Open Educational Resources Overview (NAGPS LAD, 09/27/15)

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

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higher ed is important


higher ed is expensive

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: CNN Money


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State FundingTuition Revenue

US Public Higher Education Funding - $/Undergrad FTE

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




Cost Factors:Tuition and FeesRoom and BoardTransportationBooks and SuppliesOther Expenses


Cost Factors:Tuition and FeesRoom and BoardTransportationBooks and SuppliesOther Expenses


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

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgPhysics: Principles With Applications, 7th Edition by Douglas C. Giancoli





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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


“less than one third of students believed that using e-textbooks significantly improved their learning or engagement in a course”

Market Failure

Source: EDUCAUSE


Market Failure

Source: NACS.org

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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 don’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”


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

OA


how is OER created?

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


oercommons.org

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgopenstaxcollege.org

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

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgskillscommons.org


how is OER being used?


Open Textbook (Example)

• Free online

• Free PDF

• Free ePub

• Print $49.73

• Instructor can adapt and distribute

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

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

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgpm4id.org


what are the impacts?



using OER in 1 course per year could save

$1.42 billion


$1M student savings, and counting


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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advocating for OER policy


advocating for OER policy

State Policy Initiatives



• Grants for campus pilot programs for the creation, use, improvement of OER

• Sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Rep. Hinojosa

• Scheduled for reintroduction



• Call for White House to adopt policy to make federally funded educational resources openly licensed

• 100 orgs including NAGPS!• Builds on existing open

policies


• Ask: Co-sponsor Affordable College Textbook Act when introduced• Ask: Support OER in Higher

Education Act Reauthorization• Ask: Make sure that federally

funded resources are openly licensed


• Textbook costs/limitations are a real problem (your personal story)

• The market is broken and not working for students

• Time to harness technology to reduce costs and make materials better

• Open Educational Resources• Free to read online• Flexible to adapt and share• Students learn as well or better


• Affordable College Textbook Act would create a federally funded grant program to support OER pilot programs• Accelerates adoption and creation of

OER• Reduces cost of education• Creates opportunities to improve

teaching


advancing OER back at home


pass a resolution


Open textbook reviews

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@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgOER adoption programs


use createadapt share


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