Unboxing the Textbook for an Open World, #OEW2020
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The document discusses the significant rise in textbook prices, with an 812% increase from 1978 to 2013 and 73% since 2006, outpacing inflation. It highlights the preference of students for hard copies over digital versions, the challenges in purchasing textbooks, and the potential benefits of open educational resources (OER). An Irish national survey is referenced, suggesting a need for greater awareness and accessibility of open textbooks in higher education.
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stop. […] Students also struggle to buy
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track down openly available digital
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Unboxing the Textbook for an Open World, #OEW2020
- 2. Eamon Costello, Zoe Wake Hyde, Mark Brown, Darco Jansen, Samantha Travaskis & Aine Lynch Unboxing the Textbook for an Open World
- 3. 1978 - 2013 textbook prices increase 812% 2014 annual average student spent $2000 (Baglione & Sullivan, 2016) Since 2006 the costs of textbooks increase by 73% - over four times inflation (Senack & Donoghue, 2016). 98% of faculty mandate a textbook (Allen and Seaman, 2016) textbook copyright infringement by students (Scorcu & Vici, 2012)
- 5. What do books cost? (Google Books API and Irish HEI reading lists) 3,000 books analysed Mean $56.67 Mode $9.99 Median $40 Range: 0.99 to >$400
- 6. Costello, E., Bolger, R., Soverino, T., & Brown, M. (2019). Determining Textbook Cost, Formats, and Licensing with Google Books API: A Case Study from an Open Textbook Project. Information Technology and Libraries, 38(1), 91-99. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v38 i1.10738
- 8. “I am willing to go for digital copies, if “I can get it without paying for it, but my preference would be a hard copy that I can own, that I can highlight and make notes in, that would be my preference. ”
- 10. “Sometimes I’d wait and see if I think I'm going to use this, especially in my first year, I went to the library and if the book had a teeny-weeny print that I know I'm not gonna be able to read anyway I'm not gonna buy it because I know I'm not gonna ever look at it you know….”
- 11. An Irish National Survey on Open Textbooks • Financial value of OER • Preference for digital v hardcopy • OER Awareness
- 14. Barriers
- 16. “Students are not reading as much full stop. […] Students also struggle to buy books and I do not urge them to purchase books - I make a big effort to track down openly available digital content. I haven’t come across Open Textbooks - sounds very interesting!
- 19. Why do we need open textbooks and OER beyond financial savings for students? Question #1 for the Panel
- 20. What one point would you make to a professor about open textbooks and OER? Question #2 for the Panel
- 21. What one point would you make to a senior leadership group in a University about open textbooks and OER? Question #3 for the Panel
- 22. Tell me about what you would love to see in the future for textbooks? Question #4 for the Panel