1. Open TextbooksThe Affordable Flexible Alternative A way to significantly reduce student textbook costs while enabling you the flexibility to reformat and customize your course material.
2. Our students are changing… Our students are changing… So why shouldn’t textbooks change? 2
12. Open Textbooks Are Just Like Any Other Textbook Table of contents Written by experts Reviewed and edited Increasingly available in diverse disciplines
13. Introduction to Economic Analysis R. Preston McAfee, Caltech ISBN: 160049000X Used at: Harvard, NYU, Cal Poly, UC-Santa Barbara, Caltech, Oregon State, Claremont McKenna…. www.introecon.com Online: Free PDF/Word: Free Hard copy: $15.20
14. Collaborative Statistics Barbara Illowsky & Susan Dean ISBN: 9780978745973 Online: Free PDF/Word: Free Hard copy: $31.98 For more information: www.collegeopentextbooks.org
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16. Five Myths about Open Textbooks Open Textbooks and eBooks are the same. Creators never receive monetary compensation for open textbooks. All open textbooks are crowd-sourced, i.e., created by anonymous amateurs. Derivatives damage the author’s reputation. Open textbooks are low quality or out-of-date with expired copyrights. 14
17. For students… Open Textbooks = Options Free/low cost access online Free/low cost access offline (PDF) Print out part or all Purchase a hard copy
18. For instructors… The Same or Better All students have access Customize as desired New editions optional
20. Sample Chapter Click here to print out Navigate table of contents Key term links to definition
21. Open Textbooks Where They Come From Individual authors Institutions & Foundations Publishing Companies
22. Open Textbooks & E-texts: What’s the Difference? E-texts (publisher online textbooks): have restrictive licenses (e.g. no modifications) are only accessible for a limited time period usually have restrictions on the amount of material students can print out Open Textbooks: Can be viewed/read for no cost online Are permanently available in a repository or as a download Can be printed for a low cost Can usually be modified / customized
40. Don’t forget other Stakeholders Department Chair, Dean, or other group that approves textbook adoptions Colleagues Bookstore eLearning Adjuncts Students 29 29
41. Use the Textbook Use for reading and homework only Use in classroom Limits media options Use in Course Management System Remediation Lifelong learning 30 30
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