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SUPPORTING OPEN TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS Camille Thomas Scholarly Publishing Librarian Texas Tech University Content adapted from Michelle Reed and OTN

Thank you. Thank you for joinng and taking time out of your day

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Some stats: OTN 78 members representing 635 institutions 300+ staff trained

Federal Initiatives $5 Million Open Textbook Pilot Grant Program in FY18 Omnibus Appropriation March 23, 2018 passed by Congress Funding for a pilot open textbook grant program Administered by the U.S. Dept of Education Supports projects at institutions of higher education that creates or expands the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students.

Nearly half of all states have considered OER legislation Exemplary Legislation has been passed in the following states: California, Georgia, Maryland, New York, and now, Texas

Today, we will: Explore issues of affordability and their impact on student academic success. Increase familiarity with open textbooks, OE tools, and local OE initiatives, Discuss why and how you might support open textbook initiatives. 7

Usually people get involved or interested in open education because they are student-centered Early adopters, innovators---later adopters and laggers 8

#textbookbroke Sharing stories, great place to find examples 9

2.4 million The cost barrier kept low and moderate-income college-qualified high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf

US Higher Education Funding - $/FTE $10,000 $9,000 $8,000 $7,000 $6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,000 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 State Funding Tuition Revenue http://www.sheeo.org

http://www.sheeo.org

The average borrower owes more than $30,100 in student loans (class of 2016). Texas Tech: $29,214 Graduating students who have borrowed (any loan type, 2016): 55% https://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#overlay=posd/state_data/2017/tx

What can we do? Tuition and Fees Room and Board Books and Supplies Personal Expenses Transportation

What can we do? • Books and Supplies

Increase in Textbook Prices 700% 600% 500% 400% 300% 200% 100% 0% 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 % Increase Textbooks CPI Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics 17

$1,230 – $1,390 The average student budgets on course materials in 2016 – 2017. Source: College Board

Coping with the Cost Purchase an older edition of the textbook. Delay purchasing the textbook. Never purchase the textbook. Share a textbook. Download a textbook from the web.

In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to: 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 grade 26.7% 26.1% Drop a course 17.0% 19.8% Fail a course

TTU Students Opted to Never purchased req. textbook 78% Tailor schedule to share with friends 50% Part-time/ Full time jobs 42% Earned a poor grade 40% Withdrew 11% Didn’t register for course 15% Taken fewer courses 17%

With Open Textbooks: Students enroll in significantly higher number of credits per semester, meaning more progress toward graduation. (Hilton, Robinson, Wiley, and Ackerman 2014; Hilton and Laman 2012; Fischer et. al. 2015).

Final examination scores Improved Grade point average Withdrawal rate Final examination scores (Hilton and Laman 2012; Wiley, Williams, Hilton, DeMarte 2016

Students with Disabilities are able to get materials sooner and in formats compliant with ADA.

Our focus: open textbooks

What do we mean by “open”?

Open = permissions  free

open = free + permissions copy share edit mix keep use

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.

open.umn.edu

connect faculty with open options open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

comprehensive referatory* *All the books!

Criteria for inclusion openly licensed* Portable file Complete textbook Institutional or scholarly society affiliation, or in use in more than one location Original (unless it’s a major overhaul for a new audience) *That means everything, including images.

11 Accounting & Finance 52 Business 43 Computer Science & Information Systems 17 Economics 31 Education 9 Engineering 93 Humanities 11 Journalism, Media Studies & Communications 50 Law 72 Mathematics 7 Medicine 46 Natural Sciences 38 Social Sciences 12 Student Success 433 Total Books (a book may be included in multiple subject areas)

Where do the books come from? Funded initiatives Independent authors Discipline collectives Other places

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67% faculty reviewed* *Reviews manually uploaded every six weeks.

Open Textbook Review Criteria Comprehensiveness Content Accuracy Relevance Longevity Clarity Consistency Modularity Organization Structure Flow Interface Grammatical Errors Cultural Relevance

680 640 600 560 520 480 440 400 360 320 280 240 200 160 120 80 40 647 Open Textbook Reviews 486 Reviews 178 50 2 2 10 19 1.0-1.5 1.5-2.0 2.0-2.5 2.5-3.0 3.0-3.5 3.5-4.0 4.0-4.5 4.5-5.0 Ratings

Today, we ask Angelo State faculty to explore a book in the open textbook library by writing a review.

What “barriers” do you hear (or anticipate hearing) from faculty?

Common deterrents to adopting OER: -No comprehensive catalog. -Too hard to find what I need. -Not enough resources for my subject. -Not knowing if I have permission to use or change. -Not relevant to my local context. Babson Survey Research Group, 2014

They don’t know much about them. Faculty are busy: Prepping for their courses Responding to students Grading Mentoring Research Grant writing Committee Work http://www.onlinelearn•ingsurvTeyh.coem/relpiosrtst goes on/…2014.pdf

What does and could supporting open textbook adoptions look like at Angelo State?

Low stakes Share resources: Reach out to today’s faculty participants the Open Textbook Library, Mason Metafinder your website (https://angelo.libguides.com/OER ) news research (http://openedgroup.org/) Reach out to today’s faculty participants Learn more about textbooks on your campus Talk to students Talk to faculty Outreach for current initiatives

A bit higher Student survey Student videos Partnerships: Center for Teaching and Learning + Educational Services OT listserv/learning community Adopter awards, profiles, panels

High stakes Grant programs to encourage adoption OER-identified courses at registration Texas Senate Bill 810

Strong definition of OER OER Grant program TEXAS SB 810 (2017) Strong definition of OER OER Grant program Courses marked in course schedule Study for OER state repository

When you do talk with faculty…

Beware of demonizing TTU Faculty Senate

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 Try not to overwhelm

Respect academic freedom

Leave Quality Judgment to Faculty

If you run into a tough question…

Are open textbooks effective? How can we know?

Based on the COUP Framework Cost Outcomes Use Perceptions Designed to support all level of inquiry and research Includes: Best Practices Workflows Decision making guidelines Documentation

How can I edit a textbook from the open textbook library?

How do I write an open textbook?

Let’s discuss.

What are your next steps?

Do what you already do. Listen. Have conversations. Introduce new options.

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.

Continue to celebrate achievements

Why?

Open education can transform higher education. Changes to k-12, internationally and funding allocations, legislation

Important to think about what motivates you and faculty

“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 West & Jensen, 2015

Thank you.