The document discusses the rising costs of higher education and textbooks. It notes that between 1988 and 2012, state funding for public higher education decreased while tuition revenue increased, placing greater financial burden on students. The average estimated cost of books and supplies for undergraduate students in 2014-2015 was $1,225-1,328. Open educational resources are presented as an alternative to traditional textbooks in order to make learning materials more affordable and accessible to students.
OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15)Nicole Allen
OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15). Full video posted here: http://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/library-presentations/2/
OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15)Nicole Allen
OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis (Fairfield University 10/7/15). Full video posted here: http://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/library-presentations/2/
Creation, Transformation, Dissemination and Preservation: Advocating for Scho...NASIG
As the fight for research grants intensifies and the pot of money decreases, librarians need to ensure that the topic of scholarly communication remains on the forefront, regardless of funding. Affording researchers avenues to widely share and publish their work to make it widely available should be a mission both in the library and at the highest levels of the institution. How can libraries make an impact? In this presentation two librarians, a consortia officer and vendor, will discuss how consortia have and continue to play a primary role in advocating for dissemination of information and scholarly communication. Additionally, they will discuss other tools that libraries/researchers can use as a method of collaboration, whether regional or international, and why it is essential for libraries to become part of the solution before they are left out in the cold. Please come prepared to discuss how your library is making an impact on this topic.
Anne McKee
Program Officer for Resource Sharing, Greater Western Library Alliance
McKee received her M.L.S. from Indiana University, Bloomington and has had a very diverse career in librarianship. She has been an academic librarian, a sales rep for two subscription agencies and now a consortium officer for the past 13 years. A former President of NASIG, McKee is on the Serials Review Editorial Board, 3 publisher/vendor library advisory boards and strives to balance a busy career with an even busier family including a husband, 1 high schooler, 1 middle schooler, 2 dogs while being a first year newbie [and admittedly a rather bewildered] club volleyball mom: all this including wearing orthodontia! McKee is probably the only person you’ll meet with both an undergrad AND MLS in Library Science.
Christine M. Stamison
Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets
Addison, IL
Christine Stamison, Senior Customer Relations Manager for Swets, has worked in various positions in the subscription agent industry for the past 20 years. Previously, she worked for 13 years in academic libraries, primarily in Serials, at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago Libraries. Christine received her Masters in Library and Information Services from Rosary College (now Dominican University) and is a regular lecturer for serials, collection development and technical services classes. When not working you can find Christine in the gym working with her trainer trying to get in shape for her upcoming vacation hiking up Machu Picchu and trekking around Easter Island.
Open education has been gaining visibility and momentum as part of open government initiatives — from open licensing of publicly-funded educational materials, to transparency in education funding, to leveraging open technologies and practices to increase the efficiency and efficacy of instruction. One important avenue for advancing these conversations is the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative of more than 60 countries through which national governments make commitments to being more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. At least three countries involved in OGP have specifically adopted commitments to open education in their open government plans, the United States, Slovakia, and Spain, and numerous others are considering moving in this direction through an informal working group formed during the 2015 OGP Summit. Leading examples of OGP commitments in education include three international OER pilot programs run by the U.S. Department of State, and an initiative in the Slovak government to develop a procurement process for openly licensed educational resources. Alongside OGP, open education has also emerged in other international policy conversations, including the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This lightning talk will explore the connection between open education and open government, and opportunities for civil society members and government officials alike at the local, national and international levels.
The movement for Open Educational Resources (OER) has evolved from a collection of small, localized efforts to a broad international network. In recognition of this progress, a collection of OER leaders came together in 2015 to launch www.OERstrategy.org, a resource created for and by the OER community to support the collaborative development of OER implementation strategies. The document reflects the state of the OER movement through the eyes of its practitioners: what we need as a movement, what we agree on, areas where we differ, and opportunities for advancing OER globally. This talk will provide an overview of this effort and how members of the community can use this resource and get involved.
Key Topics
What we agree on: The OER movement generally agrees on the definition of OER and overall vision. We agree that OER adoption is a necessary step to all end goals that OER can help achieve, and the general value proposition that OER expands the universe of what is possible in education.
What we have different perspectives on: While the OER movement generally agrees that OER can achieve many important benefits, we hold different views on the top priority. For example, some view the most important goal as cost savings for students, others transforming teaching and learning. Some believe we should focus on creating content, others on promoting awareness.
Movement strengths and challenges: The OER movement is strong because of the breadth of content available and successful models that have been demonstrated. Individual champions and partnerships with other open movements have helped achieve successes. Our greatest challenges are a linear, rather than exponential, rate of growth and lack of consistent models that can be replicated. There are gaps in open content, and difficulties in discovery and reuse of content.
Opportunities: Moving forward, there are many key opportunities that the OER movement has by focusing on three key areas: users, content and context. For users, we need to increase awareness, build an evidence base, and engage more champions on the ground. For content, we need to focus more on building materials that educators want to use, creating tools that ease discovery and reuse, and engage learners as creators. For context, we need to deepen OER adoption in national contexts, broaden growth internationally, and work to institutionalize OER in governments and educational systems.
"From Open Data to Open Pedagogy: An Introduction to Integrating Open Practices into the Classroom" is a hands-on workshop offered by UTA Libraries during Open Education Week 2017.
Open Education: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving PedagogyNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While incremental progress has been made through stop-gap measures such as rental programs, course reserves, and digital licensing, the greatest potential lies in open educational resources (OER). OER are freely available academic materials that can be downloaded, edited, and shared to better serve all students. OER include all kinds of content such as textbooks, lesson plans, and assignments, and can include printed materials, not just digital. Institutions of all types have begun to leverage OER to reduce costs for students, expand access to high quality information resources, and enable faculty to explore new forms of pedagogy that promote deeper learning. This talk will cover background on the OER movement, major initiatives and trends, and success stories of how OER positively impacts students. It will also help frame the opportunity for library leadership and provide specific advice for members of the audience to take back to campus.
Una forma geométrica de medir irracionalidadPedro Morales
Presentamos una forma geométrica de describir la irracionalidad de un número utilizando el área
de un sector circular A(r). Establecemos una conexión entre la expansión en fracciones continuas
de un número real y encontramos cotas para A(r), cuando r tiende a infinito por medio de describir
el comportamiento asintótico de las razones de los denominadores de las convergentes.
Creation, Transformation, Dissemination and Preservation: Advocating for Scho...NASIG
As the fight for research grants intensifies and the pot of money decreases, librarians need to ensure that the topic of scholarly communication remains on the forefront, regardless of funding. Affording researchers avenues to widely share and publish their work to make it widely available should be a mission both in the library and at the highest levels of the institution. How can libraries make an impact? In this presentation two librarians, a consortia officer and vendor, will discuss how consortia have and continue to play a primary role in advocating for dissemination of information and scholarly communication. Additionally, they will discuss other tools that libraries/researchers can use as a method of collaboration, whether regional or international, and why it is essential for libraries to become part of the solution before they are left out in the cold. Please come prepared to discuss how your library is making an impact on this topic.
Anne McKee
Program Officer for Resource Sharing, Greater Western Library Alliance
McKee received her M.L.S. from Indiana University, Bloomington and has had a very diverse career in librarianship. She has been an academic librarian, a sales rep for two subscription agencies and now a consortium officer for the past 13 years. A former President of NASIG, McKee is on the Serials Review Editorial Board, 3 publisher/vendor library advisory boards and strives to balance a busy career with an even busier family including a husband, 1 high schooler, 1 middle schooler, 2 dogs while being a first year newbie [and admittedly a rather bewildered] club volleyball mom: all this including wearing orthodontia! McKee is probably the only person you’ll meet with both an undergrad AND MLS in Library Science.
Christine M. Stamison
Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets
Addison, IL
Christine Stamison, Senior Customer Relations Manager for Swets, has worked in various positions in the subscription agent industry for the past 20 years. Previously, she worked for 13 years in academic libraries, primarily in Serials, at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago Libraries. Christine received her Masters in Library and Information Services from Rosary College (now Dominican University) and is a regular lecturer for serials, collection development and technical services classes. When not working you can find Christine in the gym working with her trainer trying to get in shape for her upcoming vacation hiking up Machu Picchu and trekking around Easter Island.
Open education has been gaining visibility and momentum as part of open government initiatives — from open licensing of publicly-funded educational materials, to transparency in education funding, to leveraging open technologies and practices to increase the efficiency and efficacy of instruction. One important avenue for advancing these conversations is the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative of more than 60 countries through which national governments make commitments to being more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. At least three countries involved in OGP have specifically adopted commitments to open education in their open government plans, the United States, Slovakia, and Spain, and numerous others are considering moving in this direction through an informal working group formed during the 2015 OGP Summit. Leading examples of OGP commitments in education include three international OER pilot programs run by the U.S. Department of State, and an initiative in the Slovak government to develop a procurement process for openly licensed educational resources. Alongside OGP, open education has also emerged in other international policy conversations, including the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This lightning talk will explore the connection between open education and open government, and opportunities for civil society members and government officials alike at the local, national and international levels.
The movement for Open Educational Resources (OER) has evolved from a collection of small, localized efforts to a broad international network. In recognition of this progress, a collection of OER leaders came together in 2015 to launch www.OERstrategy.org, a resource created for and by the OER community to support the collaborative development of OER implementation strategies. The document reflects the state of the OER movement through the eyes of its practitioners: what we need as a movement, what we agree on, areas where we differ, and opportunities for advancing OER globally. This talk will provide an overview of this effort and how members of the community can use this resource and get involved.
Key Topics
What we agree on: The OER movement generally agrees on the definition of OER and overall vision. We agree that OER adoption is a necessary step to all end goals that OER can help achieve, and the general value proposition that OER expands the universe of what is possible in education.
What we have different perspectives on: While the OER movement generally agrees that OER can achieve many important benefits, we hold different views on the top priority. For example, some view the most important goal as cost savings for students, others transforming teaching and learning. Some believe we should focus on creating content, others on promoting awareness.
Movement strengths and challenges: The OER movement is strong because of the breadth of content available and successful models that have been demonstrated. Individual champions and partnerships with other open movements have helped achieve successes. Our greatest challenges are a linear, rather than exponential, rate of growth and lack of consistent models that can be replicated. There are gaps in open content, and difficulties in discovery and reuse of content.
Opportunities: Moving forward, there are many key opportunities that the OER movement has by focusing on three key areas: users, content and context. For users, we need to increase awareness, build an evidence base, and engage more champions on the ground. For content, we need to focus more on building materials that educators want to use, creating tools that ease discovery and reuse, and engage learners as creators. For context, we need to deepen OER adoption in national contexts, broaden growth internationally, and work to institutionalize OER in governments and educational systems.
"From Open Data to Open Pedagogy: An Introduction to Integrating Open Practices into the Classroom" is a hands-on workshop offered by UTA Libraries during Open Education Week 2017.
Open Education: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving PedagogyNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While incremental progress has been made through stop-gap measures such as rental programs, course reserves, and digital licensing, the greatest potential lies in open educational resources (OER). OER are freely available academic materials that can be downloaded, edited, and shared to better serve all students. OER include all kinds of content such as textbooks, lesson plans, and assignments, and can include printed materials, not just digital. Institutions of all types have begun to leverage OER to reduce costs for students, expand access to high quality information resources, and enable faculty to explore new forms of pedagogy that promote deeper learning. This talk will cover background on the OER movement, major initiatives and trends, and success stories of how OER positively impacts students. It will also help frame the opportunity for library leadership and provide specific advice for members of the audience to take back to campus.
Una forma geométrica de medir irracionalidadPedro Morales
Presentamos una forma geométrica de describir la irracionalidad de un número utilizando el área
de un sector circular A(r). Establecemos una conexión entre la expansión en fracciones continuas
de un número real y encontramos cotas para A(r), cuando r tiende a infinito por medio de describir
el comportamiento asintótico de las razones de los denominadores de las convergentes.
What if you could incite the next Ice Bucket Challenge?
What if you knew what to say and how to say it? What if you could share your essence, aspirations and goals of your organization... affordably? What if you could target your outreach to capture the attention of donors, partners, volunteers and attendees? What if you could talk to the world?
Learn about the lure of social media and why campaigns go viral; how to succeed by showing up; the power of the “social” relationship; what constitutes a perfect post; storytelling over pitch; content creators are your gold; creating cool captions and positive spin; the do’s and don’ts of asking for money on social; organic vs. paid visibility; social and traditional marketing– the perfect brew; best social platforms and listening tools; productivity hacks (i.e. automation vs. scheduling); what metrics you should be watching and how to find them, and our favorite non-profit campaigns.
Social Media Advertising: Pacific New Media, June 2016Wahine Media
The landscape of social media has changed dramatically in the last 5 years. For businesses, social media is not free—with most of the investment being in the time it takes to execute. Social media has increasingly become a platform for advertisers, as social networks evolve their business models, and many brands are finding their growth is at a standstill unless they utilize social advertising. Learn the power of social ads, what techniques you should use, and how you know they are working. Participants in this class should have an intermediate understanding of social media, already be using social for business, and be looking to take their strategy to an advanced level. Please bring your laptop.
Gwen Woltz is co-founder of Wahine Media, a local social media agency that specializes in strategically building thriving and engaged online communities for businesses (wahinemedia.com). Gwen is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the past president of Social Media Club Hawaii (smchawaii.org), a finalist for Pacific Edge Magazine's Young Professional of the Year, one of Hawaii's Top 15 Social Media Influencers in 2012, and has over 7 years of digital media and marketing experience.
AZIMUT 68 S, 2005, 830.000 € For Sale Brochure. Presented By azimut-yachtclub...Azimut Yacht Club
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Azimut Yacht Club magazine presents Luxury Azimut Yachts for Brokerage and Charter. All clients using our yachting solutions get their Azimut yacht listings printed in our monthly magazine. As well, it includes articles about social media marketing strategies applied to the yachting. October 2011 issue
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OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Efficacy (#UNTOA16)Nicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OER to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, how it is playing out on campus, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame opportunities in the open, digital environment to improve teaching, learning and research for the advancement of society.
Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Through OERNicole Allen
The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many institutions have successfully reduced costs for students through stop-gap measures such as rental programs, lending libraries and licensing deals, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OER). Institutions of all kinds have begun to leverage OER to reduce costs for students, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including important definitions, major projects, and what the most successful institutions are doing. It will also help frame the opportunity for regional collaboration and provide specific advice for members of the audience to take back to campus.
#OAweek14 @ UNCG: OER and Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis Nicole Allen
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The cost of college textbooks has grown to a point that virtually every campus is now seeking solutions. While many colleges and universities like UNCG have successfully reduced costs through stop-gap measures such as rental programs and textbook reserves, the greatest potential for permanently solving the problem lies in Open Educational Resources (OERs), which are academic materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, adapt, and share. Institutions across the country have begun to leverage OERs to reduce textbook costs, expand access to information, and enable faculty to better tailor materials to their courses. This talk will provide an overview of the OER movement to date, including how to identify OERs, how they are created, and research showing the impact on students. It will also help frame the opportunity for UNCG to advance OER right on campus.
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University of South Florida Libraries
NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education
Part 1: Electronic Textbooks: Plug in and Learn
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University of South Florida Libraries
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This talk takes a step back into the national perspective on open education policy,
practice, and emergent trends that will impact the future of this work in Colorado and
beyond. We will cover the latest developments in federal legislation and funding,
what kinds of initiatives are happening in other states, and some of the key strategic
challenges ahead. It also offers concrete tools and best practices to support
leadership and effective advocacy for open education to benefit students.
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Connect OER: Mapping Trends and Collective Impact in North American Higher EdNicole Allen
Connect OER is a platform to share and discover campus OER activities across North America. Launched by SPARC in 2017 and maintained by academic libraries, Connect OER provides a wealth of data about what U.S. and Canadian higher education institutions are doing to advance OER. Which campus entities or academic subjects are most engaged? How many campuses have an OER taskforce or mark OER in their course catalog? How many campuses have designated OER staff people and how much annually do they give away in OER grants? All of these questions and more are answered by Connect OER based on the more than 100 participating campuses. This presentation will provide the latest insights into trends, best practices, and collective impact based on institutions represented in the Connect OER directory. It will also provide an opportunity for attendees to learn more about the project and how to participate. As a project of SPARC, Connect OER is built to illustrates best practices in openness, releasing the content under CC BY, the data under CC0, and the code under a MIT license. We hope that audience members will also walk away with creative ideas for reuse. Learn more about Connect OER at https://connect.sparcopen.org
Big Wins and Next Steps: This Year OER PolicyNicole Allen
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#OESS18 | Holding the Line on Open in an Evolving Course Content LandscapeNicole Allen
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The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
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The Textbook Cost Crisis #ZTCDegree
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textbook
cost crisis
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)
Director of Open Education, SPARC
Except where otherwise
noted...
the
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Figure 1: Estimated Increases in New College Textbook Prices, College Tuition and
Fees, and Overall Consumer Price Inflation, 2002 to 2012
prices grew by 28 percent.
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Market Failure
5 major
publishers hold
nearly 90% of
the market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
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“less than one third of students
believed that using e-textbooks
significantly improved their
learning or engagement in a
course”
Market Failure
Source: EDUCAUSE
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2 in 3
Students say they decided against
buying a textbook because the cost is
too high
Source: Student PIRGs
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1 in 2
Students say they have at some point
taken fewer courses due to the cost of
textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus
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<1 in 2
Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
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Hewlett Foundation 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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Hewlett Foundation 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”
We're going to take a step back to talk about research more broadly, and how to connect the dots between openness in education and the importance of openness in research -- so what exactly that means, and how it's relevant to you on campus.
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
Tuition – just over half – well under half
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
8% total, 17% tuition
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
5% total, 12% tutition
Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
EDUCAUSE (2013). Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks: An EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Pilot. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/understanding-what-higher-education-needs-e-textbooks-educauseinternet2-pilot
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
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
2012 13,473,743 undergrad fall enrollment at public institutions
Source: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_303.70.asp
Approx. $90 savings per student per course
Source: Hilton III, J. L., Robinson, T. J., Wiley, D., & Ackerman, J. D. (2014). Cost-savings achieved in two semesters through the adoption of open educational resources. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(2). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1700