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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Open Textbooks and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Nicole Allen OER Program Director, SPARC Joint Mathematics Meetings January 17, 2014 Baltimore, MD
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 7 in 10 Graduating seniors had student debt (class of 2012) http://projectonstudentdebt.org
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks $29,400 Average undergraduate student debt at graduation (class of 2012) http://projectonstudentdebt.org
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks $1,207 Average student budget for books and supplies for 2013- 2014 year http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated- undergraduate-budgets-2013-14
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 82% Increase of textbook prices 2002-2012 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-368 (3x the rate of inflation)
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks $8.8 billion Annual size of the US higher education textbook market http://info.xplana.com/report/pdf/Xplana_Whitepaper_2011.pdf
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks “Broken Market”
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks How Students Save http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/cover-cover-solution % Student Savings Over New Print Text
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 2 in 5 Students report they have shared books with classmates to reduce costs http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2010_fsts_report_01sep2011.pdf
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 1 in 3 Students report downloading course material from an unauthorized website http://www.bisg.org/news-5-847-press-release-now-available-student-attitudes- toward-content-in-higher-education-volume-3.php (up from 1 in 5 in 2010)
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 7 in 10 Undergraduates skipped buying one or more texts due to cost http://www.studentpirgs.org/news/ap/high-prices-prevent-college-students-buying- assigned-textbooks
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 1 in 3 Students say at some point they earned a poor grade because they could not afford to buy the textbook http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 1 in 3 Students say at some point they earned a poor grade because they could not afford to buy the textbook http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 1 in 2 Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Students can’t learn from textbooks if they can’t afford them
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks OPEN TEXTBOOKS Free (usually online) Open (open license)
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) Academic materials that everyone can use, adapt and share freely.
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks 80% / ~$100 Students savings per course when open textbooks used in place of traditional http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/cover-cover-solution
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Studies show that the use of open textbooks is correlated with higher grades and retention rates http://www.eurodl.org/?p=current&article=533 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks ~$100M Students savings worldwide to date from the use of OER instead of traditional materials http://openeducation2013.sched.org/event/90d9e1c479a944181f771f720ef967db
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks ~100-200 ”Professional grade” open textbooks available for common college courses http://openeducation2013.sched.org/event/90d9e1c479a944181f771f720ef967db
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Open Textbook Catalog In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty members. Read full press release Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or similar, license. Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing, editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks. Open Textbook Catalog In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty members. Read full press release Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or similar, license. Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing, editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks. http://open.umn.edu/ In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty members. Open Textbook Catalog
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks What Needs to Happen More “turn key” open textbooks: create new and improve existing More support for adoption: professional development, time buyouts… More awareness: most people don’t know what open textbooks are, we need to change that
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks What You Can Do Faculty: the lynchpin, as both authors and assigners of textbooks Students: the most effective advocates to raise awareness of the problem Libraries: support for curation, creation and adoption
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks What You Can Do Publishers: transition to open models and avoid bad practices Institutions: leveraging OER to increase outcomes, competitiveness Lawmakers: policies that support (but never mandate) the creation and use of OER
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Open textbooks can happen, but we need to make them happen
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Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition www.sparc.arl.org Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks Nicole Allen nicole@sparc.arl.org Twitter: @txtbks http://sparc.arl.org/issues /oer http://sparc.arl.org/issues /oer
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