TY - GEN
T1 - The open textbooks for Hong Kong
T2 - 9th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2016
AU - Cheung, Simon K.S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - As a specific type of open educational resources, open textbooks can be used as official textbooks for classroom-based teaching and learning in both universities and schools. The first official open textbook system just came into existence in Hong Kong although open textbooks have been adopted in North America for a decade. This paper describes the open textbook system for Hong Kong from its conceptualization to implementation. In this paper, the problems of traditional textbooks in Hong Kong that motivated the development of open textbooks are addressed. The development of this open textbook system is described, where the opportunities and challenges are discussed. Based on the lesson learned, an open textbook system should comprise four essential components, namely, a platform for operating open textbooks, a repository of open textbook contents, quality assurance mechanisms, and the continuous capacity building for users. In order for open textbooks to be sustained in the long term, public support should be garnered. Volunteer groups should be formed while continuous philantropic support should be solicited. From time to time, evaluation and reviews should be conducted for continuous improvement.
AB - As a specific type of open educational resources, open textbooks can be used as official textbooks for classroom-based teaching and learning in both universities and schools. The first official open textbook system just came into existence in Hong Kong although open textbooks have been adopted in North America for a decade. This paper describes the open textbook system for Hong Kong from its conceptualization to implementation. In this paper, the problems of traditional textbooks in Hong Kong that motivated the development of open textbooks are addressed. The development of this open textbook system is described, where the opportunities and challenges are discussed. Based on the lesson learned, an open textbook system should comprise four essential components, namely, a platform for operating open textbooks, a repository of open textbook contents, quality assurance mechanisms, and the continuous capacity building for users. In order for open textbooks to be sustained in the long term, public support should be garnered. Volunteer groups should be formed while continuous philantropic support should be solicited. From time to time, evaluation and reviews should be conducted for continuous improvement.
KW - E-learning
KW - Open educational resource
KW - Open license
KW - Open textbook
KW - Open textbook system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978932708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-41165-1_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-41165-1_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84978932708
SN - 9783319411644
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 150
EP - 160
BT - Blended Learning
A2 - Shang, Junjie
A2 - Wang, Aihua
A2 - Kwan, Reggie
A2 - Kwok, Lam-for
A2 - Cheung, Simon K.S.
Y2 - 19 July 2016 through 21 July 2016
ER -