9 Apr
2019
9 Apr
'19
9:13 a.m.
Hi Jessica,
We've starting adding a page "what is an open textbook?" page to to the
open textbook things we produce. Initially, this information was on the
landing page for the book, but it was more common than not that people
would link directly into the book so we added the information directly to
the book. We also hope to aid authors in building a community of users,
adapters, etc. for each book.
Thanks, Anita
See the two screenshots below. The entire book is viewable / downloadable
etc. at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84164
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And, back of the title page:
[image: image.png]
Anita R. Walz
Assistant Professor
Open Education, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian
Library Liaison to Economics, Mathematics, and Legal Studies
arwalz(a)vt.edu | Tel: 540-231-2204 | Fax: 540-231-7808 | Newman Library 422 |
Twitter: @arwalz
Open Educational Resources Guide http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer
Virginia Tech
University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
http://www.lib.vt.edu
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 3:23 PM Jessica Norman <jessica.norman(a)sait.ca>
wrote:
This past semester, we ran approximately 80
Communications classes with an
OER PDF textbook. Late in the semester, we surveyed the students about
their use of and satisfaction with the textbook and the results were, well,
*lackluster*. The results seemed to show that a significant number of
students didn’t know they were using an OER, they just thought it was an
online book. They didn’t understand what an OER was and
what they could do with it, therefore they didn’t see much value. After
talking to the course coordinator, I realized that the faculty had not been
given any specific information about the OER nor were they asked to talk to
the students about this new OER textbook and how it could be used.
*Lesson Learned: We can’t just add this new type of learning material to a
course and assume that the students and faculty understand the value and
significance of the change. *
I’d like to craft some standard messaging – text, video, infographic? –
that can be included in all fall LMS course shells to make sure that
students understand what they can do with this OER. I’m wondering:
A) did anyone else have this occur in a course, where OER was introduced
but the students (and maybe faculty too) didn’t recognize the significance
of the change?
B) has anyone else crafted a message like this that they would be willing
to share?
Cheers,
Jessica
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*Jessica Norman, MLS*
eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources
*Book an appointment <https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446>*
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