Open Education in the United States
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This document discusses open education in the United States. It notes that the US education publishing market is worth $16.6 billion and textbook prices have increased 411% since 1987. It states that US students owe over $1.3 trillion in student debt and 2 in 3 students decide against buying textbooks due to high costs. Open educational resources are freely accessible digital materials that can be legally used and modified. The document provides examples of open education initiatives in Washington state, Utah, Michigan, and for higher education that aim to reduce costs and improve learning through openly licensed educational materials.
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Open Education in the United States
- 1. OPEN EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES NDLA • Oslo, Norway • March 2017 Nicole Allen Director of Open Education
- 3. Source: http://blog.marketresearch.com/projected-2015-trends-in-the-education-industry $16.6 billion (140 billion NOK) Size of U.S. education publishing market
- 4. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ▲411% 1987-2017 Prices for educational books & supplies
- 5. Prices 2006–2016 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics College Textbooks Tuition & Fees All Items
- 6. @txtbks | sparcopen.org $1.3 trillion+ Total amount of student debt currently owed by Americans
- 7. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 10. 3422 NOK
- 14. internet connectivity initiative for schools
- 19. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES • Freely accessible without cost or barriers • With legal permission to use it in all of the ways possible with digital technology
- 23. Washington
- 24. Source: https://creativecommons.org/2012/03/01/oer-k-12-bill-passes-in-washington-state/ $130 million spent on books 7-11 years out of date
- 25. state funding to create open textbooks
- 26. ndla.no
- 28. Utah
- 29. uen.org/oer
- 32. “Students that used open textbooks scored significantly higher than students that used traditional texts.”
- 33. Michigan
- 35. Open Textbook: Fixed in 48 Hours
- 36. Traditional Textbook: Fixed when you buy the new version
- 37. Higher Ed
- 38. pm4id.org
- 39. tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free Open resources in every single course, reduces cost of degree 20%, increases completion
- 40. Open materials from a $2 billion U.S. government grant program “TAACCCT” skillscommons.org
- 41. oerworldmap.org
Editor's Notes
- Source: http://blog.marketresearch.com/projected-2015-trends-in-the-education-industry
- Overall prices increased 118% over the same time period
- https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm
- http://college.usatoday.com/2017/02/21/student-loan-debt-now-totals-over-1-3-trillion/
- Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
- Source: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-02-27-pearson-posts-biggest-loss-in-history
- Source: https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- Underlying image © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/
- http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/18/1-to-1-laptop-initiatives-boost-student-scores-study.html
- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/06/06/what-connected
- http://www.corestandards.org/
- Source: http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/02/01/texas-board-of-education-votes-to-keep-evolution-doubting-language-in-high-school-biology-textbooks
- https://tech.ed.gov/open/
- Slide adapted from David Wiley’s deck, available under CC BY at https://www.slideshare.net/opencontent
- https://creativecommons.org/2012/03/01/oer-k-12-bill-passes-in-washington-state/
- http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer
- http://ndla.no/
- http://www.uen.org/oer/
- Screenshot of 4th Grade Science by USBE OER available under CC BY-NC-SA at: http://www.ck12.org/user:dxrhac1vzxitzg9llnbhcnruzxjay2sxmi5vcmc./book/4th-Grade-Science/section/5.1/
- Screenshot of 8th Grade Math by USBE OER available under CC BY-NC-SA at: https://eq.uen.org/emedia/file/e9109a3d-709b-43ae-a44a-60375ea88048/1/8Ch5Textbook.pdf
- http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X14550275
- http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/laura-berman/2015/10/12/berman-textbooks/73850816/
- http://www.newsweek.com/company-behind-texas-textbook-calling-slaves-workers-apologizes-we-made-380168
- Source http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2014/zdegreecbn.htm