14. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
2 in 3
Students say they decided against
buying a textbook because the cost
is too high
Source: Student PIRGs
15. @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
16. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
<1 in 2
Students purchase a current edition
of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
31. “Thanks to the Z-Degree program
I didn’t have to choose between
continuing my education or getting
braces for my daughter”
- Melissa Koch, TCC Student
33. "This launched us in to a new
direction, allowing us to be
creative and unfettered in
developing course materials that
would meet the needs of the
students at our respective
colleges and that could also
be…freely and widely
distributed.”
Prof. Howard Miller
Mercy College
34. $1.3 million in student
savings by working with
faculty to adopt free & open
resources
36. 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
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
Slide adapted from David Wiley’s deck, available under CC BY at https://www.slideshare.net/opencontent