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higher ed is important

higher ed is expensive

Source: http://money. cnn Source: CNN Money

US Public Higher Education Funding - $/Undergrad FTE Data Source: http://www.sheeo.org/resources/publications/shef-%E2%80%94-state-higher-education-finance-fy13 Slide Source: http://www.slideshare.net/djernst Data source: State Higher Education Officers Association Slide source: @dernst, adapted under CCBY

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Cost Factors: Tuition and Fees Room and Board Transportation Books and Supplies Other Expenses

Cost Factors: Tuition and Fees Room and Board Transportation Books and Supplies Other Expenses

Source http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-368

Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15 Books & Supplies = $1,328 Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15 8% total, 17% tuition Source: College Board

Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15 Books & Supplies = $1,225 Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15 5% total, 12% tutition Source: College Board

“the straw that broke the camel’s back”

Source http://www. studentpirgs

Physics: Principles With Applications, 7th Edition by Douglas C Physics: Principles With Applications, 7th Edition by Douglas C. Giancoli

Source http://uncg. bncollege

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Source: http://www. coursesmart

Source http://www. coursesmart

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Market Failure

5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Market Failure 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf Source: Turning the Page by James Koch

Market Failure “less than one third of students believed that using e-textbooks significantly improved their learning or engagement in a course” EDUCAUSE (2013). Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks: An EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Pilot. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/understanding-what-higher-education-needs-e-textbooks-educauseinternet2-pilot Source: EDUCAUSE

??? Market Failure Source: NACS.org Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/. Source: NACS.org

students are captives, not consumers

2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market Source: Student PIRGs

1 in 2 Students 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 Source: Florida Virtual Campus

Students purchase a current edition of their textbook <1 in 2 Students purchase a current edition of their textbook Less than half of college students now purchase a current version of their assigned textbook – opting for older editions or unauthorized copies – down from 62% in 2010. Book Industry Study Group (2013). Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education, Volume Three [press release]. http://www.bisg.org/news-5-815-press-releasestudent-response-to-digital-textbooks-climbs-says-new-bisg-study.php Source: Book Industry Study Group

Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford

We can do better.

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

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”

Free + 5R Permissions

Free + 5R Permissions Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute

open licensing system www.creativecommons.org

use © to enable free & open use

3939 most open OER least open Adapted from slides by Cable Green available under CCBY at http://www.slideshare.com/cgreen 3939 most open OER least open

how is OER created? 2012 13,473,743 undergrad fall enrollment at public institutions Source: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_303.70.asp Approx. $90 savings per student per course Source: Hilton III, J. L., Robinson, T. J., Wiley, D., & Ackerman, J. D. (2014). Cost-savings achieved in two semesters through the adoption of open educational resources. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(2). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1700

ocw.mit.edu

oercommons.org

openstaxcollege.org

openbookpublishers.org

oli.cmu.edu

Source http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/ skillscommons.org

how is OER being used?

Open Textbook (Example) Free online Free PDF Free ePub Print $49.73 Instructor can adapt and distribute Source: http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics

open.umn.edu

phet.colorado.edu

Source http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2014/zdegreecbn.htm

Source http://pm4id.org/

what are the impacts?

Source: http://wp. pierce. ctc

using OER in 1 course per year could save $1.42 billion

$1M student savings, and counting

Supporting Adoption Adapted from slides by David Wiley available under CC BY at http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent Source: Lumen Learning

impact.lumenlearning.com

“open educational resources can help react to a new situation very quickly in a way traditional textbooks cannot” Source and more information: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/46159

how can you get involved?

(1) Make sure faculty who want to share can share

open licensing system www.creativecommons.org

(2) Make sure faculty who want to use OER have the support they need

Source: http://guides. library. umass. edu/content. php

Libraries & OER Forum www.sparc.arl.org/liboer #LibOER

(3) Involve students in everything you do

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use the internet to do what it was meant for to benefit society

Nicole Allen nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks