OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (University of Guelph #OAWeek)

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textbookcost crisis

Nicole Allen ([email protected])Director of Open Education, SPARC

Except where otherwise noted...

theOER and solving


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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15

Source: College Board

Books & Supplies = $1,225


“the straw that broke the camel’s back”

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: Student PIRGs

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DONE READING?

GOOD


Market Failure


Market Failure

5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the

market

Source: Turning the Page by James Koch


students are captives, not consumers


2 in 3Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost

is too high

Source: Student PIRGs


1 in 2Students say they have at some

point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks

Source: Florida Virtual Campus


<1 in 2Students purchase a current

edition of their textbook

Source: Book Industry Study Group


Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford


We can do better.


OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES


Hewlett Foundation Definition:“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or are released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others”


Free + 5R Permissions


Free + 5R Permissions• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute


open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org


use © to enable free & open use


most open

least open

OER


how is OER created?

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgocw.mit.edu


oercommons.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgopenstaxcollege.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgopen.umn.edu

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgbccampus.ca/open-textbook-project

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orghttp://open.bccampus.ca

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgoli.cmu.edu


$1M student savings, and counting


using OER in 1 course per year could save

$1.42 billion


how is OER being used?

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgphet.colorado.edu


Open Textbook (Example)

• Free online

• Free PDF

• Free ePub

• Print $49.73

• Instructor can adapt and distribute


Supporting Adoption

Source: Lumen Learning

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgimpact.lumenlearning.com

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgpm4id.org


“open educational resources can help react to a new situation very quickly in a way traditional textbooks cannot”


what is the role of policy?

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgskillscommons.org


how can you get involved?


(1) Make sure facultywho want

to share can share


open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org


(2) Make sure facultywho want

to useOER have

thesupport

they need


Libraries & OER Forumwww.sparc.arl.org/liboer

#LibOER


(3) Involve students in everything you do


#textbookbroke


www.opencon2015.org | @open_con


use the internet to do what it was meant for

to benefit society


Nicole [email protected]

@txtbks

OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (University of Guelph #OAWeek)

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