The $5 Textbook

David WileyBrigham Young University

Digital Promise

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Education Is Sharing

the context

Teachers Share With Students

knowledge and skillsfeedback and criticism

encouragement

Students Share With Teachers

questionsassignments

tests

If There Is No Sharing

there is no education

Successful Educators

share most completelywith the most students

Knowledge is Magical

can be given without being given away

Physical Expressions Are Not

to give a book you must give it away

Expressions Are Different

To give a book you must give it away

When Expressions Are Digital

they also become magical

An Indescribable Advance

the first time in human history

Both Knowledge and Expressions

can be given without giving away

Unprecedented Capacity

we can share as never before

Unprecedented Capacity

we can educate as never before

What Does “Share” Mean?

online it means copy and distribute

Cost of “Copy”

For one 250 page book:

• Copy by hand - $1,000

• Copy by print on demand - $4.50

• Copy by computer - $0.00084

Cost of “Distribute”

For one 250 page book:

• Distribute by mail - $5.20

• Distribute by internet - $0.00072

Copy and Distribute are “Free”

this changes everything

Educational Sharing

also means adapting or editing

Sense-making, Meaning-making

connecting to prior knowledgerelating to past experience

(in an appropriate language)

Digital Makes Editing “Free”

editing a printed book or magazine is difficult and expensive

Free Copy, Distribute, Edit

we can share as never before

Free Copy, Distribute, Edit

we can educate as never before

Except We Can’t

© forbids copying, distributing, and editing

© Cancels the Possibilities

of digital media and the internet

InternetEnables

what to do?

CopyrightForbids

Use copyright to enforce sharing

The 4Rs

Reuse – copy verbatimRedistribute – share with others

Revise – adapt and editRemix – combine with others

Over 400 Million Items

using CC licenses at end of 2010

The “Open” in OER

free permission to do the 4Rs

InternetEnables

OERAllows

sharing and educating at unprecedented scale

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$80

average HS science textbook cost

7 Years

average life of HS textbook in UT

Absolutely No

highlighting, underlining, note taking

Classroom Sets

1 laptop per child?

< 1 textbook per child

“Open” Textbooks

free 4R permissions

4Rs

reuse, revise, remix, redistribute

Digital or Print

whatever local infrastructure supports

Direct Engagement

highlighting, underlining, note taking

Take It Home

in fact, just keep it

Free, Right?

what does it cost?

You Get What You Pay For, Right?

will students learn less?

UOT Pilot, Year 1

7 teachers, 1200 students

4Rs PD

2 days with teachers

20%

250 / 1250 pages

What Not To Do

ignore 4Rs, use 3 ring binders,print booklets, print small #s

Learning Impacts?

Statistics

mean = +3%median = -1%

UOT Pilot, Year 2

22 teachers, 2700 students

20%

250 / 1250 pages

$5.35

$14,400 / 2690

7 Year Cycle Open

Biology $10.57 $5.16

Chemistry $10.86 $4.89

Earth Systems $10 $4.61

Physics $11.43 N/A

53%

savings in year 2

From Lulu to CreateSpace

price for year 3 will drop $1+

Calculator

http://opencontent.org/calculator/

USOE Stewardship

statewide strategywinter 2012

Grades 6-12 = 278,000

language artsmath

science

Cost of Traditional Books Over Cycle $61,875,000

Cost of Open Books Over Cycle $28,875,000

Potential Savings Over Entire Cycle $33,000,000

Potential Savings Per Year (at 53%) $4,714,286

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Some Related Items

not just UT, of course

WA HB 2337

“provide professional development programs that offer support,

guidance, and instruction regarding the creation, use, and continuous

improvement of open courseware”

Postsecondary Students

Pay $35 instead of $150+ per book300,000 students have saved $39M+

Postsecondary Students

Pay $35 instead of $150 per book300,000 students have saved $39M+

Project Kaleidoscope (NGLC)

Preliminary research results

“How would you rate the quality of the texts used for this course?”

Answer Response %WORSE than… 4 3%About the SAME AS… 67 56%BETTER than… 49 41%

“How do you feel about the online format of the texts used…?”

Answer Response %I like it MORE than … 65 52%I have no preference 38 31%I like it LESS than… 21 17%

“Imagine a future course you are required to take. If two different sections were offered…”

Answer Response %I would enroll in the section with TRADITIONAL PUBLISHED TEXTS

17 13%

I would enroll in the section with TEXTS LIKE THOSE OFFERED IN THIS COURSE

93 74%

I would have no preference 16 13%

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What Does It All Mean?

future implications

Transition to Digital

Chairman Genachowski and Secretary Duncan

how do open textbooks support?

Digital

diagnostic and adaptive(interactive)

Open

free full local control (4Rs)

What If?

what would a digital + open future look like?

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Thank You

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