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Reducing the Costs of College: New Directions for Faculty
eAuthoring
Nori Barajas-Murphy • Erin GratzUniversity of La Verne
“Does custom publishing work to improve attitude* and learning outcomes?”
*Attitude= interest, appreciation of a discipline
-Romine and Banerjee 2013
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eAuthored Text - A Taxonomy
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6. eAuthored Responsive
5. eAuthored Interactive
4. e/Authored Textbook
3. Curated Resources
2. Compiled Resources
1. Custom Textbook
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Custom
Textbook
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Com
piled R
esources
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Curated
Resources
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e/Authored
Textbook
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eAuthored
Interactive
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eAuthored
Responsive
Collaboration Faculty • Instructional Designers • Librarians
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Faculty(SME)
Librarian Instructional Designer
This person’s expertise and learning outcomes lead the projectThe project will move at the rate of the subject matter expert
This person’s knowledge of and accessibility to resources support the project
This person’s technical skill and design knowledge support the project
Faculty
Librarians
Instructional Designers
TIME
Collaboration between existing human resources
Human Connection Moment1. Consider what has been presented so far2. Make 3 bullet points of actions you can take
on your campus in the near future3. Select your favorite bullet point4. Text to polleverywhere5. Create groups of 36. Share favorite bullet point
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Cost Savings to Students
Estim
ated Increases from
2002 to 2012
Cost Savings in Research Methods = $219 – 94.49
Cost Savings in Music Appreciation = $88.75
Cost Savings in Human A&P = $72.30
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Impact on Student Learning
“Reinforcing these findings, students in the baseline study who found their instructors’ annotations, highlights, and added e-text materials useful or whose instructors encouraged use of the e-textbooks were:
● significantly more likely to report that the e-textbooks helped them better understand the course ideas and concepts,
● allowed them to better organize and structure their learning, increased their engagement with course content,
● and made their study time more efficient.”Grajek 2013
Distracti…
Tablet novelty
Publication outputs
Design standards
Significance of Instructor Modeling
Need for Empirical Research on Impact of Faculty Authored Course Content on
Learning
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“Three factors have held back instructors’ ability and willingness to publish custom materials.
The first is the lack of technology; the second is rethinking of the economic model related
to publishing and technological issues dealing with security, copyright, and patenting;
and the third is the numerous erroneous assumptions and myths among instructors that accompany the idea
of customization.”- Romine (2012)
GAO-13-368, College Textbooks: Students Have Greater Access to Textbook Information - 655066.pdf. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2015, from http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf
Grajek, S. (2013). Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks : An EDUCAUSE / Internet2 Pilot (p. 54). Retrieved from https://www.educause.edu/library/resources/understanding-what-higher-education-needs-e-textbooks-educauseinternet2-pilot
Martin, C., & Aitken, J. (2012). Evolving definitions of authorship in Ebook. Information Services & Use, 31(2011), 139–146. doi:10.3233/ISU-2012-0643
Romine, W., & Banerjee, T. (2012). Customization of Curriculum Materials in Science: Motives, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of Science Education & Technology, 21(1), 38–45. Retrieved from 10.1007/s10956-010-9278-8
Why textbooks cost so much. (2014, August 16). The Economist. http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21612200-its-economics-101-why-textbooks-cost-so-much
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