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Open Textbooks The Affordable Flexible Alternative A way to significantly reduce student textbook costs while enabling you the flexibility to reformat and customize your course material.
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Open TextbooksThe Affordable Flexible Alternative
A way to significantly reduce student textbook costs while enabling you the flexibility to reformat and customize your
course material.
Our students are changing…
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Our students are changing…
So why shouldn’t textbooks change?
Higher Prices
$238.95Just
Costly Bundles
Biology, 8ewith CengageNOW, Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card
$213.95
New Editions
$14.94-$81.78
$213.956th edition
used 5th
How much do you think a typical student spends on textbooks in a year?
$900
•Acquire additional debt
•Choose not to purchase textbooks
•Take fewer classes
•Select classes based on textbook costs
Impact on Students
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Textbook Price Increases in Perspective Percent Change 1986-2004
prices are rising
2x inflation
Textbooks186%
Inflation72%
Source: GAO
Open TextbooksA Solution
Table of contentsWritten by experts
Reviewed and editedIncreasingly available in diverse
disciplines
Are Just Like Any Other TextbookOpen Textbooks
Introduction to Economic Analysis
R. Preston McAfee, Caltech
ISBN: 160049000X
Used at:Harvard, NYU, Cal Poly, UC-Santa Barbara, Caltech, Oregon State,
Claremont McKenna….
www.introecon.com
Online: FreePDF/Word: Free
Hard copy: $15.20
Collaborative Statistics
Barbara Illowsky & Susan Dean
ISBN: 9780978745973
Online: FreePDF/Word: Free
Hard copy: $31.98
For more information:www.collegeopentextbooks.org
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Five Myths about Open Textbooks
1. Open Textbooks and eBooks are the same.2. Creators never receive monetary
compensation for open textbooks.3. All open textbooks are crowd-sourced, i.e.,
created by anonymous amateurs.4. Derivatives damage the author’s reputation.5. Open textbooks are low quality or out-of-
date with expired copyrights.
Free/low cost access onlineFree/low cost access offline (PDF)
Print out part or allPurchase a hard copy
For students…Open Textbooks = Options
All students have accessCustomize as desired
New editions optional
For instructors…The Same or Better
Online version
Download and print
Buy hard copy
Online View
Sample Chapter
Navigate table of contents
Click here to print out
Key term links to definition
Individual authorsInstitutions & Foundations
Publishing Companies
Where They Come FromOpen Textbooks
Open Textbooks & E-texts: What’s the Difference?
• E-texts (publisher online textbooks):– have restrictive licenses (e.g. no modifications) – are only accessible for a limited time period– usually have restrictions on the amount of material students
can print out• Open Textbooks:
– Can be viewed/read for no cost online– Are permanently available in a repository or as a download– Can be printed for a low cost– Can usually be modified / customized
• http://collegeopentextbooks.org/thetextbooks/textbooksbysubject.html
• http://www.flatworldstudents.com/books
• http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu./home
• http://cnx.org/content/col11227/latest/
• http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/OER+Dynamic+Search+Engine
ResourcesRepository
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Three Steps to Adopt an Open Textbook
1. Discover
2. Select
3. Adopt and Use
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You will not get this…
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Outdated
and
Poor Quality
Textbook
Step 1: Discover
If you start here.
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Full review available with comments and ratings for each chapter
Discover open textbooks this way…
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Other Digital Repositories
Step 2: Select
Develop selection criteria◦Your discipline may already have selection
criteria◦How do these criteria differ from those
created for printed textbooks?Use standardized criteria
◦Based on discipline requirements and best practices
Modify existing criteria◦For modules, e-books, and other formats
Use available reviews
Step 3: Adopt and Use
• Choose the parts of the textbook that fit
• Modify as desired to match your teaching style
• Announce to the stakeholders
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Don’t forget other Stakeholders
• Department Chair, Dean, or other group that approves textbook adoptions
• Colleagues• Bookstore• eLearning• Adjuncts• Students
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Use the Textbook
• Use for reading and homework only
• Use in classroom–Limits media options
• Use in Course Management System
• Remediation• Lifelong learning
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