{"id":380,"date":"2019-06-02T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T02:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/?p=380"},"modified":"2019-06-02T20:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:11:19","slug":"unit-3-activity-1-summing-it-all-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/unit-3-activity-1-summing-it-all-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3 – Activity 1 – Summing It All Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was first introduced to open pedagogy and open educational resources (OER) like open textbooks in our MALAT program through the virtual symposium sessions in April 2018. My curiosity and interest grew as I spoke with others in my cohort and during conferences like the Digital Pedagogy Lab and the CSHS Digital Education for a Digital World at George Brown College.<\/p>\n

With the introduction of e-textbooks in our dental hygiene program in September and finding out that some of the e-textbooks were still as high as the traditional print textbooks. Since open textbooks have been implemented in many colleges and universities in many different courses. I was curious to find out if open textbooks are the answer to our issue.<\/p>\n

For my inquiry, I have considered the Roger\u2019s Diffusion of Innovation Theory which looks at five characteristics: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability (Rogers & Ellsworth, 1997). Research studies on diffusion demonstrate that innovations that are not complex, advantageous to the users, visibly beneficial, user friendly and easy to trial, \u201cwould lead to a more extensive and faster diffusion than an innovation with the opposite characteristics\u201d (Dillon & Morris, 1996, as cited by Du Plessis & Wiese, 2014). Therefore, when looking at the features, benefits and challenges of each of the textbook formats (open digital and open print textbooks, e-textbooks and traditional print textbooks), would one of these be preferred over another to be effective in learning for all students? While there are many studies showing that open textbooks have been beneficial to the students by lowering costs thus increasing accessibility for all students, there have been some studies which are demonstrating that there are costs (i.e. wages of faculty, librarians, designers) to the institutions to create and implement the open textbooks.<\/p>\n

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Du Plessis, G., & Wiese, M. (2014). The battle of the e-textbook: Libraries’ role in facilitating\u00a0student acceptance and use of e-textbooks.\u00a0South African Journal of Libraries and\u00a0<\/em>Information Science,80<\/em>(2), 17-26. doi:10.7553\/80-2-1509<\/p>\n

Rogers, E., & Ellsworth, J. (1997). Diffusion of innovations.\u00a0Educational Technology Research\u00a0<\/em>and Development. 45<\/em>(4), 91.<\/p>\n

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