Open Educational Resources (Wheaton College 3/16/14)

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educationalresources

Nicole Allen ([email protected])

Director of Open Education, SPARC

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higher ed is important


higher ed is expensive

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: Business Insider

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Cost Factors:

Tuition and Fees

Room and Board

Transportation

Books and Supplies


Cost Factors:

Tuition and Fees

Room and Board

Transportation

Books and Supplies


Average Estimated Undergraduate

Budgets, 2014-15

private non-profit 4-year institutions

Source: College Board

Books & Supplies = $1,244


“the straw that broke the

camel’s back”


@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: Student PIRGs







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2 in 3Students say they decided against

buying a textbook because the cost is too high

Source: Student PIRGs


1 in 2Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of

textbooks

Source: Florida Virtual Campus


<1 in 2Students purchase a current

edition of their textbook

Source: Book Industry Study Group


Students can’t learn

from materials they can’t afford


Market Failure


Market Failure

5 major

publishers hold

nearly 90% of

the market

Source: Turning the Page by James Koch


“less than one third of students

believed that using e-textbooks

significantly improved their

learning or engagement in a

course”

Market Failure

Source: EDUCAUSE


We can do better.


OPEN

EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCES


Hewlett Foundation Definition:

“OER are teaching, learning, and

research resources that reside in the

public domain or are released under an

intellectual property license that permits

their free use and repurposing by

others”


Hewlett Foundation Definition:

“OER are teaching, learning, and

research resources that reside in the

public domain or are released under an

intellectual property license that permits

their free use and repurposing by

others”


Free + 5R Permissions


Free + 5R Permissions• Retain

• Reuse

• Revise

• Remix

• Redistribute


How is OER being

created?


ocw.mit.edu


oercommons.org


openstaxcollege.org


oli.cmu.edu


open.umn.edu



How is OER

being used?


Open Textbook (Example)

• Free online

• Free PDF

• Free ePub

• Print $49.73

• Instructor can adapt

and distribute

@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgSource: Pierce College


impact.lumenlearning.com


lumenlearning.com


pm4id.org


What can you do on

campus?


OER adoption programs


Open textbook reviews


Digital coursepacks


OER publishing


http://libraries.ou.edu/announcements/?id=21

OER staff positions


http://libraries.ou.edu/announcements/?id=21

OER staff positions


All-OER degree programs


z.umn.edu/opentextbooks


Student engagement


www.opencon2014.org | @open_con


using OER in 1 course

per year could save

$1.42 billion

Source: Student PIRGs


Nicole Allen

[email protected]

@txtbks

Open Educational Resources (Wheaton College 3/16/14)

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