Open  Textbooks:  New  Models  in  Textbook  Produc8on    

 Rajiv  Jhangiani,  Ph.D.  

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60%+ do not purchase textbooks at some point due to cost

35% take fewer courses due to textbook cost

31% choose not to register for a course due to textbook cost

23% regularly go without textbooks due to cost

14% have dropped a course due to textbook cost

10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook cost

Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus

There  is  a  direct  rela8onship  between  textbook  costs  and  student  success  

Why  Open  Textbooks?  Access  

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Adapt,  update,  &  remix  

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Introduc6on  to  Psychology  3  sec6ons  (Summer  2014)  

•  105  students  collec6vely  saved  $10500  

$100   $0  (digital)  

Research  Methods  in  Psychology  2  sec6ons  (Fall  2013  &  Spring  2014)  

•  67  students  collec6vely  saved  $8700  

$120   $0  (digital)  or  $13.06  (print)  

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Overall,  I  am  sa8sfied  with  the  convenience,  access,  &  portability  of  the  open  textbook  

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I  like  how  the  theories  are  explained  in  more  understandable  ways  compared  to  other  textbooks  where  the  author  tends  to  talk  in  circles  before  explaining  what  is  being  talked  about  

I  would  not  have  bought  the  text  book  for  this  course  because  it's  an  elec8ve.  I  would  have  possibly  walked  away  with  a  C,  now  I  might  actually  get  an  A-­‐    

It  is  easily  accessible  and  convenient.  Material  is  easy  to  understand  and  follow    

I  personally  really  like  the  convenience  of  having  the  complete  set  of  chapters  on  my  computer  and  even  accessible  from  my  phone  if  I  need  it.  I  like  that  I  don't  have  to  lug  around  another  text  book  

It's  free  and  it's  a  great  money  saver    

Philosophy  of  

Openness  

Open  Textbooks  

Open  Publishing  

Open  Research  

Open  Pedagogy