1. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org educational resources Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org) Director of Open Education, SPARC attribution notices and links in slide comments download my slides at http://slideshare.com/txtbks Except where otherwise noted... open

2. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org higher ed is important

3. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org higher ed is expensive

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5. Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15 Source: College Board Books & Supplies = $1,225

6. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org “the straw that broke the camel’s back”

7. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org tuition & fees textbooks inflation

8. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Calculus: Early Transcendentals (7 th edition), James Stewart

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11. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs

12. @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

13. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford

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17. Image © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/

18. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Market Failure 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch

19. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org students are captives, not consumers

20. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org textbooks inflation

21. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Market Failure Source: NACS.org ???

22. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org We can do better.

23. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

24. @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”

25. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Free + 5R Permissions

26. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Free + 5R Permissions Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute opencontent.org

27. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Open Licensing uses copyright to enable free sharing and reuse

28. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org (easy-to-use open licenses) www.creativecommons.org

29. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org most open least open OER

30. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org how is OER created?

31. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org ocw.mit.edu

32. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org oercommons.org

33. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org openstaxcollege.org

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35. oli.cmu.edu

36. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org skillscommons.org

37. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org how is OER being used?

38. @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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41. phet.colorado.edu

42. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org pm4id.org

43. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org what are the benefits?

44. @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”

45. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org $1M student savings, and counting

46. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Supporting Adoption Source: Lumen Learning

47. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org impact.lumenlearning.com

48. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org impact.lumenlearning.com

49. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org Nicole Allen nicole@sparc.arl.org @txtbks