Open Education: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Pedagogy
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This document discusses the high costs of textbooks and the potential for open educational resources (OER) to reduce costs and improve education. It notes that textbook costs have risen much faster than overall consumer prices and strain student budgets. OER offer free and flexible alternatives through the "5Rs" of being retained, reused, revised, remixed and redistributed. Several examples of OER initiatives that have saved students millions of dollars or improved pedagogy are provided. The presentation encourages support and adoption of OER through sharing, considering them first in course materials selection, supporting faculty, and making open education part of the institutional mission.
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Open Education: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Pedagogy
- 1. reducing costs expanding access improving pedagogy #SCELCAPALOOZA | 3/7/18 | LOS ANGELES, CA nicole allen @txtbks
- 4. #OEweek
- 5. @txtbks | sparcopen.org open to change the status quo
- 7. Consumer Prices 2006–2016 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Textbooks Tuition & Fees All Items
- 8. Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2016-17 Source: College Board Books & Supplies = $1,200+
- 9. @txtbks | sparcopen.org “the straw that broke the camel’s back”
- 10. @txtbks | sparcopen.org Captive Market
- 11. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch Near-Monopoly
- 12. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 13. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 1 in 2 Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks Source: Florida Virtual Campus
- 14. @txtbks | sparcopen.org <1 in 2 Students purchase a current edition of their textbook Source: Book Industry Study Group
- 15. @txtbks | sparcopen.org students cannot learn from books they can’t afford
- 17. @txtbks | sparcopen.org open to make education better
- 18. OPEN EDUCATION
- 20. SOUND BITE: “OER are educational materials that can be freely downloaded, edited, and shared to better serve all students.”
- 24. OPEN Free + Flexible Access Legal Rights Technical Ability
- 25. openstax.org
- 26. openstax.org
- 27. openstax.org
- 28. openstax.org
- 36. @txtbks | sparcopen.org open to reduce cost
- 37. open.umn.edu
- 38. oercommons.org
- 39. ocw.mit.edu
- 42. Saved students approx. $27 million, ten times the original investment.
- 43. oli.cmu.edu
- 44. using OER in 1 course per year could save US students $1.42 billion Source: Student PIRGs
- 45. @txtbks | sparcopen.org open to improve pedagogy
- 46. openedgroup.org/review academic research showing the impact of OER vs. traditional materials
- 47. pm4id.org
- 48. I wanted my students to gain hands on experience managing a project… So I asked my students to engage in a very large scale revise / remix project.” - @opencontent
- 50. “It does not feel patriotic to have my students pay money for public-domain literature on their American heritage.” — Dr. Robin DeRosa
- 51. Awards for faculty who use OER given by Student Government Association
- 52. “Evidence of educational leadership is required for tenure/promotion in the Educational Leadership stream… It can include, but is not limited to…Contributions to the practice and theory of teaching and learning literature, including publications in peer-reviewed and professional journals, conference publications, book chapters, textbooks and open education repositories / resources.” — Guide to Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Procedures
- 53. @txtbks | sparcopen.org an evolving space
- 58. @txtbks | sparcopen.org what you can do
- 59. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (1) when you can share, do share
- 61. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (2) change the default: consider OER first, then other options
- 65. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (3) support faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER
- 69. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (4) make “open” your mission
- 70. By intention and philosophy, we invite men and women diverse in talents, interests, and cultural backgrounds to enrich our educational community and advance our mission: • The encouragement of learning • The education of the whole person • The service of faith and the promotion of justice
- 71. Nicole Allen nicole@sparcopen.org @txtbks | @sparc_na www.sparcopen.org