Advocating for OER - SUDS conference

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BC Open
Textbook
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What Are OER?

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What Are OER?

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OER Examples
Simulations
Wikis
Blogs
Adaptive
tests
Open textbooks

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How did this get started?
40 free & open textbooks for highest
enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-secondary
subjects in BC
2014 – 20 for skills & training
First province in Canada
2014 – AB & SASK MOU
$1 million
2014 - $1 million
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Why are we doing this project?
To increase access to higher education by reducing student costs
To give faculty more control over their instructional resources
To improve learning outcomes for students
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OER and Student Achievement
11 Peer Reviewed Studies
http://openedgroup.org/

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48,623 Students
http://openedgroup.org/

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93% Same or Better Outcomes
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Student Achievement: No Significant Difference
http://openedgroup.org/
“In three key measures of student success—
course completion, final grade of C- or higher,
course grade– students whose faculty chose
OER generally performed as well or better
than students whose faculty assigned
commercial textbooks.”
A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students in
Journal of Computing in Higher Education

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What are Open Textbooks?
A textbook licensed under an open
copyright license, and made available
online to be freely used by students,
teachers and members of the public.
They are available for free as online and
electronic versions, or as low-cost printed
versions.

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Benefits of Opentextbooks- Students
Increased access to education
 Remove financial barriers: replace expensive
textbooks with free alternatives
 Students don’t have to go without textbooks
or buy outdated editions
 If free access to a resource, students are more
likely to use it and learn from it
 Promotes legal and responsible use of digital
resources

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Benefits of Opentextbooks – Faculty & Students
Enhanced Pedagogy
 Adapting courses to fit textbooks vs. molding
textbooks to fit a course
 Faculty take control of own teaching approach:
adapt textbooks to fit the pedagogical needs
 Opentextbooks: free to edit and distribute means
authentic learning assignments
 Accessible resources adapted to fit the needs of a
course foster positive classroom environments

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Faculty have full legal rights to
customize & contextualize open
textbooks to fit their pedagogical
needs

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The 5 R’s of Open
• Make and own a copyRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
http://lumenlearning.com/announcement-5r-open-course-design-framework/

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Early Adopter and Adapter
Dr. Takashi Sato Physics KPU
Students: 60
Previous Textbook: $187
OpenStax Textbook: $0
Student savings: $11,200
1 class 1 institution 1
term

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Student Debt
Crisis

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Education is expensive
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• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation

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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budget
“For many undergraduate university programs, $800 to $1,000
per year is a reasonable range for planning for the cost of books
and other materials.”
College Board (US)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

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How much students say they spend on textbooks per
term in Canada
Source: Data on Textbook Costs, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 2015.
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Average Student Expenditures onTextbooks
The Peak: SFU Campus Newspaper

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66% do not purchase books at some point due to book cost
47.6% take fewer courses due to book cost
45.5% choose not to register for a course due to book cost
37.6% regularly go without textbooks and earn a poor grade due
to book cost
26.1% have dropped a course due to book cost
20.7% have withdrawn from a course due to book cost
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Impact of Textbook Cost
Source: 2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey – Florida Virtual Campus (DRAFT)

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Textbooks Vs. Groceries?
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Free, High Quality
Textbooks
No
Compromise

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http://www.consumerreports.org/student-loan-debt-crisis/
Faces of Student Debt

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Saving Students $$

30. Results
Year Faculty Sections Students Savings
2013 12 18 553 $55,300 - $84,560
2014 42 78 2630 $263,000 - $367,896
2015
(Jan-April)
33 73 2224 $222,400 - $252,285
Today 168 538 15206 $1,528,600.00 - $1,905,289.00
https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/

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Advocacy is
lacking

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What can YOU do? Think BIG and BOLD
In the index card provided to you write
ONE bold idea for how you could advocate
for OpenTextbooks and OER in your
institution.

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What can YOU do? Think BIG and BOLD
 Pass cards around
 Read the idea on the card you get
 Discuss with your partner
 Rate it using a 1 to 5 scale (1: Low 5: high)
 Write your rating on the back of the card
 Pass it along
 Lets do this 5 times
 Add up the 5 scores on the back of the card
you end up with

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What can YOU do?
• Presentations
• Utilize visuals, create displays
• Speak directly to faculty
• Suggest that faculty review a textbook
• Showcase examples
• Form a student led OER group
• Run a #textbookbroke campaing
• Connect. Collaborate. Join forces.

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What can YOU do?
https://open.bccampus.ca/2013/03/11/how-students-can-advocate-for-open-textbooks/

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What can YOU do?
https://opentextbc.ca/studenttoolkit/chapter/step-two-what-already-exists-on-your-campus/

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What can YOU do?

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What can YOU do?

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What can YOU do?
 Senior administration letter of support template
 Promote OER Webinars on campus
 Joint OER Resolution
Resource Templates

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