My slides from my presentation during a panel on open textbooks

1. Open
Textbooks:
New
Models
in
Textbook
Produc8on
Rajiv
Jhan
giani,
Ph.D.

3. There
is
a
direct
rela8onship
between
textbook
costs
and
student
success
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60%+ do not purchase textbooks
at some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to
textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a
course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without
textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course
due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a
course due to textbook cost
Source: 2012 student survey
by Florida Virtual Campus

4. NOT
∧
Why
Open
Textbooks?
Access
Cost
savings
Portability
Course
performance
Student
reten8on
Program
comple8on
Adapt,
update,
&
remix

5. Introduc6on
to
Psychology
3
sec6ons
(Summer
2014)
• 105
students
collec6vely
saved
$10500
$100
$0
(digital)

6. Research
Methods
in
Psychology
2
sec6ons
(Fall
2013
&
Spring
2014)
• 67
students
collec6vely
saved
$8700
$120
$0
(digital)
or
$13.06
(print)

7. The
cost
savings
that
come
with
an
open
textbook
are
important
to
me
100.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
agree
%
N
=
61

8. What
is
the
average
cost
of
the
textbooks
that
you
purchase
for
your
other
courses?
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
<$50
$51-­‐$100
$101-­‐$150
$151-­‐$200
>$200
Rajiv
Richard
N
=
61

9. Overall,
I
am
sa8sfied
with
the
convenience,
access,
&
portability
of
the
open
textbook
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
agree
%
N
=
61

10. I
would
not
have
bought
the
text
book
for
this
course
because
it's
an
elec8ve.
I
would
have
possibly
walked
away
with
a
C,
now
I
might
actually
get
an
A-­‐
I
like
how
the
theories
are
explained
in
more
understandable
ways
compared
to
other
textbooks
where
the
author
tends
to
talk
in
circles
before
explaining
what
is
being
talked
about
It
is
easily
accessible
and
convenient.
Material
is
easy
to
understand
and
follow
I
personally
really
like
the
convenience
of
having
the
complete
set
of
chapters
on
my
computer
and
even
accessible
from
my
phone
if
I
need
it.
I
like
that
I
don't
have
to
lug
around
another
text
book
It's
free
and
it's
a
great
money
saver

13. Open
Textbooks
Philosophy
of
Openness
Open
Publishing
Open
Research
Open
Pedagogy