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textbook
cost crisis
nicole allen SPARC
theOER and solving
Providence College | 1/23/17 | Providence, RI
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Cost Factors:
Tuition and Fees
Room and Board
Transportation
Books and Supplies
Other Expenses
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Average Estimated Undergraduate
Budgets, 2016-17
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies = $1,230
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“the straw that broke the
camel’s back”
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but why?
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Captive Market
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5 major
publishers hold
nearly 90% of
the market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
Near-Monopoly
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Mixed Messages
Source: NACS
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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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students cannot learn
from books they can’t
afford
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we can do better.
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OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
Free + Reuse Rights
• Retain
• Reuse
• Revise
• Remix
• Redistribute
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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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open licensing system
www.creativecommons.org
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tour of the
OER space
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oerworldmap.org
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ocw.mit.edu
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oercommons.org
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openstax.org
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openbookpublishers.org
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plos.org
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oli.cmu.edu
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skillscommons.org
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examples of
OER impact
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Award winning statistics text
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• Higher or equivalent grades
• Higher average credit load
• Higher or equivalent completion rates
openedgroup.org
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www.tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free
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achievingthedream.org
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pm4id.org
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what can
you do?
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(1) when you can
share, do share
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(2) change the default:
consider OER first,
then other options
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open.umn.edu
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using OER in 1 course per year could
save US students
$1.42
billion
Source: Student PIRGs
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(3) support faculty to
adopt, adapt, and
create OER
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(4) make “open”
your mission
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The Mission of Providence College
Providence College is a Catholic, Dominican,
liberal arts institution of higher education
and a community committed to academic
excellence in pursuit of the truth, growth in
virtue, and service of God and neighbor.
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  1. https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2016-17
  2. https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
  3. https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
  4. https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
  5. https://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781305585126
  6. Underlying image © from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/showbiz/heat-director-buddy-cop/
  7. Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
  8. Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/.
  9. Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
  10. Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
  11. 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
  12. Source: http://wp.pierce.ctc.edu/blog/piercenews/2015/01/09/pierce-professor-saves-students-1-million-through-open-education-resources/
  13. http://news.rice.edu/2013/12/12/openstax-college-offers-sixth-textbook-introductory-statistics/
  14. http://openedgroup.org/review http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12528-015-9101-x http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicole-allen/college-textbooks-do-you_b_8261086.html
  15. Source http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2014/zdegreecbn.htm
  16. http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/sp/open-textbooks-billion-dollar-solution
  17. https://www.library.umass.edu/services/teaching-and-learning/oer/open-education-initiative/
  18. https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2016/08/25/fundamentals-of-business-virginia-techs-new-open-textbook/ https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/70961
  19. http://www.providence.edu/about/mission