1. textbook cost crisis the Open Educational Resources: solving
Faculty Development Workshop | October 26, 2016 | Dominican University of California
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3. Textbooks are expensive

5. Books and Supplies @ Dominican 2016-17 = $1,790
Source: Dominican University of California
National average is $1,200

6. 1st Year and 1st generation students spend more than others on course materials
Source: Hill, P. (February 25, 2016) Students are spending less on textbooks, but that’s not all good. Chronicle of Higher Education
Data from National Association of College Stores
For Fall 2014, students were asked how much they spent on required course materials.
First-generation students spend 10 percent more,
acquire 6-percent-fewer textbooks,
and end up paying 17 percent more per textbook than do non-first-generation students. 
Dominican Students % of new students are 1st gen and 22.4% undergraduates are 1st gen

7. The cost of textbooks can negatively impact learning
Source: Hill, P. (February 25, 2016) Students are spending less on textbooks, but that’s not all good. Chronicle of Higher Education

8. 2 in 3 National Survey Data
Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high
Source

9. 1 in 2 National Survey Data
Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks
Source

10. <1 in 2 National Survey Data
Students purchase a current edition of their textbook
Source

11. Student Textbook Survey Results
How are our students doing?
Worked with Chris Antons in Institutional Research
Sent an to all the students with an explanation of what the survey was about
About a 32% response rate 569/1800
Responses were evenly spread
Across Undergrads and grads
Across Schools
Across class levels

12. Low was 0
High was $1505

13. Average spent on textbooks this fall
$337
Average spent on textbooks this fall

14. 50% Won’t buy or rent a textbook if it’s too expensive
65% nationally
50% total responses
54% Undergrads
36% Graduate

15. 54% Undergrad
36% Graduate

16. 20%
The cost of textbooks impacts the number of classes I take in a semester
Nationally about 50%
20% total responses
23% undergraduate
10% graduate

18. “I originally register [sic] full time this semester but due to the many books for each class, I had to drop one course, because I couldn't afford to buy all of them. :(“

19. 42%
I’ll purchase an older edition of a textbook rather than the one the instructor specified
>50% Nationally
42% total responses
40% undergraduate
44% graduate

20. About an even split
40% agree or strongly agree
43% disagree or strongly disagree

21. I have taken a course without having the textbook
52%
I have taken a course without having the textbook
52% Total responses
55% undergraduate
42% graduate

22. 55% Undergraduate
42% Graduate

23. “…last semester I did not buy/rent a single text book
“…last semester I did not buy/rent a single text book. If there were assignments from a text book, I borrowed a friend's after class and made copies in the library.”
Student was able to maintain a 3.4 GPA

24. 77%
I have taken a course where < 50% of the textbook was assigned reading
77% total responses
82% undergraduate
62% graduate
Students are stating that they wait to buy their textbooks until after the semester starts because:
They want to find out if the instructor has changed their mind
They want to see if the book is only suggested reading
They wait to see if the book is even going to be used

25. 77% Total Responses
82% Undergrads
62% Graduate

26. “I get most frustrated when instructors assign books that we hardly use. It feels disrespectful. I will work more or take out a loan to get the books so they should be necessary.”

27. Open Educational Resources

28. 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.”

29. OPEN Free + Reuse Rights
Retain
Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute

30. open licensing system

31. use © to enable free & open use

32. most open OER least open
Adapted from slides by Cable Green available under CCBY at
least
open

33. openstaxcollege.org

34. Open Textbook (Example)
Free online
Free PDF
Free ePub
Print $49.73
Instructor can adapt and distribute

35. “Number of Students Using OpenStax Textbooks Has More Than Doubled Since January 2016, 1.5 Million+ Students Have Used OpenStax Textbooks Since 2012”

36. pm4id.org

37. Higher or equivalent grades Higher average credit load
Higher or equivalent completion rates

38. How are OER used in higher education?

39. CSU San Marcos Students saved over $1.6 Million

40. OER courses had a 70% enrollment rate compared to 43% for non-OER courses.
At Tidewater, Z courses fill to capacity at a rate significantly higher than non-Z courses, says Williams. For example, last fall a Z course in Calculus had an enrollment rate of 70%, compared to 43% for a non-Z course in the same subject.

41. “Rutgers University Libraries Launch Open and Affordable Textbook Project, Joins Open Textbook Network”

42. “Seven public and private universities in Rhode Island, including Brown and Rhode Island College, have pledged to look into increasing their use of digital textbooks.” 

43. ”As Textbook Prices Soar, UNC Greensboro looks for Free Alternative”

44. “UConn Co-op to donate $250,000 to affordable textbook initiatives”

45. Members of the Open Textbook Network

46. What can we do?

47. (1) Make sharing easy

48. open licensing system

49. Source: http://wp. pierce. ctc

50. Award winning statistics text
Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean, De Anza College
Award winning statistics text

52. (2) Consider OER before traditional materials

54. (3) Connect “open” to our institutional mission

55. (4) Support faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER

56. Use the internet to do what it was meant for… to benefit society

57. Next steps?

58. The Library’s Guide to OER
Found with the Library’s Research Guides
or go to

59. Acknowledgements
This presentation has been adapted from a workshop given at the 2016 Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego by Nicole Allen of SPARC

60. Michael Pujals Scholarly Communications Librarian Dominican University of California