Proposal Title
Learning beyond the course content: Development of an Open Access eTextbook powered by faculty, students and librarians
Session Type
Welcome to my Laptop
Room
FNB 2210
Start Date
4-7-2019 1:00 PM
Keywords
open-access, eTextbook, development, collaboration, animal physiology, students, graduate students, librarians, staff, faculty, learning
Primary Threads
Teaching and Learning Science
Abstract
Open-access eTextbooks have the potential to be dynamic digital resources that can be updated with research findings, adapted to align course learning outcomes and student learning goals, and developed to be more accessible to a greater number of learners. We have developed an open access eTextbook for second-year anatomy and physiology students at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) to meet the specific learning requirements of second-year Biology students in an Animal Physiology course. In our presentation, we will share our collaborative journey of the creation of this open eTextbook and the eTextbook itself. Specifically, we will: a) share how we embedded course learning outcomes within the textbook and interactive elements of the textbook to better support student learning; b) share how librarians, staff, graduate students, and faculty collaborated and continue to collaborate on curating, creating and editing of the content developed for the open textbook; c) share how undergraduate students learn the content using the textbook but also how they apply skills beyond the course content expectations when using or interacting with the textbook; d) share challenges we encountered, and e) reflect upon next stages and issues on the horizon, as we engage in creating, improving and disseminating information about this open textbook project.
Elements of Engagement
We will incorporate time for the audience to explore and engage with elements of our open textbook throughout our presentation. During the reflective part of our presentation, we would also like to bring in discussions of the overall use of open textbook in university education, not only cost reduction incentive but also as a tool that can be used to collaborate with students while they are learning.
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Learning beyond the course content: Development of an Open Access eTextbook powered by faculty, students and librarians
FNB 2210
Open-access eTextbooks have the potential to be dynamic digital resources that can be updated with research findings, adapted to align course learning outcomes and student learning goals, and developed to be more accessible to a greater number of learners. We have developed an open access eTextbook for second-year anatomy and physiology students at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) to meet the specific learning requirements of second-year Biology students in an Animal Physiology course. In our presentation, we will share our collaborative journey of the creation of this open eTextbook and the eTextbook itself. Specifically, we will: a) share how we embedded course learning outcomes within the textbook and interactive elements of the textbook to better support student learning; b) share how librarians, staff, graduate students, and faculty collaborated and continue to collaborate on curating, creating and editing of the content developed for the open textbook; c) share how undergraduate students learn the content using the textbook but also how they apply skills beyond the course content expectations when using or interacting with the textbook; d) share challenges we encountered, and e) reflect upon next stages and issues on the horizon, as we engage in creating, improving and disseminating information about this open textbook project.