2. –United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“…higher education shall be equally
accessible to all…”
3. 63.6% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% Take fewer courses
45.1% Not register for a specific course
33.9% Earn a poor grade
26.7% Drop a course
17.0% 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
6. open = free + permissions
copy mix
share keep
edit use
7.
8. The Vision
Open textbooks are the default choice by faculty.
Work to be done:
• Help faculty overcome barriers to adoption of open
textbooks.
• Help institutions build or advance their open textbook
program.
14. Barriers to Faculty Adoption
• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks
• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student financial
stress, and how it can impact students academically
• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option
• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are
• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic textbooks
24. The average student should budget
$1,249 - $1,364
for textbooks and course materials in 2015-16.
http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2015-16
25. Coping Strategies
• Purchase an older edition of the textbook
• Delay purchasing the textbook
• Never purchase the textbook
• Share the textbook with other students
26. 63.6% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% Take fewer courses
45.1% Not register for a specific course
33.9% Earn a poor grade
26.7% Drop a course
17.0% 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
34. Barriers to Faculty Adoption
• Faculty don’t know where to find open textbooks
• Faculty don’t understand the urgency of student financial
stress, and how it can impact students academically
• Faculty aren’t aware that open textbooks are an option
• Faculty don’t know what open textbooks are
• Faculty confuse open textbooks with electronic textbooks
• Faculty are skeptical of the quality of open textbooks
43. Local Sustainability
• Build local expertise
– On-campus workshops (faculty, staff, …)
– Staff training – how to engage with faculty
– Materials
– Peer network
• Data collection
46. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cleveland State University
Colorado State University
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Macalester College
Minnesota State College and Universities (34)
North Dakota University System (11)
The Ohio State University
Oregon Community Colleges (17)
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Purdue University
Temple University
University of Arizona
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
University of Northwestern St. Paul
University of Oklahoma
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin – Stout
University of Utah
Utah Academic Library Consortium (11)
Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
Open Textbook Network
47. Impact To Date
• 30 partners representing 100 campuses
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funding
48. Impact To Date
• 30 partners representing 100 campuses
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funding
• 500 faculty exposed to open textbooks
• 380 faculty reviews of open textbooks
50. Impact To Date
• 30 partners representing 100 campuses
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funding
• 500 faculty exposed to open textbooks
• 380 faculty reviews of open textbooks
• 40% adoption rate
• Engaged and active community
• Student savings…
“[Textbook prices] have all been going up at a much faster rate than any other consumer product,” said Mark Perry, a finance and business economics professor at the University of Michigan-Flint.