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Open Textbooks @ NEIT 2/16/17
This document discusses the high cost of textbooks and the open educational resources (OER) initiative in Rhode Island. It notes that textbook costs have risen much faster than tuition and inflation, putting textbooks out of reach for many students. OER provide free and openly licensed alternatives to traditional textbooks. They allow users to retain, reuse, revise, remix and redistribute content. The document outlines several OER repositories and examples of OER impact, such as improved student outcomes and completion rates. It encourages adopting, adapting and creating OER to reduce costs and improve access to education.
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- 1. textbook initiative in rhode island NEIT| 2/16/17 | EAST GREENWICH, RI open nicole allen SPARC
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- 4. @txtbks | sparcopen.org textbookcosts are out of control
- 5. Consumer Prices 2006–2016 U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics Textbooks Tuition & Fees All Items
- 6. @txtbks | sparcopen.org CostFactors: Tuition and Fees Room and Board Transportation Books and Supplies Other Expenses
- 7. Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets,2016-17 Source: College Board Books & Supplies = $1,200+
- 8. @txtbks | sparcopen.org “thestraw that broke the camel’s back”
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- 15. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 5major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch Near-Monopoly
- 16. Data Source: NACS MixedMessages
- 17. @txtbks | sparcopen.org 2in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 18. @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
- 19. @txtbks | sparcopen.org <1in 2 Students purchase a current edition of their textbook Source: Book Industry Study Group
- 20. @txtbks | sparcopen.org studentscannot learn from books they can’t afford
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- 28. @txtbks | sparcopen.org HewlettFoundation Definition: “OER are 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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- 30. @txtbks | sparcopen.org mostopen All Rights Reserved© most closed OER 5R permissions retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute
- 31. Creative Commons AttributionLicense CC BY permits the 5Rs for any purpose on the condition of attribution creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
- 32. @txtbks | sparcopen.org tourof the OER space
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- 44. @txtbks | sparcopen.org examplesof OER impact
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- 47. • Higher orequivalent grades • Higher average credit load • Higher or equivalent completion rates openedgroup.org
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- 51. @txtbks | sparcopen.org whatcan you do?
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- 53. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (1)when you can share, do share
- 55. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (2)change the default: consider OER first, then other options
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- 57. using OER in1 course per year could save US students $1.42 billion Source: Student PIRGs
- 58. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (3)support faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER
- 61. @txtbks | sparcopen.org (4)use “open” to achieve your mission
- 62. “The College’s missionevolved from the principle that all persons, regardless of age, gender, disability, socioeconomic circumstances, religious, racial or ethnic background, should have access to career opportunities through a quality technical education. To achieve this purpose, NEIT is first and foremost an institution committed to teaching.”
- 63. Nicole Allen nicole@sparcopen.org @txtbks |@sparc_na www.sparcopen.org
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- #4 http://www.innovate.ri.gov/copy-of-studio-rhode-challenge
- #6 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm
- #8 https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2016-17
- #10 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #11 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #12 https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
- #13 Underlying image © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/
- #16 Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
- #17 Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/.
- #18 Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
- #19 Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
- #20 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
- #22 http://www.innovate.ri.gov/copy-of-studio-rhode-challenge
- #29 http://www.hewlett.org/strategy/open-educational-resources/
- #46 Source: http://wp.pierce.ctc.edu/blog/piercenews/2015/01/09/pierce-professor-saves-students-1-million-through-open-education-resources/
- #47 http://news.rice.edu/2013/12/12/openstax-college-offers-sixth-textbook-introductory-statistics/
- #48 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
- #49 Source http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2014/zdegreecbn.htm
- #53 http://www.innovate.ri.gov/copy-of-studio-rhode-challenge
- #55 https://creativecommons.org/about/platform/
- #58 http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/sp/open-textbooks-billion-dollar-solution
- #60 https://www.library.umass.edu/services/teaching-and-learning/oer/open-education-initiative/
- #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.neit.edu/About-Us/Public-Disclosure/Educational-Philosophy