers put their books through both peer review and professional editorial processes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the reasons that open source textbooks or affordable course materials are either free or low cost is because the publishers of such materials have limited sales staff.  This does not mean the course materials are low quality. OER publishers typically use rigorous peer review, as well as professional editors, to vet their texts. Many open texts are reviewed by the OpenTextBook Network, by BCCampus, and\/or by Merlot.  Word of mouth from colleagues can also be a good way to identify quality OER\/OA.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[ next question: Are OER Accessible<\/a>? ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image “Quality” courtesy of Grant Hutchinson via flickr.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I am an author.\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/6126984920_4dde7fc216_w-300x168.jpg 300w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/6126984920_4dde7fc216_w.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating an open source textbook is very much like authoring a traditional, commercial textbook.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a significant undertaking.  As such it\u2019s useful to remember the joke about how to eat an elephant.  The answer is one bite at a time. You don\u2019t have to write (or plan to write) an entire book at the beginning.  You can start by creating open source materials: An exercise, a chapter, a piece of a book, or even your course notes.  Pilot test this in your class(es). Even if your goal is to eventually write a complete text, there is no need to reinvent the wheel or to write new material all at once. Be sensitive to the plethora of existing OER, from which you can draw according to the particular licensing of the source resource.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One benefit of creating OER\/OA course materials is that you can tailor them to fit your students and the class(es) you teach. Another benefit that the materials will very likely be published sooner, since you won\u2019t need to shop the project around to commercial publishers, and the production process can be quicker. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you create an open textbook, there are three key decisions to be faced.  The first is whether to work independently (or the degree to which one wants to work independently) or to work with a publisher.  If you work with an OER publisher, your book is very likely to be peer-reviewed, as well as going through an editorial process much like with a traditional publisher.  In addition, OER publishers usually pay their authors. Unlike traditional commercial publishers who pay royalties over time, OER publishers pay their authors up front.If you choose to work independently, consider whether there are university or statewide grants that could support the creation of your materials, such as a VIVA grant.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second key decision is what platform to use to create and publish the work.  If you work with an OER publisher, they will likely have a platform for you to use. If you choose to work independently, you could make the book available as a downloadable pdf.  You could publish the work in html-format on a personal website. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good place to start is the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebus.community\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebus Community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.  Rebus Community is a community designed to provide complete support for the creation of OER\/OA course materials.  This includes an extensive framework for completing one\u2019s project, guides and training of various types, and a platform for publishing the project.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One popular choice for a platform is<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressbooks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which is a website editor based on WordPress but designed to create texts).  Pressbook offers a thoughtful framework for creating texts that can be published in a variety of formats including pdf, eBook, html, xml and more. Pressbooks is free to create a book, but there is a one-time fee for publishing your book once it\u2019s completed. Once published, you can continue to make edits and changes without being charged.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/create-open-textbooks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BCCampus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another organization that provides support for creating OER. They offer a useful framework for completing the project, including publication using Pressbooks.  BCCampus offers<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/use-open-textbooks\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guides to adopting OER, adopting OER and self-publishing OER<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third key decision is the degree to which one can obtain support for the project. Institutions are promoting the adoption and use of affordable course materials and increasingly, they are offering support to faculty and staff to create those materials.  At UMW, it is possible to obtain funding, for example, through<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/faculty-2\/grants\/faculty-research-grants\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Research Grants<\/span><\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/faculty-2\/grants\/summer-pedagogy-program\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer Pedagogy Grants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/teach\/resources\/grants\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small Teaching Grants from the Teaching Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.  It is also possible to obtain time off to complete the work through sabbatical leaves, or Jepson or Waple Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image “From affirmation to reality. I am creative. I am an author” courtesy of Joanna Penn via flickr.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does one Create Open Course Materials\/OER? Creating an open source textbook is very much like authoring a traditional, commercial textbook. It is a significant undertaking.  As such it\u2019s useful to remember the joke about how to eat an elephant.  The answer is one bite at a time. 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OER accessible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Open educational resources<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Are OER accessible?<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-are-oer-accessible\">Are OER accessible?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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In other words, all products, platforms, and materials should be able to be used as effectively by people with disabilities as it can by those without. Some basics to check for when evaluating a resource include captions for videos and access to products, platforms, and materials through the use of assistive technology such as screen readers. For more information on verifying the accessibility of OER, please view UMW\u2019s Access for All online resource. (link to Pressbook) <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open textbooks offered by the major OER publishers are likely highly accessible but still require verification.  This is true of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.secure.force.com\/help\/articles\/FAQ\/Accessibility-of-OpenStax-books?search=accessibility\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenStax<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/policies\/accessibility\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lumen Learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.  In general, accessibility varies by text, but the open license gives you permission to revise the content to improve accessibility. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">[ next question: <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/how-does-one-create-open-course-materials-oer\/\">How Does One Create Open Course Materials\/OER?<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image “a11ylogo500” courtesy of Terrill Thompson via flickr.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are OER accessible? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 508), as well as good teaching practice, require that all online educational materials be accessible to students with disabilities. 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do Open Source Textbooks differ from Digital Courseware?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">open educational resources<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Open Source Textbooks<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-open-source-textbooks-differ-from-digital-courseware\">How do Open Source Textbooks differ from Digital Courseware?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-300x169.png\" alt=\"Image showing six types of digital courseware: Knewton, Pearson My Lab, Cengage MindTap, OpenStax Tutor, McGraw-Hill Connect and SmartSparrow\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-300x169.png 300w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-768x432.png 768w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-95x55.png 95w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-690x388.png 690w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM-465x262.png 465w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-12.09.44-PM.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open source textbooks are OER that are complete texts for a course.  Generally, these are digital texts. Many digital texts can be obtained in print form for a modest fee.  The print versions should be considered affordable course content, rather than OER\/OA. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital texts can be printed by some college bookstores, and by Federal Express or other copy centers.  In some cases, print versions of open source textbooks can be purchased from Amazon (e.g. OpenStax books). A recent court ruling found that such printing does not violate CC-NC licensing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Courseware is digital ancillary materials to support a text, usually bundled with an electronic version of the text.  These ancillary materials can include quizzes and homework problems, clicker software, and adaptive or personalized feedback to the student and instructor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasingly, traditional publishers are moving away from print texts to courseware.  Courseware, because it includes other features than text, usually has a cost. Traditional publishers charge prices which are cheaper than printed texts, but still not necessarily cheap (e.g. $100).  There are commercial businesses that provide ancillary services to OER publishers. Often, these are bundled with an electronic version of text and offered at a lower cost than the courseware offered by traditional publishers (e.g. $25-$50).  Lower priced courseware is considered affordable course materials.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">[ next question: <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/how-does-one-find-oa-oer-course-materials\/\">How does one find OA\/OER Course Materials for one’s courses?  <\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do Open Source Textbooks differ from Digital Courseware? Open source textbooks are OER that are complete texts for a course.  Generally, these are digital texts. Many digital texts can be obtained in print form for a modest fee.  The print versions should be considered affordable course content, rather than OER\/OA. 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OER\/OA Course Materials are available other than complete texts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">open educational resources<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Available OER\/OA Course Materials<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-oer-oa-course-materials-are-available-other-than-complete-texts\">What OER\/OA Course Materials are available other than complete texts?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-300x173.png\" alt=\"Image from Merlot.org website showing the diversity of resources they have, not just complete textbooks.\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-300x173.png 300w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-1024x590.png 1024w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-768x443.png 768w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-1536x885.png 1536w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-2048x1180.png 2048w, \/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-11.44.07-AM-95x55.png 95w, 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Open Access, Library-Licensed and Affordable Course Content?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/provost.umw.edu\/oer\/files\/2020\/03\/7610861294_a5a9b5b7ae_q.jpg\" alt=\"OER: Open Book\/Open Hands image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Definition of Open Educational Resources (OER)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OER are freely and publicly available teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/opencontent.org\/definition\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free use and re-purposing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by others. For example, instructors may download the material, tailor it to one\u2019s course, save a copy locally to share with one\u2019s students and share it back out with attribution. OER can include textbooks, course materials and full courses, modules, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.  An open source (or open) textbook is a textbook which is OER.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Definition of Open Access (OA)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open access refers to teaching, learning and research materials that are available free online for anyone to use as is, but they may not be revised, remixed, or redistributed. This terminology is typically used for scholarly works (journals, books, etc.), but can also refer to other class materials.  Examples of OA materials include government documents, articles from open access journals, reports from think tanks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Description of Library-Licensed Course Content<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Library-licensed materials” are course materials, which are available free to library patrons.  They include eBooks and print versions of books on reserve. The eBooks may or may not be downloadable\/retainable; they may or may not be accessed offline; the license may allow for multiple users or only one user to use the material at the same time.  Library-licensed materials can be adopted for courses. While they are free for library patrons, they are not free\u2014rather, they have been paid for by the library.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can explore<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> library databases <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to find course materials, including e-books, online video, images, data, articles, and more. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can adopt a library e-book as an alternative to print textbooks. They can find and adopt open or free content through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/umw.libapps.com\/libguides\/admin_c.php?g=424302&p=6627306\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.  For more information on these options, please contact Paul Boger, UMW OER and Scholarly Communications Librarian (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:pboger@umw.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pboger@umw.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Definition of Affordable Course Content<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affordable course content<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describes any free, low-cost, or openly licensed educational resources that can serve as alternatives to high-cost resources. At UMW, low-cost is defined as requiring students to spend no more than $40 in total for course materials. 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