U.S. College Affordability Summit: Seattle WA: http://www.freecollegenow.org/seattle_summit

1. Dr. Cable Green
Director of Global Learning
cable@creativecommons.org
twitter: @cgreen
Increasing College
Affordability
with:
Open Educational Resources

2. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

4. $2731 $1,133
Tuition and Fees Books & Supplies
Cost of Community College
Source: College Board, Trends in Higher Education Report, 2011
https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/trends-2011-community-colleges-ed-enrollment-debt-brief.pdf

5. Source: Student PIRGs: http://www.studentpirgs.org/sites/student/files/reports/A-Cover-To-Cover-Solution_4.pdf

6. Physics: Principles With Applications, 7th Edition by Douglas C. Giancoli

10. 65%
of students decided against buying a
required textbook because of cost
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market

11. 50%
of students said that cost of
textbooks impacted how many and
which classes they took
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market

12. 82%
of students felt they would do
significantly better in a course if
textbook was available for free
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market

13. High textbook costs
Decrease student access
Increase student drop rates
Decrease student success and learning

14. How are 2/3 of students
supposed to learn with
materials they can’t afford
and are not buying?

15. Open Educational Resources
Any kind of teaching materials –
textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans,
videos, readings, exams

16. Cost of “Copy”
For one 250 page textbook:
• Copy by hand - $1,000
• Copy by print on demand - $4.90
• Copy by computer - $0.00084

17. Cost of “Distribute”
For one 250 page textbook:
• Distribute by mail - $5.20
• $0 with print-on-demand (2000+ copies)
• Distribute by internet - $0.00072

18. Copy and Distribute (and storage) are
“Free”
This changes everything…

19. Open Educational Resources
(1) Free and unfettered access, and
(2) Free copyright permissions to
engage in the 5R activities

20. open > free

21. open = free + permissions

22. • Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs

24. Nonprofit organization
Open copyright licenses
Founded in 2001
Operates worldwide

26. most freedom
least freedom
Not OER
OER

29. $32M saved in 2 years
+ $25M in 2015-2016

30. Washington Community Colleges
English Composition I
• 62,000+ enrollments / year
• x $128 textbook
• ≈ $8 Million every year

31. opencourselibrary.org

32. Does it make any sense WA State and K-12
Districts together spend $130M/year
on textbooks and the results are:
• Books are (on average) 7-10 years out of date
• Paper only / no digital versions.
• Students can’t write / highlight in books
• Students can’t keep books at end of year
• All rights reserved… teachers can’t update
• Parents often pay for lost paper books…

33. http://k12oercollaborative.org

34. OER Potential in U.S. Higher Education:
Save Students: Billions / year
If every:
Open textbook saves $128 per course / student

35. 11 Peer Reviewed Studies
http://openedgroup.org/

36. 48,623 Students
http://openedgroup.org/

37. 93% Same or Better Outcomes
http://openedgroup.org/

38. 9 Peer Reviewed Studies of
Perceptions of OER Quality
http://openedgroup.org/

39. 4,510 Professors and Students
http://openedgroup.org/

40. 50%
Same35%
Better
15%
Worse
http://openedgroup.org/

41. Publicly funded
resources should be
openly licensed
resources.

42. White House issues directive supporting
public access to publicly funded research

43. $2 billion: new academic programs
Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) required

44. Case Study: TAACCCT Courseware
• STEM Bridge
 Complete, adaptive courseware
 CC-BY
 Contextualizes remediation and
core skills across Pathways
• STEM Foundations: baseline skills
in mathematics and writing
• STEM Readiness: refresher of
core STEM skills in mathematics,
communication and
professionalism
• STEM Pathways
 5 complete STEM training paths
 CC-BY course materials, adaptive
courseware, instructor resources
and implementation guides
 68 courses, with adaptive
elements focused on learner
‘sticking points’
• Cyber Technologies
• Composite Technologies
• Environmental Technologies
• Electric Vehicle Technologies
• Mechatronic Technologies
Collaborative development of courses between NSC and OLI as part of OPEN support
of TAACCCT grantees.

45. California Community Colleges require
Creative Commons Attribution for all
Chancellor’s Office Grants & Contracts

46. letter:oerusa.org

47. Dr. Cable Green
Director of
Global Learning
cable@creativecommons.org
twitter: @cgreen