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OER & Reducing Student Debt
The document discusses the impact of high textbook costs on students, with significant statistics indicating that many students forgo purchasing required texts, leading to negative educational outcomes. It advocates for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER), which are freely available and enable reuse and modification, as a solution to reduce costs and improve learning. The presentation emphasizes the benefits of OER, including increased grades and course completion rates.
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- 1. OER & Reducing StudentDebt Nicole Allen Director of Open Education October 26, 2016 • Austin, TX Except where otherwise noted...
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- 3. Data Source: Bureauof Labor Statistics
- 4. Average Estimated Full-TimeUndergraduate Budgets (Enrollment-Weighted) Books & Supplies: $1,364 @ Public Two-Year $1,298 @ Public Four-Year
- 6. “the straw thatbroke the camel’s back”
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- 8. 2 in 3 Studentssay they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 9. 1 in 2 Studentssay they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks Source: Florida Virtual Campus
- 10. <1 in 2 Studentspurchase a current edition of their textbook Source: Book Industry Study Group
- 11. students can’t learn frombooks they can’t afford
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- 14. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Free + ReuseRights • Retain • Reuse • Revise • Remix • Redistribute
- 15. Hewlett Foundation Definition: “OERare 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. • Higher orequivalent grades • Higher average credit load • Higher or equivalent completion rates openedgroup.org
- 25. Nicole Allen nicole@sparcopen.org @txtbks |@sparc_na www.sparcopen.org
Editor's Notes
- #4 Source: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm#tab-1
- #5 Source: https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/trends-college-pricing-web-final-508-2.pdf
- #8 Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/.
- #9 Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
- #10 Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
- #11 Less than half of college students now purchase a current version of their assigned textbook – opting for older editions or unauthorized copies – down from 62% in 2010. Book Industry Study Group (2013). Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education, Volume Three [press release]. http://www.bisg.org/news-5-815-press-releasestudent-response-to-digital-textbooks-climbs-says-new-bisg-study.php
- #19 https://openstax.org/details?principles-economics
- #21 http://www.nacs.org/portals/nacs/uploaded_images/pr/pressreleases/OpenStax_image.jpg
- #22 http://open.umn.edu/
- #23 http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/about/about_us
- #25 http://openedgroup.org/review http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12528-015-9101-x http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicole-allen/college-textbooks-do-you_b_8261086.html