6. $2731 $1,133
Tuition and Fees Books & Supplies
Cost of U.S. Community College
Source: College Board, Trends in Higher Education Report, 2011
https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/trends-2011-community-colleges-ed-enrollment-debt-brief.pdf
15. 65%
of students decided against buying a
required textbook because of cost
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
16. 50%
of students said that cost of
textbooks impacted how many and
which classes they took
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
17. 82%
of students felt they would do
significantly better in a course if
textbook was available for free
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
18. How are 2/3 of students
supposed to learn with
materials they can’t afford
and are not buying?
20. Does it make any sense WA State and K-12
Districts together spend $130M/year
on textbooks and the results are:
• Books are (on average) 7-10 years out of date
• Paper only / no digital versions.
• Students can’t write / highlight in books
• Students can’t keep books at end of year
• All rights reserved… teachers can’t update
• Parents often pay for lost paper books…
22. Cost of “Copy”
For one 250 page textbook:
• Copy by hand - $1,000
• Copy by print on demand - $4.90
• Copy by computer - $0.00084
23. Cost of “Distribute”
For one 250 page textbook:
• Distribute by mail - $5.20
• $0 with print-on-demand (2000+ copies)
• Distribute by internet - $0.00072
24. Handwriting Printing Press Internet
Copying
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
Distributing
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
33. • Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs
50. Received funding to provide faculty
development on your campus:
- The impacts of high textbook costs
- Open textbooks as a solution
- Stipends for faculty reviews of open
textbooks
The Open Textbook Initiative
University of Minnesota
For more information: http://z.umn.edu/opentextbooks
52. The Z-Degree
REMOVING TEXTBOOK COSTS AS A
BARRIER TO STUDENT SUCCESS
THROUGH AN OER-BASED CURRICULUM
Decreased cost to
graduate by 25%
Increased
pedagogical flexibility
Improved course
completion rates
53.
54.
55. Lumen Learning
$ Cut total spend on
textbooks by 90%
Measurable
increase (5-10%)
in student success
Open licensing
of all new content
Data-driven
course updates
Smooth faculty
transition to
open content
Student access
to materials
from day 1
56. OER Potential in U.S. Higher Education:
Save Students: Billions / year
If every:
Open textbook saves $128 per course / student
57. 11 Peer Reviewed Studies:
OER Outcomes vs. Traditional Textbooks
http://openedgroup.org/
76. Credits
● Open Policy Network slides – from Tim Vollmer @ Creative Commons
● Big idea Icon - from the Noun Project, Public Domain
● Blueprint Icon - by Dimitry Sokolov, from The Noun Project - CC BY
● Check List Icon - by fabrice dubuy, from The Noun Project - CC BY
● Hackathon - by Iconathon 2012 - CC0
● Question Icon - by Rémy Médard, from The Noun Project - CC BY