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OPEN TEXTBOOKSOpportunities in transformative learning and student success
Sarah Faye Cohen@thesheckUniversity of Northern Iowa
I have a dream…
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The cost barrier kept
2.4 millionlow and moderate-income college-qualified high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
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State Funding Tuition Revenue
http://www.sheeo.org
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State Funding Tuition Revenue
http://www.sheeo.org
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR STUDENTS?
The average borrower owes more than
$29,400
in student loans (class of 2012).
Institute for College Access and Success http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Student_Debt_and_the_Class_of_2012_NR.pdf
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Consumer Revolving Credit Student Loan Debt
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Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/
Factors of the cost of higher education:
• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation
Factors of the cost of higher education:
• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation
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Increase in Textbook Prices
Textbooks CPI
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Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
The average student can expect to pay
$1,225 - $1,328on textbooks and course materials in 2014-15.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-costs/quick-guide-college-costs
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS?
#textbookbroke
#textbookbroke
#textbookbroke
TheAcademic Impact:
•Purchase an older edition of the textbook
•Delay purchasing the textbook
•Never purchase the textbook
•Share the textbook•Pirate the textbook
“I figured French hadn’t changed that much.”- UMN student
63.6% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% Take fewer courses
45.1% Not register for a specific course
33.9% Earn a poor grade
26.7% Drop a course
17.0% Fail a course
http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:
“The hardest part of college shouldn’t be paying for it.”
-Hilary Clinton, Oct. 13, 2015
WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE IN MANY WAYS
Alternative textbook projects
Digital Course Packs
Textbooks available through the library
Textbooks available through the library
Self paced and informal learning to supplement course content.
There is an alternative that…….is built to drive curriculum and is ready to use from day one.
There is an alternative that…….is built to drive curriculum and is ready to use from day one.
….allows every student in your class access to the textbook on (or even before) day one.
There is an alternative that…….is built to drive curriculum and is ready to use from day one.
….allows every student in your class access to the textbook on (or even before) day one.
….every student can afford.
There is an alternative that…….is built to drive curriculum and is ready to use from day one.
….allows every student in your class access to the textbook on (or even before) day one.
….every student can afford.
….enables faculty to tailor content to the course objectives they select.
Open Textbooks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/7176605114
Why textbooks?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/timuiuc/4232485465
Open Content
OER
Open Textbooks
Defining Open Educational Resources
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”
With Creative Commons licenses, you are free to…
Copy Mix
Share Keep
Edit Use
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rahimageworks/804575557
Customization and improvement.
• Ability to customize and update in real time.
• No additional costs to the institutions, the students, the parents.
Affordable course materials
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/partial-credit-2015-survey-faculty-attitudes-technology
Tailoring courses based on faculty expertise
https://www.flickr.com/photos/helloturkeytoe/4932748746
What might open textbooks stay to students?
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION?
Powerful local solutions
Open is a global solution
Imagine
“a student saves $128 per course, when their traditionally published textbook is replaced with an open textbook”
“open textbooks have the potential to save more than a billion dollars each year”
Open textbooks are a toe hold
https://www.flickr.com/photos/markdoliner/13523516913
The effect could be staggering.
It could impact…• The future of research• The future of publishing
• How our institutions look at our intellectual output.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007684425/
It could result in…• More open access publishing
• A change in our reliance on big publishers
• A change in our reliance on big deals
• A change in how we use our budgets
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A CULTURE SHIFT.
What does that mean on the ground?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevandotorg/4023199860
Taking first steps.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedepartment/110775600
an alliance of schools committed to improving access, affordability and academic success through use of the open textbooks
Oregon Community
College Distance Learning
Association
Oregon Community
College Distance Learning
Association
We ask faculty to:• Take a look at open textbooks from the Open
Textbook Library (open.umn.edu).• Write a review.• Adopt if a book meets their needs and the needs
of their students.• Raise awareness - talk with colleagues in your
program and department.
open.umn.edu: a catalog of complete, openly licensed textbooks.
178 books204 reviews
What we see from faculty.
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Open.umn.edu: web traffic47% increase in web traffic in six months.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
For our children.
For our students
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakeeb/4647211575
For the possibilities in front of us.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3155662908/
THANK [email protected]@thesheck ; @open_textbooksopen.umn.edu