2011-10-28 Fantasy or Reality: Affordable and Open Access Textbooks (U of Arizona OA Week, Oct 2011)
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The second lecture hosted by the University of Arizona Libraries during its celebration of Open Access Week. 28 October 2011 University of Arizona Open Access Week Tucson, AZ
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2011-10-28 Fantasy or Reality: Affordable and Open Access Textbooks (U of Arizona OA Week, Oct 2011)
- 1. Fantasy or Reality: Affordable and Open Access Textbooks Open Access Week 2011 University of Arizona Nicole Allen The Student PIRGs www.maketextbooksaffordable.org [email_address] @txtbks
- 2. Textbooks cost HOW much???
- 3. Caculus James Stewart $224.95
- 4. Economics N. Gregory Mankiw $255.95
- 5. Chemistry Theodore E. Brown $228.67
- 6. “ Student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time last year and is likely to top a trillion dollars this year.”
- 7. The Problem Students should expect to spend $1137 per year - College Board
- 8. The Problem 26 % of tuition @ public 4-year 72 % of tuition @ comm. College - GAO
- 9. Prices are rising 4 times inflation - Student PIRGs 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 Textbooks vs. Inflation Textbooks Inflation
- 11. Unnecessary New Editions used 5th edition $81.78 6 th Edition $224.95
- 12. Costly Bundles $213.95 with CengageNOW Personal Tutor CD, Student Study Guide, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card Statistics
- 13. Limited E-Books $142.95 only
- 15. Market Failure
- 17. Publisher Student Professor FAIL
- 18. Rx Drug Company Patient Doctor
- 19. More ways to save than ever before
- 24. Average Savings
- 25. 66% Keep Some 34% Rent All 75% Prefer print 25% Prefer digital Student Preferences
- 26. Maximum Savings
- 27. We can do better than that.
- 28. Open Textbooks HTML: $0.00 PDF: $0.00 ePub: $0.00 B&W Book: $25.14 Self-Printed: $30.00
- 29. Open Textbooks HTML: $0.00 PDF: $24.95 ePub: $24.95 B&W Book: $34.95 Color Book: $89.95 Study Aids: $14.95
- 30. Open Textbooks • Table of contents, chapters, exercises • Written by experts • Edited and reviewed to be high-quality 1. Like regular textbooks: Open Textbooks
- 31. Open Textbooks • Available free online to everyone • Downloadable and printable at cost • Hard copies cost$20-30 2. Except affordable: Open Textbooks
- 32. Open Textbooks • Open license • Instructors can customize by adding, editing or removing. • Update faster and only when needed 3. And flexible: Open Textbooks
- 34. E-books, Rentals, etc. Publisher Student Professor
- 35. Open Textbooks Publisher Student Professor
- 36. Overall Savings
- 37. Open Textbooks Savings from switching to open textbooks. $10,114 $75,000 401(k) after 40 years $20,115 Down Payment On First Home $24,575 4 Years Tuition At Iowa State 401(k) Economics 90 Students Calculus 150 Students Physics 185 Students
- 38. $100 per student
- 40. $50K 5 classes
- 41. $100K 1 year
- 42. $500M 5000 US Colleges
- 43. Too Good To Be True?
- 44. Models • Personal motivation • Sabbatical projects or grant funding • Count toward faculty tenure? Individual authors Robert Beezer “ The world doesn ’ t need another linear algebra book. It needs a free one. ” linear.ups.edu
- 45. Models • Work with other institutions or states with similar needs. • Two ideas: split up the work or pool resources. Consortia Community College Consortium for OER More than 200 colleges working to review, create and promote OER. oerconsortium.org
- 46. Models • Hewlett, Soros, Gates... • Grants to existing projects. • Request proposals for specific books. Charitable Grants Customizable “ flex books ” that meet state standards. “ It simply makes more sense. ” ck12.org
- 47. Models • Redirect existing funds (NSF, FIPSE). • Invest new funds (state and federal). Gov ’ t Funding WA state project to create a library of 81 open courses. “ The return on our investment is going to be extraordinary. ”
- 48. Models • Lots of room for improvement over traditional model. • Two ideas: sell ancillary products or licensing fees. Publishers Commercial open textbook publisher Revenue (including royalties) from selling optional print copies, study aids. flatworldknowledge.com
- 49. Beyond Textbooks
- 53. And you thought textbooks were expensive!
- 54. “ Open Access (OA) is the free, immediate, unrestricted availability of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship over the Internet – combined with the rights to use this information to its fullest possible extent.”
- 55. 7,252 Journals 655,586 Articles
- 57. Making affordable textbooks a reality
- 65. Introducing…
- 67. Textbook Rebel
- 68. 40-Campus Tour
- 81. Petition 10,000 signatures 5,000 check the box 50,000 profs emailed
- 82. If just 1 in 500 profs adopt open textbooks… $1,000,000/sem. $2,000,000/year $20,000,000/decade
Editor's Notes
- • Open textbooks are like traditional textbooks in many ways. • They are written by experts and reviewed, same kind of material. • Hard copies are even sold in bookstores.
- • The savings really do add up. • Here are some examples of classes and how much students would save using an open textbook rather than the average traditional textbook in each subject. • Point out one. “For example, switching to an open textbook in a 185-student physics class would save students the equivalent of four years tuition at a state university.”
- • We ’re asking supportive professors to sign onto a statement saying they would consider using open textbooks. That will help us demonstrate to Congress and other potential funders of open textbooks that there is a market for them. • There is a list of open textbooks on our website, and we urge you to go check them out for one that might be a fit for your class. Follow this link. • Also, please help get the word out by letting colleagues know about open textbooks, especially if you see a book that might work for one of their classes.
- • We ’re asking supportive professors to sign onto a statement saying they would consider using open textbooks. That will help us demonstrate to Congress and other potential funders of open textbooks that there is a market for them. • There is a list of open textbooks on our website, and we urge you to go check them out for one that might be a fit for your class. Follow this link. • Also, please help get the word out by letting colleagues know about open textbooks, especially if you see a book that might work for one of their classes.
- • We ’re asking supportive professors to sign onto a statement saying they would consider using open textbooks. That will help us demonstrate to Congress and other potential funders of open textbooks that there is a market for them. • There is a list of open textbooks on our website, and we urge you to go check them out for one that might be a fit for your class. Follow this link. • Also, please help get the word out by letting colleagues know about open textbooks, especially if you see a book that might work for one of their classes.
- • We ’re asking supportive professors to sign onto a statement saying they would consider using open textbooks. That will help us demonstrate to Congress and other potential funders of open textbooks that there is a market for them. • There is a list of open textbooks on our website, and we urge you to go check them out for one that might be a fit for your class. Follow this link. • Also, please help get the word out by letting colleagues know about open textbooks, especially if you see a book that might work for one of their classes.
- • We ’re asking supportive professors to sign onto a statement saying they would consider using open textbooks. That will help us demonstrate to Congress and other potential funders of open textbooks that there is a market for them. • There is a list of open textbooks on our website, and we urge you to go check them out for one that might be a fit for your class. Follow this link. • Also, please help get the word out by letting colleagues know about open textbooks, especially if you see a book that might work for one of their classes.