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THE OPEN EDUCATION INITIATIVE AT SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH-COST TEXTBOOKS Jeremy Smith Based on Marilyn Billings’ OER Summit Presentation (October 2013)

WHY OER? “I stopped buying textbooks my second semester here.” - Marieme T., Class of 2014

WHY OER? SOURCE: The College Board, Annual Survey of Colleges.

WHY OER?

2014 survey of 264 students in OEI classes

SEEKING SOLUTIONS Spring 2011 Provost’s Office and the University Libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst launched the Open Education Initiative (OEI)

SEEKING SOLUTIONS The OEI is a faculty incentive program that encourages: 1. the creation of new teaching materials and models 2. the use of existing open (free) information resources to support student learning 3. the use of library subscription materials 4. development of open technologies

UMASS AMHERST AT WORK Libraries Information Technology Teaching Excellence & Faculty Development

SUCCESS STORIES Animal Sciences 421: Fundamentals of Reproduction Cost Savings to date: $7,680 Carlos Gradil Women's Studies 187: Gender, Sexuality and Culture Cost Savings to date: $8,475 Miliann Kang Electrical and Computer Engineering 314: Introduction to Probability and Random Processes Cost Savings to date: $25,833 Hossein Pishro-Nik

OUTCOMES Total Savings Over Time By College COLLEGE# OF STUDENTS PER COLLEGESAVINGS PER COLLEGE OVER TIME College of Natural Sciences4,471$762, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences1,248$163, College of Humanities & Fine Arts870$119, College of Engineering724$132, College of Education703$74, College of Nursing38$2, Honors College187$7, Stockbridge School of Agriculture275$37, Isenberg School of Management103$20, School of Public Health and Health Sciences175$38, TOTAL8,794$1,359,045.00

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: THE 5R FRAMEWORK RetainReuseReviseRemixRedistribute

OER INCLUDES Curriculum Syllabi Content modules Course materials TextbooksAssignmentsSimulationsLearning objectsLabs Collections Journal articlesE-booksArt galleriesVideo libraries Tools SoftwareCalculatorsAnalytics

LIBRARY.UMASS.EDU/SERVICES/TEACHING-AND-LEARNING/OER/ Open Educational Resources Website at UMass Amherst

QUESTIONS? Jeremy Smith Digital Projects Manager in Scholarly Communication