oer talk @ providence college
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textbookcost crisis
nicole allen SPARC
the OER and
solving
Providence College | 1/23/17 | Providence, RI
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Cost Factors:Tuition and FeesRoom and BoardTransportationBooks and SuppliesOther Expenses
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Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2016-17
Source: College Board
Books & Supplies = $1,230
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“the straw that broke the camel’s back”
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but why?
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DONE READING?
GOOD
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Captive Market
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5 major publishers hold nearly 90% of the
market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
Near-Monopoly
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Mixed Messages
Source: NACS
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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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<1 in 2Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
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students cannot learn from books they can’t afford
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we can do better.
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCES
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OPEN EDUCATIONALRESOURCESFree + Reuse Rights
• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
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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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open licensing systemwww.creativecommons.org
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tour of the OER space
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examples ofOER impact
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Award winning statistics text
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• Higher or equivalent grades• Higher average credit load• Higher or equivalent completion
ratesopenedgroup.org
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what can you do?
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(1) when you can share, do
share
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(2) change the default: consider
OER first, then other options
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using OER in 1 course per year could save US students
$1.42 billion
Source: Student PIRGs
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(3) support faculty to adopt, adapt,
and create OER
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(4)make “open” your
mission
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The Mission of Providence College
Providence College is a Catholic, Dominican, liberal arts institution of higher education and a community
committed to academic excellence in pursuit of the truth, growth in virtue,
and service of God and neighbor.
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