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Eight years ago, the open technical communication textbook, Open Technical Communication, was created from an Affordable Learning Georgia grant. Since its creation, Open Technical Communication has been revised several times and transferred to an entirely different platform. Throughout its lifespan, it won an international award and has been adopted throughout the world. The textbook is in use in 30 states, and it been adopted 65 times in the United States and six additional countries. The textbook has been shown to lead to successful student learning outcomes. After eight years and all of these positive results, it’s time for an update. After sharing some of their research findings, Tiffani and Tamara will discuss their plan for the second edition and another exciting upcoming project.

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Tiffani Tijerina is a PhD candidate in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program at Texas Tech University (TTU), where she is studying OER with the support of an Open Education Research Fellowship. She has served as program manager for Affordable Learning Georgia and on the steering committee for the Open Education Conference, and she is currently an instructor at KSU and TTU. She is the author of numerous publications, including Open Technical Communication and “Perspectives from a departmental adoption of an open technical communication textbook.” She is also currently editing a forthcoming edited collection from The UNG Press titled Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice.

Tamara Powell is a professor of English at Kennesaw State University. Her specialization is African American literature. She has been teaching with OERs since 2013. She is author of numerous publications, including "Pivot, Pivot! Kennesaw’s Distance Learning Journey" in From Grassroots to the Highly Orchestrated: Online Leaders Share Their Stories of the Evolving Online Landscape in Higher Ed, "Time-efficient techniques for improving student and instructor success in online courses," "Student Success Innovations vs. Faculty Workload Concerns: How to Find a Balance for Success," and Open Technical Communication.

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Eight Years Later: Data from an Open Technical Communication Textbook and Next Steps

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Eight years ago, the open technical communication textbook, Open Technical Communication, was created from an Affordable Learning Georgia grant. Since its creation, Open Technical Communication has been revised several times and transferred to an entirely different platform. Throughout its lifespan, it won an international award and has been adopted throughout the world. The textbook is in use in 30 states, and it been adopted 65 times in the United States and six additional countries. The textbook has been shown to lead to successful student learning outcomes. After eight years and all of these positive results, it’s time for an update. After sharing some of their research findings, Tiffani and Tamara will discuss their plan for the second edition and another exciting upcoming project.