Overcoming Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption (CIC CLI May 2013)

• 1. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Overcoming Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption David Ernst, Ph.D. CIO, College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota

2. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Open Textbook Catalog open.umn.edu 135 open textbooks 53,000 visits 164 countries 3. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Into the Weeds 4. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota LackofUrgency BARRIER: There is little sense of urgency for change. NEEDS: Faculty Development 5. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota LackofUrgency 6. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota LackofUrgency 7. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota LackofUrgency 8. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota AwarenessofOpen BARRIER: Faculty dont know what open textbooks are. NEEDS: Faculty Development 9. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota AwarenessofOpen Free Books eBooks 10. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota All Rights Reserved Some Rights Reserved vs. AwarenessofOpen 11. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Discoverability BARRIER:Faculty dont know where to find open textbooks. NEEDS: One central catalog of open textbooks. 12. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Discoverability 13. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Quality? BARRIER:Faculty dont know the quality of open textbooks. NEEDS: Faculty peer review of open textbooks. 14. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Quality? 15. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Quality? 16. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Quality? 17. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota FacultyEngagement BARRIER: Faculty have limited time to focus on reviewing textbooks. NEEDS: Incentives for faculty to engage in open textbooks. 18. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota FacultyEngagement $ 19. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota FacultyEngagement 9 paid reviewers ($4,500 total) 7 adoptions + 4 peer adoptions = 11 total adoptions ~$100,000 in potential student savings + 9 textbook reviews for the catalog 20. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota TechnicalNeeds BARRIER: Faculty need technical/editing support NEEDS: Infrastructure and services to support editing/authoring. 21. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota PayingFaculty 22. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota PayingFaculty BARRIER: Administrators resist paying faculty for faculty-like work. NEEDS: A way to pay faculty for reviews without paying faculty for reviews. 23. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota PayingFaculty 24. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota PayingFaculty 25. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Referatory BARRIER: Open textbooks compete with publishers sales force. NEEDS: A toolkit to educate a local sales force to help drive local adoptions. 26. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota Referatory BARRIER: Original sources of open textbooks can disappear. NEEDS: A repository. 27. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota ??? BARRIER: ??? 28. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota open.umn.edu dernst@umn.edu David Ernst