Holding the Line on Open in an Evolving Landscape
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This document summarizes the evolution of open educational resources (OER) over the past 10 years. It notes that textbook prices have risen 150% while overall consumer prices only rose 25%, forcing many students to do without textbooks. It celebrates the growth of OER and open licensing but cautions that commercial publishers are increasingly co-opting the OER model. It argues that the academic community must thoughtfully decide how to support OER to ensure students' needs are prioritized and control over academic content is maintained.
Holding the Line on Open in an Evolving Landscape
- 1. HOLDING THE LINE ON OPEN IN AN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE NICOLE ALLEN | #OER19 | 4/11/19 GALWAY, IRELAND
- 2. @txtbks www.slideshare.com/txtbks www.sparcopen.org except screenshots and where otherwise noted
- 4. THE LAST 10 YEARS
- 5. 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics CONSUMER PRICES COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS ALL ITEMS
- 7. 5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the market Source: Turning the Page by James Koch NEAR-MONOPOLY
- 8. 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 17. WHERE WE ARE NOW
- 37. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/13/top-hat-makes-access-oer-free
- 43. “The only thing worse than an expensive textbook is an expensive textbook that disappears every semester.” - Part-time Arts & Literature Faculty onlinelearningsurvey.com/oer
- 52. CC BY SPARC
- 56. Not covered by CC BY license
- 57. HOLDING THE LINE
- 59. “We are at a critical juncture where there is a pressing need for the academic community – individually and collectively – to make thoughtful and deliberate decisions about what and whom to support, and under what terms and conditions.”
- 63. ALIGNING OUR PRACTICES WITH OUR VALUES