4. Today, we will:
• Explore issues of affordability and their
impact on student academic success;
• Identify barriers to adoption of open
textbooks and practice how you might help
overcome those barriers;
• Discuss why and how you might support
open textbook initiatives.
12. The average borrower owes more than
$26,250
in student loans (class of 2014).
Institute for College Access and Success
http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Student_Debt_and_the_Class_of_2012_NR.pdf
http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data-2015
Texas =
$27,324
13. Cost of Attendance
• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation
14. Cost of Attendance
• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation
17. The average student budgets
$1,230 - $1,390
on textbooks and course materials in 2016-
17.
http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2015-16
University of Texas, Arlington = $1,206
18. Coping
with the
Cost
• Purchase an older edition of
the textbook
• Delay purchasing the
textbook
• Never purchase the textbook
• Share a textbook
• Pirate a textbook
“I figured French
hadn’t changed
that much.”
- UMN student
19. 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
In your academic career, has the cost of
required textbooks caused you to:
24. • Copy
• Mix
• Share
• Keep
• Edit
• Use
The 5Rs:
1. Retain
2. Reuse
3. Revise
4. Remix
5. Redistribute
Also known
as…
25. Why Open?
• Facilitates the free exchange of
information.
• Allows higher education to take ownership
of its content.
• Empowers faculty
• Sharing is scalable.
26. 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
30. Barriers to Faculty Adoption
• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks
• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student
financial stress, and how it can impact students
academically
• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option
• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are
• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic
textbooks
• Faculty are skeptical of the quality of open textbooks
• Faculty have limited time to engage in reviewing open
EducateEngage
31. They don’t know much about them.
They’re busy:
• Prepping for their
courses
• Responding to students
• Grading
• Mentoring
• Research
• Grant writing
• Committee Work
• The list goes on…
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum2014.pdf
34. • 351 textbooks
• 52% of textbooks have been reviewed by
faculty at OTN institutions (854 reviews)
• 1M+ (!) visits from every country in the world
• Books produced at Rice University, SUNY,
University of Texas at Austin, NOBA,
University of Minnesota, Portland State,
Grand Valley State…
35.
36. 351 Total Books* (Live)
9 Accounting & Finance
47 Business, Management & Marketing
34 Computer Science & Information Systems
17 Economics
6 Engineering
31 Education
69 Humanities & Languages
43 Law
62 Mathematics & Statistics
6 Medicine
38 Natural & Physical Sciences
29 Social Sciences
8 Student Success
*February 1, 2017
46. Let’s try that again!
• Listen to the responses to the questions:
– What outcomes would you expect from this
interaction?
– How could we change this interaction for
different results?
47. I hear these books aren’t any
good. Is the quality the same as
other textbooks?
48. How am I supposed to find time
to adopt an open textbook?
49. I rely on ancillary content in my
courses. Do these books have
any ancillaries?
52. 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
56. Let the word spread.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcoveringa/3203134555/in/photostream/
57. Continue to celebrate their
achievements.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottdwelch/4845488575
58. What are your next steps?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dabinsi/3374255830
59. 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.https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomicpasko/14139726176
60. Do what you already do.
• Listen.
• Have conversations.
• Introduce new
options.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncripps/3156373103/
62. Open textbooks can transform higher
education.
• More open access
publishing
• A change in how we
allocate spending
• Increased engagement
• Improved retention
• Improved completion rates
• Improved pedagogy
• Ownership of course
content
• New partnerships and
collaborative opportunitieshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/86530412@N02/7932571974
63.
64. “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