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textbookcost crisis
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)Director of Open Education, SPARC
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theOER and solving
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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies = $1,225
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“the straw that broke the camel’s back”
@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: Student PIRGs
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DONE READING?
GOOD
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Market Failure
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Market Failure
5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the
market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
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students are captives, not consumers
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2 in 3Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost
is too high
Source: Student PIRGs
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1 in 2Students say they have at some
point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus
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<1 in 2Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
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Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford
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We can do better.
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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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”
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Free + 5R Permissions
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Free + 5R Permissions• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
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open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org
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use © to enable free & open use
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most open
least open
OER
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how is OER created?
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oercommons.org
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$1M student savings, and counting
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using OER in 1 course per year could save
$1.42 billion
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how is OER being used?
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Open Textbook (Example)
• Free online
• Free PDF
• Free ePub
• Print $49.73
• Instructor can adapt and distribute
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Supporting Adoption
Source: Lumen Learning
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“open educational resources can help react to a new situation very quickly in a way traditional textbooks cannot”
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what is the role of policy?
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how can you get involved?
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(1) Make sure facultywho want
to share can share
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open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org
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(2) Make sure facultywho want
to useOER have
thesupport
they need
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Libraries & OER Forumwww.sparc.arl.org/liboer
#LibOER
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(3) Involve students in everything you do
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#textbookbroke
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www.opencon2015.org | @open_con
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use the internet to do what it was meant for
to benefit society
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Nicole Allennicole@sparc.arl.org
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