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OpenStax aims to broaden access to high-quality educational resources through free digital textbooks, addressing student debt and improving learning outcomes. Since 2012, the initiative has saved students $155 million while enhancing educational experiences via integrated technology such as the OpenStax Tutor. The long-term vision is to revolutionize education, making it accessible and effective for all students, thereby increasing college completion rates.
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- 1. OpenStax An Open Education Case Study
- 2. Opportunities Enabled by Digital Texts • Broaden access through free and open digital textbooks • Improve learning with integrated technology and cognitive science
- 4. Context • $1.2T student debt • $3.2B in financial aid spent on textbooks annually • 70% of college students forgo buying texts • 78% of those students believe they will perform worse in the course • 24% of students take fewer credit hours due to expense • 50% of community college students use financial aid Mark Perry, American Enterprise Ins5tute, July 2015
- 5. OpenStax College Objectives • Increase access to high-quality educational experiences • Provide students financial relief • Increase academic freedom and flexibility for faculty • Increase persistence and graduation rates • Spur innovation
- 6. OpenStax College Library Macro- eco- nomics Principles of Eco- nomics Principles of Micro- eco- nomics Principles of Psych- ology Introductory Stat- istics Pre- calc- ulus Hist- ory U. S.
- 7. Impact Since 2012 • 1.6M students in 4,081 courses have saved $155M • Number of students and savings are doubling every year • Significant positive “Return on Investment” for our foundation partners • 27% of all US degree-granting institutions use at least one OpenStax text • Sustainable business model (40+ ecosystem partners)
- 9. OpenStax Tutor • Objective: Improve not only access but also learning outcomes • OpenStax Tutor embeds homework, review questions, and analytics directly into a digital textbook • Real-time feedback to students and teachers improves and personalizes learning • Pilots: 400 Houston-area high school students, 12,000 college students • Generous support from the Gates Foundation, Arnold Foundation, John and Ann Doerr, NSF, DOD, and others
- 10. data feedback 2.3 million questions solved since January 2016 Machine Learning Cognitive Science
- 12. Learning Principles from Cognitive Science Retrieval practice retrieving information from memory is not a neutral event; rather it changes memory Spacing distributing practice over time produces better long-term retention than massing practice Feedback closes the learning feedback loop must be timely
- 14. Tour of OpenStax Tutor • Personalized learning tool designed in conjunction with a “Learning Advisory Team” of high school teachers and college instructors in Spring/Summer 2015 • 25 person years of effort on design and coding
- 17. 2-step response format with free-form text box
- 18. timely feedback
- 19. personalized questions (via machine learning)
- 20. learning analytics to student and instructor
- 21. THE ROAD AHEAD
- 22. OpenStax Vision Revolutionize education at all levels: transform the student path to and through college and improve learning and graduation rates • Access Radically increase the number of students who complete college • Insight Provide students, teachers, and administrators with “power tools” to enrich and intervene • Empower teachers and students to take control of their teaching and learning openstax.org