The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many institutions have successfully reduced costs for students through stop-gap measures such as rental programs, lending libraries and licensing deals, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER). Institutions of all kinds have begun to leverage OER to reduce costs for students, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including important definitions, major projects, and what the most successful institutions are doing. It will also help frame the opportunity for regional collaboration and provide specific advice for members of the audience to take back to campus.
#OAweek14 @ WFU: OER and Solving the Textbook Cost CrisisNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities like UNCG have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OERs), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OERs to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including how to identify OERs, how they are created, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame the opportunity for UNCG to advance OER right on campus.
#OAweek14 @ UNCG: OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Nicole Allen
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The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities like UNCG have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OERs), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OERs to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including how to identify OERs, how they are created, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame the opportunity for UNCG to advance OER right on campus.
#OAweek14 @ WFU: OER and Solving the Textbook Cost CrisisNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities like UNCG have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OERs), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OERs to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including how to identify OERs, how they are created, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame the opportunity for UNCG to advance OER right on campus.
#OAweek14 @ UNCG: OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Nicole Allen
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The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities like UNCG have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OERs), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OERs to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including how to identify OERs, how they are created, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame the opportunity for UNCG to advance OER right on campus.
Strategies to Support Open Educational Resources for Student Success: Case Ex...Robin M. Ashford, MSLIS
This was a shared Educause Connect Portland 2017 session with Cynthia Jimes from ISKME: https://events.educause.edu/educause-connect/2017/portland/agenda/strategies-to-support-open-educational-resources-for-student-success-case-examples-from-california-michigan-and-oregon
The results of an Open Textbook Initiative, includes definitions, why open is important, the process of beginning an open textbook initiative at a small university and the results after one academic year.
Working Towards Low-Cost Textbooks: Cross-Sector Faculty Collaboration for a ...San Jose State University
St. Edward’s University September 25, 2019 Katherine D. Harris Professor of English Chair, California Open Educational Resources Council San Jose State University California Open Educational Resources Council Presentation by http://icas-ca.org/coerc
This presentation explains the rationale for open textbooks, provides an update on open textbooks at George Fox University, and encourages faculty to participate.
A presentation given at Educause ELI 2019 in Anaheim, CA on February 19. 2019. The PDF is available to download in our university IR: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/libraries_fac/28/
This presentation for faculty explains the rationale for open textbooks, provides an update on George Fox University's Open Textbook Initiative, and encourages them to participate.
Community College Consortium for OER Panel: Increasing Student Retention and ...Una Daly
Presentation at the Online Teaching Conference Jun 18, 2015 in San Diego, CA:
The cost of textbooks has been identified as a major barrier for students completing their education. Colleges seeking to increase student retention and success are promoting the use of open educational resources and open textbooks to reduce costs and improve pedagogy. A key strategy for college adoption campaigns has been participating in communities of practice. Members of the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) will share their best practices and other tactics for nurturing a national community of practice focused on open education.
Etienne Wenger defines communities of practice as “groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” With over 250 member colleges in 19 states and provinces, CCCOER encourages collaboration between members and invites OER project presentations at monthly online meetings. Experienced members advise those who are just getting started on OER and best practices are freely shared. Access to a community of college OER experts through our advisory listserve allows new members to quickly find and adopt the highest quality OER available. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote the OER adoption successes of our members with colleagues in higher education.
Hear from this panel of OER experts about how they promote open textbooks and OER adoption at their colleges:
Una Daly, Director of CCCOER and Curriculum Design at the Open Education Consortium. Panel facilitator.
Katie Datko: Interim Associate Dean of Distance Education and Instructional Designer, Pasadena City College.
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons, President of CCCOER Advisory
Barbara Illowsky: Dean of Basic Skills & OER, CCC Online Ed Initiative and Mathematics professor at De Anza College.
Cherylee Kushida: Distance Education Coordinator and Computer Science professor at Santa Ana College.
Strategies to Support Open Educational Resources for Student Success: Case Ex...Robin M. Ashford, MSLIS
This was a shared Educause Connect Portland 2017 session with Cynthia Jimes from ISKME: https://events.educause.edu/educause-connect/2017/portland/agenda/strategies-to-support-open-educational-resources-for-student-success-case-examples-from-california-michigan-and-oregon
The results of an Open Textbook Initiative, includes definitions, why open is important, the process of beginning an open textbook initiative at a small university and the results after one academic year.
Working Towards Low-Cost Textbooks: Cross-Sector Faculty Collaboration for a ...San Jose State University
St. Edward’s University September 25, 2019 Katherine D. Harris Professor of English Chair, California Open Educational Resources Council San Jose State University California Open Educational Resources Council Presentation by http://icas-ca.org/coerc
This presentation explains the rationale for open textbooks, provides an update on open textbooks at George Fox University, and encourages faculty to participate.
A presentation given at Educause ELI 2019 in Anaheim, CA on February 19. 2019. The PDF is available to download in our university IR: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/libraries_fac/28/
This presentation for faculty explains the rationale for open textbooks, provides an update on George Fox University's Open Textbook Initiative, and encourages them to participate.
Community College Consortium for OER Panel: Increasing Student Retention and ...Una Daly
Presentation at the Online Teaching Conference Jun 18, 2015 in San Diego, CA:
The cost of textbooks has been identified as a major barrier for students completing their education. Colleges seeking to increase student retention and success are promoting the use of open educational resources and open textbooks to reduce costs and improve pedagogy. A key strategy for college adoption campaigns has been participating in communities of practice. Members of the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) will share their best practices and other tactics for nurturing a national community of practice focused on open education.
Etienne Wenger defines communities of practice as “groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” With over 250 member colleges in 19 states and provinces, CCCOER encourages collaboration between members and invites OER project presentations at monthly online meetings. Experienced members advise those who are just getting started on OER and best practices are freely shared. Access to a community of college OER experts through our advisory listserve allows new members to quickly find and adopt the highest quality OER available. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote the OER adoption successes of our members with colleagues in higher education.
Hear from this panel of OER experts about how they promote open textbooks and OER adoption at their colleges:
Una Daly, Director of CCCOER and Curriculum Design at the Open Education Consortium. Panel facilitator.
Katie Datko: Interim Associate Dean of Distance Education and Instructional Designer, Pasadena City College.
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons, President of CCCOER Advisory
Barbara Illowsky: Dean of Basic Skills & OER, CCC Online Ed Initiative and Mathematics professor at De Anza College.
Cherylee Kushida: Distance Education Coordinator and Computer Science professor at Santa Ana College.
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OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15)Nicole Allen
OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15). Full video posted here: http://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/library-presentations/2/
OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Efficacy (#UNTOA16)Nicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OER to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, how it is playing out on campus, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame opportunities in the open, digital environment to improve teaching, learning and research for the advancement of society.
Starting where we are, moving through changes open education is bringing at institutional, national, regional and international levels, and how we can continue to strengthen open education and its positive impacts
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
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Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
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NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education
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About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University of South Florida Libraries
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challenges ahead. It also offers concrete tools and best practices to support
leadership and effective advocacy for open education to benefit students.
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Big Wins and Next Steps: This Year OER PolicyNicole Allen
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#OESS18 | Holding the Line on Open in an Evolving Course Content LandscapeNicole Allen
The open educational resources (OER) movement has grown considerably in the past decade. With this growth, we have seen new players enter the open education space from commercial publishers to learning platform companies. The entrance of these new players into the space is part of a larger shift in the course materials market as technology has changed both access to knowledge and the way students learn. New actors are putting considerable pressure on institutions to purchase new platforms and suites of materials below market price that often contain OER. Some of these platforms for delivery are part of a larger model often called “inclusive access” or “digital discount” programs. These new models and products beg the question, “what is actually best for students?” Providing open educational resources to students without barriers is truly the best way to ensure students have access to the materials they need. How do we make smart decisions on content and content delivery with changing technology and new actors in the OER space? This session will outline existing and new players in the OER movement and discuss strategies for choosing content delivery models.
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Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OER
1. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
Solving the Textbook
Cost Crisis Through OER
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)
Director of Open Education, SPARC
NERCOMP | September 22, 2014
Except where
otherwise noted…
2. SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of
academic and research libraries working to create a
more open system of scholarly communication.
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org
www.sparc.arl.org
5. while tuition and fees increased by 89 percent and overall consumer
prices grew by 28 percent.
Figure 1: Estimated Increases in New College Textbook Prices, College Tuition and
Fees, and Overall Consumer Price Inflation, 2002 to 2012
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Source http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-368
8
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$1,207
Average student budget for books and
supplies for the 2013-2014 academic
year
Source http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-
2013-14
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2 in 3
Students say they decided against
buying a textbook because the cost is
too high
Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
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1 in 2
Students say they have at some point
taken fewer courses due to the cost of
textbooks
Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
23. 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”
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24. 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”
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25. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
1. Free
(no cost, no barriers)
2. Reuse Rights
(open license or public domain)
28. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
most
free
least
free
Slide adapted from Cable Green http://www.slideshare.com/cgreen
OER
not
OER
29. Retain • Make and own copies
Reuse • Use in a wide range of ways
Revise • Adapt, modify, and improve
Remix • Combine two or more
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The “5R” Permissions
Redistribute • Share with others
See www.opencontent.org for full definition.
The$5Rs$
48. Tidewater Community College
is making college more affordable.
All OER 2-Year Degree
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www.sparc.arl.org
The cost of college textbooks has risen 812% since 1978, more
than the rates of inflation, health care, new home prices, and
college tuition.
More and more, college students are unable to afford their
textbooks, and as many as 70% of students have reported
avoiding buying at least one textbook for their courses. Not
surprisingly, these students do not do as well academically.
As of May 2013, if a TCC student purchased all of the textbooks
required for a business administration degree, that student would
spend $3,678.95 on new books. While used textbooks may lower
this price, their availability is, at best, uneven.
But the problem with printed textbooks goes beyond financial cost; textbooks “ cost” students and teachers
in other ways as well.
Because textbooks are frequently written for broad audiences in the hopes that they will fill the learning
support needs and be adopted by large numbers of faculty and departments, they are filled with content
and exercises that are superfluous to a specific course’ s learning outcomes. The cost here is in teaching
efficiency and effectiveness.
Fortunately a solution to both problems exists.
Beginning in Fall 2013, TCC became the first college in the U.S. to create an Associate of Science degree
based solely on open educational resources (OER), academically vetted and publicly licensed content. After
a one-semester pilot project, the true measures of accomplishment are
• student success
• and increased instructor effectiveness.
Early data suggest the Z-Degree will meet both goals. Z Courses experienced greater student retention and
fewer student withdrawals. Grades were comparable with textbook-based courses. Almost 99% of students
55. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
About Lumen Learning
Open Educational Resources represent a largely untapped opportunity to reduce costs to both institutions
and learners, while at the same time improving student success. However, many institutional leaders are
unsure what to do to help their institutions, faculty, and learners take full advantage of OER.
This is where Lumen enters the picture.
Co-founded by open education visionary Dr. David Wiley and education technology strategist Kim Thanos,
Lumen is dedicated to facilitating broad, successful adoption of OER.
After years of pioneering work in open education as individuals, David and Kim collaborated on the Next
Generation Learning Challenges grant-funded Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative in 2012 to replace
textbooks with OER in community college classrooms. Project goals included lowering textbook costs by
50% and improving student success rates. No one was quite prepared for the actual project outcomes, which
resulted in moving the cost of required textbooks to $0 and improving average student success rates by over
10% compared to student performance in the same courses offered by the same instructors in prior years.
You can read more about the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative on the Successful Projects page.
Adding this concrete proof to the body of evidence supporting OER, David and Kim decided to join forces to
help more educational institutions and students realize gains like these.
http://www.lumenlearning.org
Lumen helps institutional leaders and faculty address the major challenges of OER adoption:
! Finding quality content and mapping it to course learning outcomes. Lumen works with faculty
around the country to review and aggregate the best OER from around the web, design these resources
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Developmental Math Results"
Percentage passing with C or better
48.40%
60.18%
Supporting Adoption
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Spring 2011
No OER
Spring 2013
All OER
n=2,842
Adapted from slides by David Wiley available under CC BY at
http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent
About Lumen Learning
Open Educational Resources represent a and learners, while at the same time improving unsure what to do to help their institutions, This is where Lumen enters the picture.
Co-founded by open education visionary Lumen is dedicated to facilitating broad, After years of pioneering work in open education Generation Learning Challenges grant-funded textbooks with OER in community college 50% and improving student success rates. resulted in moving the cost of required textbooks 10% compared to student performance in You can read more about the Kaleidoscope Adding this concrete proof to the body of help more educational institutions and students Lumen helps institutional leaders and faculty ! Finding quality content and mapping around the country to review and aggregate into Open Courses that match general course frameworks online. This process individual or institution to download and ! Incorporating OER into academic consulting services to help institutional sense to introduce OER into courses
65. What course content are faculty
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org
members using?
Can it be supplemented
or replaced with OER?
66. What PD and instructional
design services are offered?
Can OER be part of them?
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org
67. Where is content being created
@txtbks | sparc.arl.org
on campus?
Can it be licensed as OER?
68. How does your campus
disseminate content?
Can it support sharing OER?
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69. 2014 theme is “Generation Open”
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http://www.openaccessweek.org
70. November 19-21 | Washington, D.C.
Day-long track on Libraries & OER
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www.sparc.arl.org
www.openedconference.org
71. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
www.sparc.arl.org
Libraries & OER Forum
http://www.sparc.arl.org/resource/sparc-libraries-
oer-forum
72. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
www.sparc.arl.org
Be part of the solution
www.sparc.arl.org/membership
73. @txtbks | sparc.arl.org
Solving the Textbook
Cost Crisis Through OER
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)
Director of Open Education, SPARC
NERCOMP | September 22, 2014
Except where
otherwise noted…