OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Efficacy (#UNTOA16)

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higher ed is important

higher ed is expensive

@txtbks | sparcopen.orgSource: CNN Money

$1,000

$3,000

$5,000

$7,000

$9,000

State FundingTuition Revenue

US Public Higher Education Funding - $/Undergrad FTE

Data source: State Higher Education Officers AssociationSlide source: @dernst, adapted under CCBY

$28,950Average debt per borrower for graduating class of 2014

Source: TICAS

Cost Factors:Tuition and FeesRoom and BoardTransportationBooks and SuppliesOther Expenses

Cost Factors:

Books and Supplies

@txtbks | sparcopen.orgSource: GAO

Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15

Source: College Board

Books & Supplies = $1,225

“the straw that broke the camel’s back”

DONE READING?

Market Failure

students are captives, not consumers

Market Failure

5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the

market

Source: Turning the Page by James Koch

Market Failure

Source: NACS.org

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

“Some of the e-book slump amounts to chickens coming home to roost for traditional publishers. They have been fighting to keep e-book prices high — to the point where they engaged in industry-wide collusion with Apple in an attempt to do so […] Is it really such a surprise that higher prices lead to people buying fewer e-books?”

“More students drop out of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow or fail to finish high school within four years than at any other school in the country, while companies tied to its founder have been paid millions.”

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

we can do better.

OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES

OPEN EDUCATIONRESOURCES

OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCESFree + Reuse Rights

• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute

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”

open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org

most open

least open

how is OER created?

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@txtbks | sparcopen.orgopenstaxcollege.org

@txtbks | sparcopen.orgopenbookpublishers.org

@txtbks | sparcopen.orgplos.org

@txtbks | sparcopen.orgoli.cmu.edu

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how is OER being used?

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@txtbks | sparcopen.orgphet.colorado.edu

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Supporting Adoption

Source: Lumen Learning

• Higher or equivalent grades• Higher average credit load• Higher or equivalent completion

what can you do?

(1) Start with the lowhanging fruit

using OER in 1 course per year could save US students

$1.42 billion

… and remember all fruit falls eventually

(credit: Quill West)

(2) Encourage sharingby people whowant to share

Award winning statistics text

(3) Support faculty toadopt, adapt,

andcreate OER

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@txtbks | sparcopen.orglumenlearning.com

Libraries & OER ForumLibOER.org#LibOER

(4)Make “open” your mission

use the internet to do what it was meant for

to benefit society

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OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Efficacy (#UNTOA16)

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