@txtbks | sparc.arl.org educational resources Nicole Allen Director of Open Education, SPARC attribution notices and links in slide comments download my slides at Except where otherwise noted... open
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org higher ed is important
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org higher ed is expensive
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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, Source: College Board Books & Supplies = $1,225
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org “the straw that broke the camel’s back”
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org tuition & fees textbooks inflation
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Calculus: Early Transcendentals (7 th edition), James Stewart
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@txtbks | sparc.arl.org 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org 1 in 2 Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks Source: Florida Virtual Campus
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford
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@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Market Failure 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org students are captives, not consumers
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org textbooks inflation
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Market Failure Source: NACS.org ???
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org We can do better.
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org 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”
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Free + 5R Permissions
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Free + 5R Permissions Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute opencontent.org
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Open Licensing uses copyright to enable free sharing and reuse
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org (easy-to-use open licenses)
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org most open least open OER
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org how is OER created?
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org ocw.mit.edu
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org oercommons.org
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org openstaxcollege.org
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oli.cmu.edu
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org skillscommons.org
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org how is OER being used?
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Open Textbook (Example) Free online Free PDF Free ePub Print $49.73 Instructor can adapt and distribute
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phet.colorado.edu
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org pm4id.org
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org what are the benefits?
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org “a student saves $128 per course, when their traditionally published textbook is replaced with an open textbook” “open textbooks have the potential to save more than a billion dollars each year”
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org $1M student savings, and counting
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org Supporting Adoption Source: Lumen Learning
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