OTN Texas Tech Workshop
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The document discusses the significant impact of high textbook costs on college students, highlighting that 2.4 million graduates were deterred from completing their education due to affordability issues. It promotes open textbooks as a solution that can save students money, facilitate educational access, and empower faculty, while illustrating the programs and funding sources that support open educational resources. The document also encourages faculty members to adopt and review open textbooks to further enhance learning outcomes.
OTN Texas Tech Workshop
- 1. OPEN TEXTBOOKS Access, Affordability, and Academic Success Jasmine Roberts Strategic Communication Lecturer Ohio State University This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- 2. Agenda • Affordability issues in higher ed. • Impact of high costs textbooks • Open textbooks and licensing • OTN description • Faculty reviews
- 3. Introductions • Name • Department • Why are you here?
- 4. This is NOT… • A sales pitch from a textbook publisher • A workshop that bashes textbook publishers • A one-size-fits-all session
- 7. The cost barrier kept 2.4 million low and moderate-income college-qualified high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
- 9. Students rely on loans In the 2013-2014 academic year, 60 percent of financial aid in Texas came in loans. Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- 10. In 2016, 56 percent of recent college graduates in Texas have an average of $26,000 in debt. Source: TICAS Texas Tech= $22,500
- 12. What can we do? Tuition and Fees Room and Board Books and Supplies Personal Expenses Transportation
- 13. What can we do? Tuition and Fees Room and Board Books and Supplies Personal Expenses Transportation
- 14. How do you choose textbooks for your own course(s)?
- 15. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/students-are-still-saddled-soaring-textbook-costs-report-says-n516011 “Rising tuition costs aren't the only thing driving up the cost of higher education. Textbook prices have skyrocketed in recent years.”
- 16. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
- 17. The average Texas Tech student should budget $1,200 for textbooks and course materials in 2017-18. https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2017-18
- 18. Asked Ohio State University students… What do you think about the cost of textbooks?
- 19. What could you have spent money on instead of purchasing textbooks? ● Clothes ● Food ● Medicine ● Extracurricular activities for children (many non traditional students)
- 21. Coping with the Cost Purchase an older edition of the textbook Delay purchasing the textbook Never purchase the textbook Share the textbook with other students Download textbooks from the internet
- 22. –U of MN Student "I figured French hadn't changed that much.”
- 23. 2012 2016 63.6% 66.5% Not purchase the required textbook 49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses 45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course 33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade 26.7% 26.1% Drop a course 17.0% 19.8% Fail a course In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to: http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
- 24. “I’ve had friends and know other students who will change their major because of the financial cost that comes along with the course materials of a particular discipline.” -Santa Ana College student
- 25. The impact of high cost textbooks
- 31. Other models…
- 35. Where does the funding come from? Universities (SUNY, Umass Amherst, Portland State, …) Foundations (Hewlett, Gates, …) Governments (state, federal) Institutional Consortia (CALI)
- 44. With Creative Commons licenses, you are free to… Copy Mix Share Keep Edit Use
- 45. open = free + permissions
- 46. open = free + permissions copy mix share keep edit use
- 47. Why Open? • Facilitates the free exchange of information. • Allows higher education to take ownership of its content. • Empowers faculty • Written by industry professionals and renowned faculty from universities such as MIT, Brown University, Harvard, UCLA, Penn State, and more!
- 49. Revisiting the Cost Factor
- 52. Open Stax programs saved students $155 million since 2012!
- 53. - Community of open educators - Assistance in sustaining open ed programs - Pathways to open textbook creation - 2,600 faculty reached - Provide access to OTL
- 54. open.umn.edu
- 58. What’s new? • 450 books • Huge increase in the engineering category • Spanish language textbooks
- 59. Criteria for inclusion openly licensed* *That means everything, including images. ✓ Portable file (downloadable) ✓ Complete textbook ✓ Institutional or scholarly society affiliation, or in use in more than one location ✓ Original (unless it’s a major overhaul for a new audience)
- 61. 12 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality http://openedgroup.org/
- 62. 5,201 Professors and Students http://openedgroup.org/
- 64. Perception of textbook compared to traditional textbooks used in other classes
- 65. Open-ended feedback In my opinion, this is the most effective use of a textbook. Instead of requiring students to buy an $80 textbook, that's loaded with useless material, this textbook is straightforward, and free. Usually when teachers assign readings, I don't read them because I know they will be covered in class the next day, and I don't want to spend 2 hours reading 25 pages of banter. This textbook is to the point, easy to read, and actually allows me to learn. It's accessible, and tailored specifically to this class. I think every class should make their textbooks this way.
- 66. 13 Peer Reviewed Studies of Efficacy http://openedgroup.org/
- 68. 95% Same or Better Outcomes http://openedgroup.org/
- 69. Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics 1272 pages Available in PDF ePub Print Web Bookshare (accessible) Instructor solution manual Powerpoint slides
- 71. PM4ID
- 73. At The Ohio State University... Faculty using OER saved students nearly $1 million by the end of 2017!
- 74. Texas Tech is next!
- 75. Dr. Lauren Griffith Contributing author
- 76. What can we do? • Take a look! • Write a review! • Adopt if a book meets the needs of you and your students • Raise awareness - talk with colleagues in your program and department
- 77. Writing a Review Is there is a textbook in the Open Textbook Library that fits your class and/or expertise? Stipend will be paid for: 1. attending this workshop, and 2. reviewing a textbook in the Open Textbook Library
- 78. Writing a Review 1. You will receive an email with a link to the online review form. 2. Complete a concise review by Dec. 1, 2017. 3. The review will be posted on the Open Textbook Library under an open license. 4. Stipend will be paid.
- 79. Jasmine Roberts roberts.827@osu.edu @ProfJasmine Slides: http://slideshare.net/jroberts Open Textbook Library: open.umn.edu This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.