Examples of student authored Pressbook?

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Jessica Norman

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May 27, 2021, 10:06:28 AM5/27/21
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Hi All,

I have an instructor who wants to create a student authored Pressbook.  What we need to work out is the logistics of multiple students developing content for a single book.  I am currently reviewing A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students, but we are curious about the practical process of managing student creation of content.  If you know of a Pressbook that was authored by a class, I’d love to speak to the faculty member about their process!  

 

 

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Verena Roberts

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May 27, 2021, 10:11:42 AM5/27/21
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Morning Jessica ! 

I have co-designed a pressbook with my graduate #edtechethics class. We are working on version #2 this year, but this is the link to Version #1. Each student wrote their own chapter and I supported them. I co-wrote the Introductory chapter which has more information. 

Brown, B., Roberts, V., Jacobsen, M. & Hurrell, C. (Eds.) (2020). Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary. https://doi.org/10.11575/ant1-kb38

Verena :) 

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JENNI HAYMAN

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May 27, 2021, 10:26:58 AM5/27/21
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I believe it is also possible to have multiple Pressbooks instances and then combine a book. Andrea Niosi at KPU has done this I believe.

 

In my experience, multiple editors in the same book at the same time is like crossing the streams in Ghost Busters 😉

 

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Arianna Cheveldave

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Hi Jessica,

Sam Newton (Sam.N...@kpu.ca) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University created with his students the accounting textbooks Introductory Canadian Tax and Intermediate Canadian Tax.

According to the KPU directory, Sam is on leave right now, so I don't know if he's available to answer emails. Perhaps try Rajiv Jhangiani (Rajiv.J...@kpu.ca) as well, as he seemed to be involved with getting the project going.

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Verena Roberts

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May 27, 2021, 10:32:54 AM5/27/21
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I would agree with Jenni-

We edited the chapters ( in multiple formats) before putting them into pressbooks for version 1.

This year we tried to have the students edit in press books - and it proved to be too difficult at this point in time. 

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Jasmine Hoover

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May 27, 2021, 11:06:50 AM5/27/21
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We had a student create an OER as part of her undergraduate thesis: https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/bumblebees/
And I believe one of our faculty members had a Master's class author and education book as well if you want to reach out to him Rob_...@cbu.ca

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Amanda Coolidge

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May 27, 2021, 11:10:28 AM5/27/21
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Oh that is cool!

 

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Ross, Heather

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May 27, 2021, 11:16:24 AM5/27/21
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A prof here had students adapt the Project Management for Instructional Designers book. The adaptation is linked below, and the prof is Dr. Paula McDowell (paula.m...@usask.ca)


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Jessica Norman

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Hi Jenni,

That is one of our concerns – how to manage 30 students with access to a single book.  The other questions we are looking to address are related to student assignment of licences – I’m assuming folks have developed a written agreement that students sign to indicate they understand the implications of working on an open project, and official designate a CC licence.

 

In addition to the book I originally mentioned, Christie Hurrell and Verena have some great information about those type of issues on a site to accompany their project:  https://library.ucalgary.ca/guides/OER/codesign

 

 

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Jessica

 

 

 

 

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Urooj Nizami

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May 27, 2021, 1:32:08 PM5/27/21
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Hi all,

Jenni already mentioned Andrea Niosi’s example, but I wanted to share a presentation she gave along with students, Paris and Vanessa: https://video.bccampus.ca/media/0_8z05g05s

This has also been mentioned, but the approach Andrea and other have taken, on Pressbooks, is to create multiple books and then merge them at the end so there are no issues with multiple folks working in a single book at once.

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Hi Jessica,

 

We use the attached agreement with students.

 

Since Pressbooks only allows for 1 writer at a time in any given chapter, and giving the author role to people is pretty limited, it definitely requires some creative coordination.

 

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Student Agreement to Publish Course Work under a Creative Commons License_1_1 (2).docx

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Hi all:

I would personally suggest with many students starting with collaborative creation documents in Google docs, where you can edit more easily and then once edited, have them add their sections into Pressbooks and put the doc together. The multiple Pressbooks can also work, or making many small short subsections/chapters within Pressbooks and then joining the text later can also work. 

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At KPU we’re not allowed to require students to create Google related accounts because of privacy legislation. So instructors also have to offer an alternative to a Google product. Something to keep in mind depending on your own location.

 

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