Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER

@txtbks | sparc.arl.org

Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER

Nicole Allen ([email protected])

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

@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

25%

61%

52%

39%

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


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?

GOOD


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

OER

not OER

http://www.slideshare.com/cgreen

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

The “5R” Permissions

http://www.opencontent.org/



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 ([email protected])

Director of Open Education, SPARC

NERCOMP | September 22, 2014

Except where otherwise noted…