Differentiating Between Textbooks and Online Homework Systems
Hello all. I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me. Thank you in advance. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca
Hi all, I don’t know if this will be helpful, but the UBC Vancouver Senate recently passed some guidelines about 3rd party homework systems (relating to cost and percentage of final grades they can be used for), and we tried to work through some of those issues in the document accompanying the guidelines (I am on the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, which commissioned the preparation of the document and passed the guidelines before they went to the full Senate). You can see the guidelines and our accompanying document on this post on the Open UBC website. <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> I<https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> am not sure we addressed the specific points you raise, though, Heather. If I can help with that beyond what we’ve got in the document linked above, please let me know and I’m happy to try! Christina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christina Hendricks, PhD (she, her) Professor of Teaching, Philosophy Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional, Ancestral, Unceded Territory Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada Phone 604 822 1136 christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> http://ctlt.ubc.ca/<http://ctlt.ubc.ca> | https://chendricks.org On July 17, 2019 at 10:20:13 AM, Ross, Heather (heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca>) wrote: Hello all. I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me. Thank you in advance. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer
The 5 principles in the UBC document are really good and concrete. As a technologist, I especially appreciate the numerous calls for more support for locally hosted & open technology options UBC included in the report. Clint From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Christina Hendricks <christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 11:23 PM To: Heather Ross <heather.ross(a)usask.ca>, "canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca" <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: Re: [Canadaoer] Differentiating Between Textbooks and Online Homework Systems Hi all, I don’t know if this will be helpful, but the UBC Vancouver Senate recently passed some guidelines about 3rd party homework systems (relating to cost and percentage of final grades they can be used for), and we tried to work through some of those issues in the document accompanying the guidelines (I am on the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, which commissioned the preparation of the document and passed the guidelines before they went to the full Senate). You can see the guidelines and our accompanying document on this post on the Open UBC website. <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> I<https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> am not sure we addressed the specific points you raise, though, Heather. If I can help with that beyond what we’ve got in the document linked above, please let me know and I’m happy to try! Christina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christina Hendricks, PhD (she, her) Professor of Teaching, Philosophy Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional, Ancestral, Unceded Territory Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada Phone 604 822 1136 christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> http://ctlt.ubc.ca/<http://ctlt.ubc.ca> | https://chendricks.org On July 17, 2019 at 10:20:13 AM, Ross, Heather (heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca>) wrote: Hello all. I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me. Thank you in advance. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer
Thank you, Christina. This certainly gives me some things to think about as I’m working on our document. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca On Jul 19, 2019, 12:23 AM -0600, Hendricks, Christina <christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca>, wrote: Hi all, I don’t know if this will be helpful, but the UBC Vancouver Senate recently passed some guidelines about 3rd party homework systems (relating to cost and percentage of final grades they can be used for), and we tried to work through some of those issues in the document accompanying the guidelines (I am on the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, which commissioned the preparation of the document and passed the guidelines before they went to the full Senate). You can see the guidelines and our accompanying document on this post on the Open UBC website. <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> <https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> I<https://open.ubc.ca/ubc-senate-endorses-principles-for-digital-learning-materials-used-for-assessment/> am not sure we addressed the specific points you raise, though, Heather. If I can help with that beyond what we’ve got in the document linked above, please let me know and I’m happy to try! Christina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christina Hendricks, PhD (she, her) Professor of Teaching, Philosophy Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional, Ancestral, Unceded Territory Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada Phone 604 822 1136 christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> http://ctlt.ubc.ca/<http://ctlt.ubc.ca> | https://chendricks.org On July 17, 2019 at 10:20:13 AM, Ross, Heather (heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca>) wrote: Hello all. I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me. Thank you in advance. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer
Hi Heather, Clint Lalonde at BCcampus recently (yesterday) created a blog post about this topic. It has a few links that may be useful. https://edtechfactotum.com/what-is-a-homework-system/ Sally *Sally Wilson* Web Services Librarian Ryerson University Library 416-979-5000 x556898 orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-2566 <http://library.ryerson.ca> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:20 PM Ross, Heather <heather.ross(a)usask.ca> wrote:
Hello all.
I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me.
Thank you in advance.
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer
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