OER: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, Improving Pedagogy

reducing costs
expanding access
improving pedagogy
#OAWEEK | 10/27/17 | STONY BROOK
nicole allen
@txtbks

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…fix the broken
status quo
#openinorderto

Consumer Prices 2006–2016
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Textbooks
Tuition & Fees
All Items

“CPI for Educational Books
and Supplies…has finally
stopped rising” - AEI

Average Estimated Undergraduate
Budgets, 2016-17
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies = $1,200+

“the straw that broke
the camel’s back”

Captive Market

5 major
publishers
hold nearly
90% of the
market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
Near-Monopoly

2 in 3
Students say they decided
against buying a textbook
because the cost is too high
Source: Student PIRGs

1 in 2
Students say they have at some
point taken fewer courses due
to the cost of textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus

<1 in 2
Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group

students cannot
learn from books
they can’t afford

we can do better

what is
open?

SOUND BITE:
“OER are educational
materials that can be freely
downloaded, edited, and
shared to better serve all
students.”

OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES

OPEN
Free + Permissions
Retain
Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute
5Rs

technology
enables
copyright
forbids

open licensing system
www.creativecommons.org

…reduce cost
#openinorderto

$1.3 million in student
savings by working with
faculty to adopt free &
open resources

Saved students approx. $27
million, ten times the
original investment.

…expand access
#openinorderto

openedgroup.org/review
academic research showing
the impact of OER vs.
traditional materials

12 percentage point
increase in student
success measure

tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free
Open resources in every
single course, reduces
cost of degree 20%,
increases completion

…improve pedagogy
#openinorderto

I wanted my students to gain hands on
experience managing a project… So I asked
my students to engage in a very large scale
revise / remix project.” - @opencontent

“It does not feel patriotic to have my
students pay money for public-domain
literature on their American heritage.”
— Dr. Robin DeRosa

Awards for faculty who use
OER given by Student
Government Association

“Evidence of educational leadership is required for
tenure/promotion in the Educational Leadership stream…
It can include, but is not limited to…Contributions to the
practice and theory of teaching and learning literature,
including publications in peer-reviewed and professional
journals, conference publications, book chapters,
textbooks and open education repositories / resources.”
— Guide to Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Procedures

what you can do

(1) when you can
share, do share

(2) change the default:
consider OER first,
then other options

Higher
Ed
K-12
OER Awareness
onlinelearningsurvey.com/oer

(3) support faculty to
adopt, adapt, and
create OER

connect.sparcopen.org

sparcopen.org/leadoer

(4) make “open”
your mission

“…advance knowledge and have immediate or
long-range practical significance”
“…leadership for economic growth, technology, and
culture for neighboring communities and the wider
geographic region”
“…positioning the University in the global
community.”

Nicole Allen
nicole@sparcopen.org
@txtbks | @sparc_na
www.sparcopen.org

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