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Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions
Sarah Faye CohenUniversity of Texas, Arlington
February 10, 2017
Thank you.
Today, we will:• Explore issues of affordability and their
impact on student academic success;• Identify barriers to adoption of open
textbooks and practice how you might help overcome those barriers;
• Discuss why and how you might support open textbook initiatives.
Why are we really here?
#textbookbroke
#textbookbroke
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State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org
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State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org
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The average borrower owes more than
$26,250in student loans (class of 2014).
Institute for College Access and Success http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Student_Debt_and_the_Class_of_2012_NR.pdfhttp://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data-2015
Texas = $27,324
Cost of Attendance• Tuition and Fees• Room and Board• Books and Supplies• Personal Expenses• Transportation
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The average student budgets
$1,230 - $1,390on textbooks and course materials in 2016-17.
http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2015-16
University of Texas, Arlington = $1,206
Coping with the Cost
• Purchase an older edition of the textbook
• Delay purchasing the textbook
• Never purchase the textbook
• Share a textbook• Pirate a textbook
“I figured French hadn’t changed that much.”- UMN student
2012 2016
63.6% 66.5% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses
45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course
33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade26.7% 26.1% Drop a course17.0% 19.8% Fail a course
In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:
Our focus:
Open Textbooks
What do we mean by “open”?
Open = permissions free
• Copy• Mix• Share• Keep• Edit• Use
The 5Rs: 1. Retain2. Reuse3. Revise4. Remix5. Redistribute
Also known as…
Why Open?• Facilitates the free exchange of
information.• Allows higher education to take
ownership of its content.• Empowers faculty• Sharing is scalable.
Why Textbooks?• Hits a major pain point – textbook costs• Faculty understand textbooks• Faculty know how to adopt textbooks• Faculty effort (vs. alternatives) is kept at a
minimum• Textbooks can provide content for a
complete (or nearly complete) course
What “barriers” do you hear
(or anticipate hearing) from faculty?
Barriers to Faculty Adoption• Faculty don’t know where to find open
textbooks• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student
financial stress, and how it can impact students academically
• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option
• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic
textbooks• Faculty are skeptical of the quality of open
textbooks• Faculty have limited time to engage in
reviewing open textbooks
Educ
ate
Enga
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They don’t know much about them.
They’re busy:• Prepping for their courses• Responding to students• Grading• Mentoring• Research• Grant writing• Committee Work• The list goes on…
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum2014.pdf
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• 351 textbooks• 52% of textbooks have been reviewed
by faculty at OTN institutions (854 reviews)
• 1M+ (!) visits from every country in the world
• Books produced at Rice University, SUNY, University of Texas at Austin, NOBA, University of Minnesota, Portland State, Grand Valley State…
351 Total Books* (Live)
9 Accounting & Finance 47 Business, Management & Marketing 34 Computer Science & Information Systems 17 Economics 6 Engineering 31 Education 69 Humanities & Languages 43 Law 62 Mathematics & Statistics 6 Medicine 38 Natural & Physical Sciences 29 Social Sciences 8 Student Success
*February 1, 2017
What about library resources?
Library resources are not “open”, only “available” within your
institution.
What would supporting open textbook adoptions look like at
the UT Arlington?
-Open Textbook Library: email/meetings/+-Outreach to today’s participants.-Partnership with student government.-Online guides (instructors, students).-OT listserv/learning community.-Webinars/workshops (e.g. using and adapting).-Adopter profiles (articles, videos). -Mini-grants to encourage adoption-What else?
Strategies for having conversations about open textbooks
Let’s try that again! • Listen to the responses to the
questions:– What outcomes would you expect from
this interaction?– How could we change this interaction for
different results?
I hear these books aren’t any good. Is the quality the same as other textbooks?
How am I supposed to find time to adopt an open textbook?
I rely on ancillary content in my courses. Do these books have any ancillaries?
Just a few reminders
Beware of demonizing!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/post406/242630595
Try not to
overwhelm
Don’t come to me with the entire truth.Don’t bring me the ocean if I feel thirsty, nor heaven if I ask for light.
-from Olav Hauge’s “Don’t come to me with the entire truth,”
translated by Robert Bly
Respect Academic Freedom
https://www.flickr.com/photos/basykes/7131116
Leave Quality Judgment to Faculty
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Let the word spread.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcoveringa/3203134555/in/photostream/
Continue to celebrate their achievements.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottdwelch/4845488575
What are your next steps?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dabinsi/3374255830
We need YOU.• You are leaders on
your campus.• You work with and
support faculty on your campus.
• You share resources, options, ideas, and tools with faculty.https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomicpasko/14139726176
Do what you already do.• Listen. • Have
conversations.• Introduce new
options. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncripps/3156373103/
Why?
Open textbooks can transform higher education.
• More open access publishing• A change in how we allocate
spending• Increased engagement• Improved retention• Improved completion rates• Improved pedagogy• Ownership of course content• New partnerships and
collaborative opportunitieshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/86530412@N02/7932571974
“Open education is about increasing student achievement, inspiring passion among faculty, and building better
connections between students and the materials that they use to meet their educational goals.”
– Quill West
