Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER

@txtbks | sparc.arl.org

Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)

Director of Open Education, SPARC

NERCOMP | September 22, 2014

Except where otherwise noted…

SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication.

www.sparc.arl.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgwww.sparc.arl.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-368

$1,207Average student budget for books

and supplies for the 2013-2014 academic year

Source http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2013-14

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgMacroeconomics (5th Edition) by Stephen D. Williamson

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource http://www.ucsbstuff.com

Source http://www.studentpirgs.org/sites/student/files/reports/A-Cover-To-Cover-Solution_4.pdf

Conventional Measures

Used Books

Rentals

E-Books

E-Readers

http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/cover-cover-solution

% Student Savings Over New Print Text

Source http://www.coursesmart.com/macroeconomics-fifth-edition/stephen-d-williamson/dp/9780132992787

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgImage © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/

DONE READING?

Market Failure

2 in 3Students say they decided against

buying a textbook because the cost is too high

Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market

1 in 2Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to

the cost of textbooks

Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

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”

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”

1. Free(no cost, no barriers)

2. Reuse Rights(open license or public domain)

Open LicensingUses copyright to enable

free sharing and reuse

(easy-to-use open licenses)www.creativecommons.org

most free

least free

Slide adapted from Cable Green http://www.slideshare.com/cgreen

not OER

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSee www.opencontent.org for full definition.

The “5R” Permissions

OpenCourseWare

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCaptured from http://ocw.mit.edu/about/

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCaptured from http://open.umich.edu/education/med

Captured from http://open.umich.edu/education/med/m1/patients-pop-decision-making/fall2011/materials

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCaptured from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFU7fUff7PA

OER Repositories

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orghttp://cnx.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orghttp://www.oercommons.org

Open Textbooks

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCaptured from http://openstaxcollege.org/

Open Textbook (Example)

• Free online

• Free PDF

• Free ePub

• Print $49.73

• Instructor can adapt and distribute

http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics

http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&categoryId=9602&langId=-1&productId=4000000000002535744&storeId=216405&productStoreId=216405

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2014/feb/osu-open-textbook-initiative-aims-reduce-student-costs-enhance-learning

Open Courses

http://oli.cmu.edu/courses/free-open/introductory-psychology-course-details/

Institutional Initiatives

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCaptured from http://opencourselibrary.org/

81 Courses

All OER 2-Year Degree

Funder Policies

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/

Source http://www.californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Portals/0/DocDownloads/PressReleases/SEP2013/PRESS_RELEASE_CreativeCommonsBY_090913_FINAL.pdf

Faculty Support

Image © from http://www.teleread.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bookstorerummage.jpg

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orghttp://open.umn.edu

100+ open textbooks

http://www.lumenlearning.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=87648&sid=4778777

Impacts

www.sparc.arl.org

$1M student savings, and counting

Supporting Adoption

Adapted from slides by David Wiley available under CC BY at http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource http://pm4id.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laurentius_de_Voltolina_001.jpg (public domain)

The Medieval Lecture

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5th_Floor_Lecture_Hall.jpg (CC BY-SA)

The Modern Lecture

Advance our systems for sharing information

toward openness

What can you do?

What course content are faculty members using? Can it be supplemented or replaced with OER?

What PD and instructional design services are offered?

Can OER be part of them?

Where is content being created on campus?

Can it be licensed as OER?

How does your campus disseminate content?

Can it support sharing OER?

2014 theme is “Generation Open”

http://www.openaccessweek.org

November 19-21 | Washington, D.C.

Day-long track on Libraries & OER www.openedconference.org

Libraries & OER Forum

http://www.sparc.arl.org/resource/sparc-libraries-oer-forum

Be part of the solution

www.sparc.arl.org/membership

Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER

Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)

Director of Open Education, SPARC

NERCOMP | September 22, 2014

Except where otherwise noted…

Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER

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