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OER Talk @ CU Boulder
The document discusses the significant financial burden textbooks place on students, with many unable to afford required materials, leading to disengagement from their education. It advocates for the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER), which are free materials that can be shared and modified, to alleviate this crisis. The speaker, Nicole Allen, emphasizes that implementing OER can enhance student success and reduce educational costs significantly.
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- 2. Tackling the TextbookCrisis The Role of Open Educational Resources and Affordable Course Materials Guest Speaker: Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education for SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
- 3. @txtbks | sparcopen.org thestatus quo is broken
- 4. Consumer Prices 2006–2016 U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics Textbooks Tuition & Fees All Items
- 5. Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets,2016-17 Source: College Board Books & Supplies = $1,200+
- 6. @txtbks | sparcopen.org “thestraw that broke the camel’s back”
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- 13. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 5major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch Near-Monopoly
- 14. Data Source: NACS MixedMessages
- 15. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 2in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 16. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 1in 2 Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks Source: Florida Virtual Campus
- 17. @txtbks | sparcopen.org <1in 2 Students purchase a current edition of their textbook Source: Book Industry Study Group
- 18. @txtbks | sparcopen.org studentscannot learn from books they can’t afford
- 19. @txtbks | sparcopen.org wecan do better
- 20. @txtbks | sparcopen.org whatis open?
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- 24. Sound Bite: “OER areeducational materials that are distributed at no cost with permission for everyone to freely use, share, and build upon the content.”
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- 29. @txtbks | sparcopen.org mostopen All Rights Reserved© most closed OER 5R permissions retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute
- 30. @txtbks | sparcopen.org tourof the OER space
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- 40. U.S. Department ofLabor
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- 42. @txtbks | sparcopen.org whydoes it matter?
- 43. openedgroup.org/review academic research showing theimpact of OER vs. traditional materials
- 44. 12 percentage point increasein student success measure
- 45. "This launched usin to a new direction, allowing us to be creative and unfettered in developing course materials that would meet the needs of the students at our respective colleges and that could also be…freely and widely distributed.” Prof. Howard Miller Mercy College
- 46. tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free Open resources inevery single course, reduces cost of degree 20%, increases completion
- 47. “Thanks to theZ-Degree program I didn’t have to choose between continuing my education or getting braces for my daughter” - Melissa Koch, TCC Student
- 48. $1.3 million instudent savings by working with faculty to adopt free & open resources
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- 52. I wanted mystudents to gain hands on experience managing a project… So I asked my students to engage in a very large scale revise / remix project.” - @opencontent
- 53. @txtbks | sparcopen.org whatyou can do
- 54. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (1)when you can share, do share
- 56. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (2)change the default: consider OER first, then other options
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- 58. using OER in1 course per year could save US students $1.42 billion Source: Student PIRGs
- 59. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (3)support faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER
- 61. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (4)use “open” to achieve your mission
- 62. “…our goal atCU Boulder is to directly affect Colorado communities through collaborative research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Our faculty, staff and students work with the broader community to establish unique connections that have lasting outcomes—both across Colorado and around the world. ”
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- 67. Nicole Allen nicole@sparcopen.org @txtbks |@sparc_na www.sparcopen.org
Editor's Notes
- #5 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm
- #6 https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2016-17
- #8 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #9 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #10 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #11 Underlying image © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/
- #14 Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
- #15 Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/.
- #16 Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
- #17 Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
- #18 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
- #28 Slide adapted from David Wiley’s deck, available under CC BY at https://www.slideshare.net/opencontent
- #41 Source http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/
- #45 http://lumenlearning.com/story-mercy-college/ 8/9/16
- #46 Quote source: http://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/11/adopting-oer-a-case-study-of-crossinstitutional-collaboration-and-innovation Image source (CC BY): http://lumenlearning.com/story-mercy-college/
- #47 Source http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2014/zdegreecbn.htm
- #48 Image: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/21/08/38/mother-2085053_960_720.jpg No rights known
- #50 http://news.rice.edu/2013/12/12/openstax-college-offers-sixth-textbook-introductory-statistics/
- #52 https://pm4id.pressbooks.com/ 8/9/16
- #53 http://lumenlearning.com/meet-the-team/ Image licensed CC BY Further reading: http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2629
- #56 https://creativecommons.org/about/platform/
- #59 http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/sp/open-textbooks-billion-dollar-solution
- #61 https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2016/08/25/fundamentals-of-business-virginia-techs-new-open-textbook/ https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/70961
- #63 http://www.colorado.edu/about