2011-10-27 In Search of Affordable Textbooks: How OER Can Reduce Costs (Open Ed 2011)
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The average student spends more than $1000 on textbooks each year. Learn how OER is reversing that trend and what you can do to help. 27 October 2011 Open Education Conference Park City, UT
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2011-10-27 In Search of Affordable Textbooks: How OER Can Reduce Costs (Open Ed 2011)
- 1. In Search of Affordable Textbooks How OER Can Reduce Costs Open Education 2011 Nicole Allen The Student PIRGs www.maketextbooksaffordable.org [email_address] @txtbks
- 2. Textbooks cost HOW much???
- 3. Caculus James Stewart $224.95
- 4. Economics N. Gregory Mankiw $255.95
- 5. Chemistry Theodore E. Brown $228.67
- 6. “ Student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time last year and is likely to top a trillion dollars this year.”
- 7. The Problem Students should expect to spend $1137 per year - College Board
- 8. The Problem 26 % of tuition @ public 4-year 72 % of tuition @ comm. College - GAO
- 9. Prices are rising 4 times inflation - Student PIRGs 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 Textbooks vs. Inflation Textbooks Inflation
- 11. Outrageous Prices $238.95 only
- 12. Unnecessary New Editions used 5th edition $81.78 6 th Edition $224.95
- 13. Costly Bundles $213.95 with CengageNOW Personal Tutor CD, Student Study Guide, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card Statistics
- 18. Rx Drug Company Patient Doctor
- 19. More ways to save than ever before
- 24. Average Savings
- 25. 66% Keep Some 34% Rent All 75% Prefer print 25% Prefer digital Student Preferences
- 26. Maximum Savings
- 27. We can do better than that.
- 30. Open Textbooks HTML: $0.00 PDF: $0.00 ePub: $0.00 B&W Book: $25.14 Self-Printed: $30.00
- 31. Open Textbooks HTML: $0.00 PDF: $24.95 ePub: $24.95 B&W Book: $34.95 Color Book: $89.95 Study Aids: $14.95
- 32. E-books, Rentals, etc. Publisher Student Professor
- 33. Open Textbooks Publisher Student Professor
- 34. Overall Savings
- 35. $100 per student
- 37. $50K 5 classes
- 38. $100K 1 year
- 46. Introducing…
- 48. Textbook Rebel
- 49. 40-Campus Tour
- 62. GOALS 10,000 signatures 5,000 check the box 50,000 profs emailed
- 63. If just 1 in 500 profs adopt open textbooks… $1,000,000/sem. $2,000,000/year $20,000,000/decade
- 64. What You Can Do FACULTY can seek & consider open textbooks, and use other cost reducing practices. More information here: studentpirgs.org/textbooks/take-action What You Can Do
- 65. What You Can Do STUDENTS can speak to their professors and encourage them to consider open textbooks. More information here: studentpirgs.org/textbooks/take-action What You Can Do
- 66. What You Can Do COLLEGES can offer support to faculty interested in adopting or writing open textbooks. More information here: studentpirgs.org/textbooks/take-action What You Can Do
- 67. What You Can Do AUTHORS can show preference for publishers using alternative models, like open textbooks. More information here: studentpirgs.org/textbooks/take-action What You Can Do