Presentation on open textbooks and the BC Open Textbook Project at the 2015 Student Union Development Summit

1. The
Future
(of
Textbooks)
is
Open
Faculty
Fellow,
BC
Open
Textbook
Project
Dept.
of
Psychology,
Kwantlen
Polytechnic
University
Open
Learning
Faculty
Member,
Thompson
Rivers
University
Associate
Editor,
NOBA
Project
@thatpsychprof
Rajiv
Jhangiani,
Ph.D.

4. Buy
used
Resell
Rent
(Inter)library
loans
Group
purchase
Crowdfunding
Old
edition
International
edition
Photocopy
E-­‐textbooks

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60%+ do not purchase textbooks
at some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to
textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a
course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without
textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course
due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a
course due to textbook cost
Source: 2012 student survey
by Florida Virtual Campus
There
is
a
direct
relationship
between
textbook
costs
and
student
success

8. "Ivory
Towers" by James
F
Clay is
licensed
under CC
BY-­‐NC
4.0

10. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years

11. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years
"Kids
Giving
you
problems?
Hire
an
Elephant" by peasap is
licensed
under CC
BY
2.0

12. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years

13. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years

14. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years

15. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
increased
by
812%
over
30
years

16. • Half of
Bachelor’s
degree
graduates
rely
on
student
loans
• In
Sept.
2010
Federal
student
loan
debt
surpassed
$15
billion
• Average
BC
student
debt
in
2011
was
$29,497
• 3
years
after
graduating,
only
34%
are
debt
free
• BC
students
now
work
180%
more
hours
than
they
did
in
1975
to
pay
for
PSE
• When
debt
reaches
$10,000,
program
completion
rates
drop
from
59%
to
8%
• The
cost
of
textbooks
has
risen
by
1041% since
1977

19. "Crazy
Stunt" by Ross
G.
Strachan is
licensed
under CC
BY-­‐NC-­‐ND
4.0

20. "circa
1890
-­‐ Hamlin's
Wizard
Oil"byclotho98 is
licensed
under CC
BY-­‐NC
4.0
"'THAT
WAS
EASY!'" byjoepoppis
licensed
underCC
BY-­‐NC-­‐ND
2.0

22. rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca
@thatpsychprof
Thank
you!

23. BC Open
Textbook
Project

24. open.bccampus.ca
How did this get started?
40 free & open textbooks for highest
enrolled 1st & 2nd year post-­secondary
subjects in BC
2014 – 20 for skills & training
First province in Canada
2014 – AB & SASK MOU
$1 million
2014 -­ $1 million
Visual notes of John Yap announcement, Giulia Forsythe Used under
CC-­SA license

25. open.bccampus.ca
Why are we doing this project?
1. To
increase
access
to
higher
education
by
reducing
student
costs
2. To
enable
faculty
more
control
over
their
instructional
resources
3. To
move
the
open
agenda
forward
in
a
meaningful,
measurable
way

26. open.bccampus.ca
What are Open Textbooks?
A textbook licensed under an open
copyright license, and made available
online to be freely used by students,
teachers and members of the public.
They are available for free as online and
electronic versions, or as low-­cost printed
versions, should students opt for these.

27. open.bccampus.ca
What are Open Textbooks?
A textbook licensed under an open
copyright license, and made available
online to be freely used by students,
teachers and members of the public. They
are available for free as online versions,
and as low-­cost printed versions, should
students opt for these.

28. open.bccampus.ca
Faculty have full legal rights to
customize & contextualize open
textbooks to fit their pedagogical
needs

29. open.bccampus.ca
The 5 R’s of Open
• Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
Adapted (color change) from Open Education: A “Simple” Introduction by David Wiley released under CC-­BY license

30. open.bccampus.ca
Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under a CC-­BY 3.0 License
CC license image from Copyright in Education & Internet in South African Law used under CC-­BY 2.5 South Africa license

31. open.bccampus.ca
open.bccampus.ca

32. open.bccampus.ca
The Project
Don’t reinvent it by Andrea Hernandez released under CC-­BY-­NC-­SA and based on Wheelby Pauline Mak released
under CC-­BY license

33. open.bccampus.ca
Faculty Reviews ($250)
291/365 by thebarrowboy used under a CC-­BY

34. open.bccampus.ca
Early Adopter and Adapter
Dr.
Takashi
Sato
Physics
KPU
Students:
60
Previous
Textbook:
$187
OpenStaxTextbook:
$0
Student
savings:
$11,200
1
class
1
institution
1
term

35. open.bccampus.ca
Reviews > Adaptations
My Adventures Adapting a Chemistry Textbook291/365 by thebarrowboy used under a CC-­BY

36. open.bccampus.ca
New Creations

37. Publish Many
Write Once

38. open.bccampus.ca
Results
Year Faculty Sections Students Savings
2013 12 18 553 $55,300 -­ $84,560
2014 42 78 2630 $263,000 -­ $367,896
2015
(Jan-­April)
33 73 2224 $222,400 -­ $252,285
Today 97 180 6006 $600,600-­ $822,622

39. open.bccampus.ca
open.bccampus.ca

40. open.bccampus.ca
What can YOU do?
• Presentations
• Utilize visuals, create displays
• Speak directly to faculty
• Suggest that faculty review a textbook
• Showcase examples
• Form a student led OER group
• #textbookbroke
• Connect. Collaborate.

41. open.bccampus.ca
What can YOU do?

42. open.bccampus.ca
http://open.bccampus.ca
• Amanda Coolidge
acoolidge@bccampus.ca
@acoolidge