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From Textbook to Homework:

A Collaborative Journey in Developing Our Spanish OER Projects with LibreTexts

International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)

4 October 2024

Hugo Díaz-Rodil, Sierra College and American River College

Sarah Harmon, Cañada College

Alejandro Lee, Santa Monica College

Cristina Moon, Chabot College

“From Textbook to Homework: A Collaborative Journey in Developing Our Spanish OER Projects with LibreTexts (IALLT)” �is licensed CC-BY 4.0 by Prof. Hugo Díaz-Rodil, Dr. Sarah Harmon , Dr. Alejandro Lee, and Dr. Cristina Moon.

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Presentation Topics

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Nice to meet you!

Grammar and Homework Ancillaries

The Bedrocks of the Projects

Creating and Integrating Assignments

Meet the Teams

Gaps in Spanish OER

Creating the Material

IDEA and Accessibility

What’s next for the team

¿Preguntas?

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QR Code for These Slides

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Meet the Team

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Cristina Moon, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish�OER/ZTC Coordinator�Chabot College

Professor of Spanish�Santa Monica College

Sarah Harmon, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Spanish and Linguistics�OER/ZTC Coordinator�Cañada College

Hugo Díaz-Rodil, MA

Instructor of Spanish at �Sierra College and �American River College

Alejandro Lee, Ph.D., MLIS

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Gaps in Spanish OER

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Grammar and Homework Ancillaries

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We began our OER journey in 2020 with the launch of our first OER Spanish grammar manual, Entrada Libre, to complement Acceso from U of Kansas.

We soon realized that lack of comprehensive and accessible OER homework was a roadblock to switching away from publisher materials, especially HW platforms such as MindTap, Connect, VHL Supersite, and MyLab.

In 2023, we released our second project, Tarea Libre, a homework collection for first-year Spanish courses.

This year, we continue with our third project, Tarea Libre 2, homework for second-year Spanish courses.

The OER Journey

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Project 1: Entrada Libre

Intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish
Entrada Libre should be used in conjunction with other OER resources such as Acceso (for the cultural component) and Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispana (for the literature component).
Funding from Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI), RFP I
Licensed as CC-BY-NC 4.0 (open license)
Technical support from LibreTexts, particularly with new technologies
Written June-December 2019; published June 2020.

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Entrada Libre

The web traffic for Entrada Libre exceeds 400,000 pageviews from 2020 and growing steadily. This tracks to 833 days of confirmed student reading (likely more that cannot be tracked).

Furthermore, numerous text remixes hosted on the LibreTexts Humanities library contain parts of Entrada Libre which adds to the OER’s impact.

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Entrada Libre Grammar Manual

24 grammar topics covered in most intermediate/advanced Spanish textbooks and courses
Reading with examples of grammar points in context
Grammar explanation
Self-graded H5P exercises

Authors:

Nancy Meléndez-Ballesteros

Nicolás Crisosto

Alejandro Lee

Cristina Moon

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Project 2: Tarea Libre

Homework set for First-Year Spanish courses
Licensed as CC-BY-NC 4.0 (open license)
Written in accordance with California C-ID Transfer Model Curriculum for SPAN 100 and SPAN 110
Funding from Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI), RFP IV
Technical support from LibreTexts, particularly with new technologies
Written Summer 2022-Winter 2023; published May 2023
Media either self-created or openly-licensed

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Who is using Tarea Libre

Spring 2024:

One third (⅓) of the 500 active or past active courses on the platform were using Tarea Libre questions.
5,000 students and approximately 800,000 submitted answers.
Tarea Libre is the most active OER collection on the ADAPT homework system.

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Tarea Libre Modules

1,400 activities
14 modules (7 modules per semester)
4-5 sections per module with vocabulary and grammar
5 ‘pasos’ of vocabulary and grammar exercises per section

Preliminar
Empecemos
Continuemos
Practiquemos
Avancemos

3 comprehensive assessments per module

Hablemos
Escuchemos
Leamos

Authors:

Nancy Ballesteros-Meléndez

Sarah Harmon

Alejandro Lee

Cristina Moon

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Creating the Material

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Creating and Integrating Assignments

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So Many Options…

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What is LibreTexts?

LibreTexts is a multidisciplinary platform offering customizable textbooks, a homework system with over 250,000 open questions, and various learning resources, such as interactive assessments, adaptive learning tools, and Jupyter Notebooks.

It also supports LMS integration, book printing, and provides ongoing faculty support through office hours, workshops, and tutorials.

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What is ADAPT?

ADAPT is LibreTexts' "Adaptive Learning Assessment System". It is both a question repository and an online homework platform that can be set up to tie into your grade book via LTI.

In other words, ADAPT is the homework platform.

Some features of ADAPT are:

Adopt as it-is from more than 215,000 questions, or adapt and remix exercises
Choose from wide variety of accessible question types to create activities
Integrate easily into Canvas and Blackboard

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Who is using ADAPT

Since 2023

+ 580 ADAPT courses

296 from Spanish classes

+20,800 students

+ 6,400 are from Spanish classes

Some of the institutions using ADAPT for Spanish:

Allan Hancock College
American River College
Cal State LA
Cañada College
Cerro Coso CC
Chabot College
Columbia College
Cuyamaca College
Cypress College
Estrella Mountain CC

LA Pierce College
Madera CC
Montgomery College
Mount Saint Mary’s University-Los Angeles
Reedley College
San José City College
Santa Monica College
Santa Rosa Junior college
Sierra College

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Project 3: Tarea Libre 2

Homework set for Second-Year (collegiate) Spanish courses
Licensed as CC-BY-NC 4.0 (open license)
Written in accordance with California C-ID Transfer Model Curriculum for SPAN 200 and SPAN 210
Funding from LibreTexts and the CA ZTC Acceleration grants received for Chabot College and Santa Monica College
Technical support from LibreTexts, particularly with new technologies
Written Spring-Summer 2024; ready for Fall 2024 terms
Media: either self-created or openly-licensed

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Tarea Libre 2 Modules

800 activities
8 modules (4 modules per semester) connected to Acceso
4-5 grammar sections per module
5 ‘pasos’ of grammar exercises per section

Empecemos
Continuemos
Practiquemos
Avancemos
De todo un poco

4 comprehensive assessments per module

Hablemos
Escuchemos
Leamos
Conversemos (New)

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New section in TL2: De todo un poco

Module	Topics
Module 1	Reglas de acentuación: énfasis silábico, palabras bitónicas/tritónicas, división silábica, acentos diacríticos
Module 2	Reglas de puntuación
Module 3	Minúsculas/mayúsculas, ortografía (c/s/z, b/v, h)
Module 4	Cognados falsos (parte 1), participios adjetivales
Module 5	Transiciones y conectores, verbos con preposición
Module 6	Ortografía (j/g, c/k, ll/y), mandatos con tú, vos y vosotros
Module 7	Diferencias culturales, lingüísticas, léxicas, dialectales
Module 8	Cognados falsos (parte 2), verbos

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Cultural Readings: Leamos

Los Estados Unidos

1A Censo 2020
1B Las aventuras del chef José Andrés y sus hijas

España

2A Albert Espinosa
2B Ventajas e inconvenientes de vivir en España

El Caribe

3A Ponce de León
3B El son cubano y la Buena Vista Social Club

México

4A Tacos al pastor y la influencia levantina en México
4B Una nueva ola de inmigrantes: los coreanos en México

Centroamérica

5A Los garífunas de América Central
5B Proyecto de desarrollo sostenible en la Moskitia

El Caribe Continental

6A La lucha por la preservación: Los ngäbe-buglé de Panamá
6B Descubrimientos arqueológicos en el Caribe continental

Los Andes y las Amazonas

7A El artista peruano Félix Espinoza
7B Nuevos descubrimientos en la selva amazónica en Ecuador

El Cono Sur

8A ¿Qué es el lunfardo?
8B El rongo rongo de Rapa Nui
8C El mapudungun, la lengua del pueblo mapuche (contribución de María Datel)

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Connections to Acceso in activities

For Tarea Libre 2, we paralleled our modules with the 8 thematic modules in Acceso.

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Tarea Libre 2 ADAPT Native questions

ADAPT auto-graded native questions: fill in the blank, multiple choice, select choice, matching, highlight text

Select choice

Highlight Text

Matching

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Cloning ADAPT native questions

Instructors can easily customize by copying (“cloning”) any ADAPT native question.

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ADAPT non-auto graded questions

Following Tarea Libre, TL2 include the Hablemos, Escuchemos, and the new Conversemos sections based on topics presented in Acceso modules.

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Audio Recording: Hablemos and Escuchemos

These are non auto-graded activities to assess oral and listening skills.

Students record their responses using the recorder tool in the ADAPT assignment.
Instructors listen, grade, and provide feedback all in the same page.

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NEW: Conversemos

Question type for oral interaction
Similar to a discussion board with audio, video and/or text inputs
Uses new Discuss-It question type in ADAPT
Creates opportunities for student-to-student regular and substantive interaction in online modalities
Recordings are auto-captioned

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Fostering Collaborative Work

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“Chain story”: Students choose an image to narrate a story started by a peer

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IDEA and Accessibility

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The Bedrocks of the Project

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It’s Important to Be Inclusive!

Why Inclusivity Matters

Access for All: Cater to diverse learning needs and backgrounds.
Representation: Include diverse voices and perspectives.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Multiple Formats: Text, audio, video.
Flexible Assessments: Various ways to demonstrate knowledge.
Engagement Strategies: Diverse methods to spark interest.

Accessibility from the Start

Clear Text & Alt Text: For readability and screen readers.
Captions: For all audio/video content.
User-Friendly Design: Navigable and accessible for everyone.

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Reasons We Favored ADAPT

More accessible question types that are generally accessible, including matching, highlighting text (mark the word/text) and select choice (drop-down menu)

Note: Make sure to use UDL best practices when drafting

Easier to create alternative pathways (A11y)
Easier to clone, modify and share activities
Better insertion of audio and video media that integrates with the page (especially for those using adaptive technology)
Auto closed-captioning and transcription of audio and video recordings
Quicker response by ADAPT personnel to address issues and create solutions

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Cultural Diversity and Accessibility in Content

ASCCC OERI IDEA Framework (2022)
Culturally responsive education

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IDEA in Readings

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ASCCC OERI Webinars on IDEA

Archived webinars on the IDEA framework and how to use it on the ASCCC OERI website (use the search bar to aggregate videos on IDEA)

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What’s Next for the Team

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Release Dates

Instructor Guide for Tarea Libre 2 will be in the LibreTexts Commons (expected late fall 2024).

Next project: Entrada Libre 2 (expected summer 2025).

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Preview of Entrada Libre 2.0

To align with the content on Tarea Libre 2, we will be working on a remix of Entrada Libre 2. Here is a preview of the planned content:

1.1 Repaso: Números (ordinales, cardinales, romanos) 1.2 Comparativos y superlativos 1.3 Presente del indicativo 1.4 Ser y estar, presente progresivo 1.5 Usos del infinitivo y del gerundio 1.6 De todo un poco: Reglas de acentuación	5.1 Futuro simple 5.2 Condicional 5.3 Pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto en combinación 5.4 Preposiciones “por” y “para” 5.5 De todo un poco: Transiciones y conectores, verbos con preposición
2.1 El imperfecto 2.2 El pretérito 2.3 Pretérito vs. imperfecto 2.4 Verbos como gustar 2.5 De todo un poco: Reglas de puntuación	6.1 Cláusulas con “si” en situaciones reales 6.2 Imperfecto del subjuntivo 6.3 Cláusulas con “si” en situaciones hipotéticas 6.4 Mandatos formales e informales 6.5 De todo un poco: Más ortografía (J/G, C/K, LL/Y/I)
3.1 El presente del subjuntivo y sus usos 3.2 El subjuntivo con cláusulas adjetivales 3.3 El subjuntivo con cláusulas adverbiales 3.4 Pronombres relativos 3.5 De todo un poco: Reglas de los usos las mayúsculas/minúsculas, ortografía (C/S/Z, B/V, H)	7.1 Ser y estar 7.2 Pretérito perfecto del indicativo y pretérito perfecto del subjuntivo (futuro perfecto, secuencia de tiempo) 7.3 Pluscuamperfecto 7.4 Tiempos perfectos en situaciones hipotéticas 7.5 De todo un poco: Diferencias culturales
4.1 Pronombres de objeto directo 4.2 Pronombres de objeto indirecto 4.3 Pretérito perfecto del indicativo/ pretérito perfecto del subjuntivo 4.4 De todo un poco: Cognados falsos (Parte 1), Participios adjetivales	8.1 Pretérito vs. imperfecto 8.2 Usos impersonales de “hacer” 8.3 La voz pasiva 8.4 Usos comunes de “se” 8.5 De todo un poco: Cognados falsos (Parte 2)