Post on 11-Jan-2017
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textbookcost crisis
nicole allen SPARCExcept where otherwise noted...
the OER and
solving
USAIN OER Preconference | 4/24/16 | Gainesville, FL
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higher ed is important
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higher ed is expensive
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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
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$28,950Average debt per borrower for graduating class of 2014
Source: TICAS
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Cost Factors:Tuition and FeesRoom and BoardTransportationBooks and SuppliesOther Expenses
Cost Factors:
Books and Supplies
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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies = $1,225
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“the straw that broke the camel’s back”
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DONE READING?
GOOD
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Market Failure
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students are captives, not consumers
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Market Failure
5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the
market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
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Market Failure
Source: NACS.org
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2 in 3Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost
is too high
Source: Student PIRGs
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1 in 2Students say they have at some
point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus
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<1 in 2Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
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students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford
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we can do better.
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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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”
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCESFree + Reuse Rights
• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
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open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org
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use © to enable free & open use
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most open
least open
OER
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how is OER created?
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how is OER being used?
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Open Textbook (Example)
• Free online
• Free PDF
• Free ePub
• Print $49.73
• Instructor can adapt and distribute
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Supporting Adoption
Source: Lumen Learning
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• Higher or equivalent grades• Higher average credit load• Higher or equivalent completion
rates
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what can you do?
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(1) Make sharing easy
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open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org
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Award winning statistics text
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(2) Consider OERbefore
traditionalmaterials
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using OER in 1 course per year could save Penn State students
$10.7million
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using OER in 1 course per year could save US students
$1.42 billion
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(3) Support faculty toadopt, adapt,
andcreate OER
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Libraries & OER ForumLibOER.org#LibOER
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(4)Connect “open” toyour
institutionalmission
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use the internet to do what it was meant for
to benefit society
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