[Open-education] New methodological guide on assessing impact of open e-textbook programs, based on the Polish case

Thu Mar 28 17:37:11 UTC 2019

Well done, Alek and team!

This is a valuable contribution to the open education community.

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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:31 AM Alek Tarkowski <atarkowski at centrumcyfrowe.pl>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I wanted to share with you a new report published by the Joint Research
> Center of the European Commission, which will be interesting for those of
> you working on Open Education policymaking.
>
> The report is a methodological guide for assessing impact of open
> e-textbook programs and it is based on an analysis of the Polish
> e-textbooks program. The guide has been co-authored by me and Jan Strycharz
> (Centrum Cyfrowe, Poland), Michał Sitek (IBE, Poland), Riina Vuorikari and
> Jonatan Castaño (IPTS JRC)
>
> You can read the full report here:
>
> https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/methodological-guide-implementation-and-evaluation-open-e-textbook-programs
>
> And here’s the abstract:
> Abstract:
> In order to draw evidence-based conclusions about publicly funded
> programmes and interventions, there is an interest in impact assessment.
> This Methodological Guide is meant to provide assistance on conducting
> evaluations of public initiatives focused on the provision of open digital
> textbooks. Such textbooks are in a digital format and made available
> publicly online. When funded through public funds, it becomes important to
> understand the possible costs and savings. Therefore, the Guide focuses on
> exploring the costs and savings associated with such initiatives, and on
> the other hand, estimating their impact on learning outcomes (e.g.
> exemplified as academic achievements). The Guide aims to be generic drawing
> on experiences gained from an independent evaluation of a Polish public
> program that produced open digital textbooks. Therefore, the methodology
> presented in this Guide can also be used to analyse programs focused on
> other types of digital content in education. The long-term aim of the Guide
> is to promote the proper evaluation of such initiatives in the future.
>
> We hope that this guide will be useful for states that are developing or
> planning to develop e-textbook programs.
>
> Best,
>
> Alek Tarkowski
>
>
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