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OpenStax: A Texas Solution to a National Problem
Access. The future of education.
Daniel Williamson, Managing Director, OpenStax, Rice University@new_edu | [email protected]
RiceUniversity
Reports to the President’s
office
501(c)(3)Nonprofit
Money invested back into the
content
Dr. Richard Baraniuk
Founded by a Rice faculty member
38 books
Published since 2012
What is OpenStax?
Our nonprofit mission
OpenStax’s mission is to improve educational access and learning for everyone. ● Increase access to high-quality open
educational content in order to provide students financial relief
● Improve academic freedom and flexibility for faculty to allow for innovative teaching practice
● Conduct learning science research to advance understanding of best practices.
Grant funding
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationWilliam and Flora Hewlett FoundationLaura and John Arnold FoundationArthur and Carlyse Ciocca Charitable FoundationAnn and John DoerrNational Science FoundationGirard FoundationGoogle Inc.Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics FoundationMaxfield FoundationMichelson 20MM FoundationOpen Society FoundationsCharles Koch FoundationBrian D. Patterson USA-International FoundationBill and Stephanie Sick FoundationChan Zuckerberg InitiativeStuart Family FoundationMemo TreviñoRusty and John Jaggers
• New titles we currently don’t have (pay all authors, reviewers, editors, etc.)
• Teaching & learning academic research
• New initiatives such as Tutor
Improving access 38 free and open textbook library
ScienceAnatomy and PhysiologyAstronomyBiologyChemistry 2e.Chemistry: Atoms First 2e.College PhysicsConcepts of BiologyMicrobiologyUniversity PhysicsCollege Physics - Polish ver.
Social StudiesAmerican Government 2e.Introduction to Sociology 2e.Principles of Economics 2e.Principles of Macroeconomics 2e.Principles of Microeconomics 2e.Psychology
HumanitiesU.S. History
MathAlgebra and TrigonometryCalculusCollege Algebra
Elementary AlgebraIntermediate AlgebraIntroductory StatisticsPre-algebraPrecalculus
BusinessBusiness EthicsIntroduction to BusinessIntroductory Business StatisticsPrinciples of Accounting 1 & 2Organizational BehaviorEntrepreneurshipBusiness LawPrinciples of ManagementAdditive Manufacturing
General EdCollege Success
High SchoolAP Biology AP PhysicsAP Prin. of Macroeconomics 2e.AP Prin. of Microeconomics 2e.
*highlighted: future books
Formats students & faculty use
Faculty often need more than a book
Online homework (from partners)
Online labs (from partners)
PowerPoint slides
Pronunciation guides
Solution Manuals
Test banks
Community Resource on OER Commons
And more!
And it’s working…
23,000 Faculty Adopters
9.5 million students
$920 million saved
6,400+ institutionsusing OpenStax content
• Houston Community College System• University of Texas at Austin• University of Houston• Harvard University• California State University System• Stanford University• Baylor College of Medicine• Rice University• Ivy Tech Community College System• Austin Community College• Maricopa Community College System• Arizona State University• Michigan State University• Purdue University• University of Georgia
100+ Higher Ed Institutionsusing OpenStax in TexasFull list here: http://bit.ly/OS_in_TX
● Houston Community College System● University of Texas at Austin● University of Houston● Rice University● Lone Star College System● Alamo Colleges● Paul Quinn College● Tarrant County College District● Austin Community College● Baylor University● University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley● Dallas Community College District● University of North Texas● Texas A&M University● Texas Tech University● ...
OpenStax Use Across TX
explore on your own: openstax.org/global-reach
Number of Students in Texas
Number of Students in Texas vs US
Number of Students in Texas HE vs K12
Opportunities for OER in Texas
Dual Credit Courses Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/1514.PDF?CFID=94940675&CFTOKEN=13399171
● Challenge: Dual Credit course enrollment is increasing in popularity.○ School districts often end up shouldering the
cost for expensive dual credit textbooks.
● Opportunity: New TX policy (HB 3650) requires districts and IHE to consider OER in dual credit course offerings
OpenStax Institutional Partner Program
openstax.org/institutional-partnership
● Free coaching, strategic planning services, training, and support with the goal of increasing use of open educational resources
● Cohort model, with 9-12 institutions participating each year.
● Over 150% average increase in use
of OER at participating campuses
Institutional Partners in TXPartner Year in Program Additional student
savings from the program
Additional students impacted
Percent increase in students impacted in one year
Alamo College System
2016-2017 $2,019.150.88* 11,752 362%
University of Texas, San Antonio
2016-2017 $2,074,246.58* 11,657 922%
Houston Community College System
2017-2018 $1,375,085.25 17,325 96%
San Jacinto College System
2018-2019 $1,769,554.15 22,295 142%
Prairie View A&M University
2019-2020 New New New
Totals $5,218,885.98 63,029
● Evaluating the impacts of zero cost book program at Houston Community College
● Examining effects of retrieval oriented reading behavior to improve lecture based learning at Texas A&M
Research to Improve Learning
openstax.org/research
Project EquipResearch Questions● “High school / college chasm”● Which specific learning strategies are most helpful
for course and AP exam performance?● How do racial/ethnic/gender groups students differ
in their learning strategies? ● Which strategies have the potential to close gaps
in AP exam performance?
Houston Pilot ● HISD 7th largest school district in US● Houston most diverse city in US● 1,000 students (HISD)● 20 teachers (Glasscock)● AP Physics, AP Biology● Data: OpenStax Tutor individual differences data
+ HISD school data (HERC)● 18 months
●
Engaging Students in the Conversationbit.ly/OS-Internship
● Elevate student voices and prioritize positive student impact when making critical decisions about campus and government policies, course resources, ed tech development, and more
● Deepen the diversity, equity, and inclusion of student voices in open education conversations
● Present student intern projects at the 2019 Open Education conference in Phoenix and the 2020 Creator Fest conference in Houston
● Elevate student voices and prioritize positive student impact when making critical decisions about campus and government policies, course resources, ed tech development, and more
● Deepen the diversity, equity, and inclusion of student voices in open education conversations
● Present student intern projects at the 2019 Open Education conference in Phoenix and the 2020 Creator Fest conference in HoustonEngaging Faculty in Communities of Open Practice
The ‘textbook bubble’ is finally starting to deflate, due to the creative destruction and competition from free/ low-cost textbooks from groups like OpenStax
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Prof. Mark Perry, EconomistAmerican Enterprise Institute
“
”Bureau of Labor Statistics
Time to double down on OERbit.ly/IA-Blog
“You don’t solve the textbook
affordability problem by forcing all
students to buy textbooks.”
The Struggle for Equity in Education
• Student debt is still on the rise. Now nearly $1.5T
• Debt is racialized, and disproportionately impacts youth of color, especially black youth1
• 42% of community college students experience food insecurity2
• 51% of community college students experience housing insecurity 2
• 12% of community college students were homeless2
1 Racial disparities in Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of The Fragile Black Middle Class. Houle and Addo. February 2018. https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/cdewp/2018-02.pdf
2 Still hungry and homelss in college. Goldrick et. al April 2018. http://wihopelab.com/publications/Wisconsin-HOPE-Lab-Still-Hungry-and-Homeless.pdf
Can OER Help?
For many students, textbook costs are the final straw costing between $600-1,200/year.
Thank youFor more information visit
OpenStax.org
Daniel Williamson, Managing Director, OpenStax, Rice [email protected] | @new_edu
Thank youThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Daniel Williamson, Managing Director, OpenStax, Rice [email protected] | @new_edu
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