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educationalresources
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)Director of Open Education, SPARC
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higher ed is important
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higher ed is expensive
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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2014-15
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies =
$1,225
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“the straw that broke the camel’s back”
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tuition & fees
textbooks
inflation
@txtbks | sparc.arl.orgCalculus: Early Transcendentals (7th edition), James Stewart
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2 in 3Students say they decided against
buying a textbook because the cost is too high
Source: Student PIRGs
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1 in 2Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to
the cost of textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus
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Students can’t learn from materials they can’t afford
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DONE READING?
GOOD
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Market Failure
5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the
market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
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students are captives, not consumers
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textbooks
inflation
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Market Failure
Source: NACS.org
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We can do better.
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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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”
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Free + 5R Permissions
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Free + 5R Permissions• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
opencontent.org
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Open Licensinguses copyright to enable free sharing and reuse
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(easy-to-use open licenses)www.creativecommons.org
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most open
least open
OER
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how is OER created?
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ocw.mit.edu
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oercommons.org
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openstaxcollege.org
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oli.cmu.edu
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skillscommons.org
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how is OER being used?
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Open Textbook (Example)
• Free online
• Free PDF
• Free ePub
• Print $49.73
• Instructor can adapt and distribute
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phet.colorado.edu
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pm4id.org
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what are the benefits?
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“a student saves $128 per course, when their traditionally published textbook is replaced with an open textbook”
“open textbooks have the potential to save more than a billion dollars each year”
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$1M student savings, and counting
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Supporting Adoption
Source: Lumen Learning
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