Posts made by Mary Burgess

Adopting Open Textbooks -> Week 1: What is Open? What is an Open Textbook -> Recording of synchronous session from Thurs, Sept 26

by Mary Burgess -
For those who weren't able to attend the synchronous session yesterday but would like to access the content, we have a number of formats for you below. They are all about 45 minutes. 
  • Audio only of the session (mp3): http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/resource/view.php?id=9351
  • Slides only: http://www.slideshare.net/MaryBurgess1/online-adoptionworkshop-slideshare
  • Blackboard Collaborate recording (slides, audio, chat): https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-09-26.0900.M.AC456DEF2B5841109A2E4E2783A336.vcr&sid=727 (copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar if it seems to not be working). This link will launch Collaborate so you can view. 
If you have any questions after you've accessed the recording, please don't hesitate to ask!

Adopting Open Textbooks -> Adopting Open Textbooks General Forum -> Recording of Synchronous session on Thurs, Sept 26

by Mary Burgess -
For those who weren't able to attend the synchronous session yesterday but would like to access the content, we have a number of formats for you below. They are all about 45 minutes. 
  • Audio only of the session (mp3): http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/resource/view.php?id=9351
  • Slides only: http://www.slideshare.net/MaryBurgess1/online-adoptionworkshop-slideshare
  • Blackboard Collaborate recording (slides, audio, chat): https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-09-26.0900.M.AC456DEF2B5841109A2E4E2783A336.vcr&sid=727 (copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar if it seems to not be working). This link will launch Collaborate so you can view. 
If you have any questions after you've accessed the recording, please don't hesitate to ask!

Adopting Open Textbooks -> Week 1: What is Open? What is an Open Textbook -> Reminder: Synchronous Session tomorrow -> Re: Reminder: Synchronous Session tomorrow

by Mary Burgess -

Thanks to all who attended the session this morning, great conversation! We're now working on preparing the recording for sharing and will post it when it's ready. I'll also be posting my slides in SlideShare and will post the link to them here as well. 

Adopting Open Textbooks -> Week 1: What is Open? What is an Open Textbook -> Benefits and Challenges -> Re: Benefits and Challenges

by Mary Burgess -

I love that line of thinking Steve. And in the ideal world, it would be extremely easy for faculty to just pull that chapter out and offer only it to students, but in the absence of that, you're absolutely right, there is no reason not to assign a resource with limited value when it has no cost associated. 

Adopting Open Textbooks -> Week 1: What is Open? What is an Open Textbook -> Benefits and Challenges -> Re: Benefits and Challenges

by Mary Burgess -

Thanks Shivanand, I really like your suggestion about subject committees. We did a lot of outreach with articulation committees here in BC during the spring and that may be a good place for us to start, at least with finding people interested in helping. 

I'm also very concerned about the notion of the tragedy of the commons with the resources our project produces and am currently working on sustainability models to propose for further funding. It's the evolution of the Open paradigm I think - at first we get people sharing (great!), but then we need to focus on adoption and maintaining relevancy if we want the ROI to continue.