OpenStax ‐Transitioning from Traditional Textbooks to Free

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Transitioning from Traditional Textbooks to Free 

openstax“Free textbooks. High quality. No 

catch.”

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Topics

Student – concerns

Openstax – what are credentials

Openstax ‐ components

Benefits ‐ to students > instructors > college

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Do your students?

Your concern for studentBuy a textbook? even if required?  Would you know for sure?

Concern about resale?

Concern about how often a new edition with few changes comes out?

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Student concernsComplain about the price of textbook?Biology Majors   $257. 00 new           Rent $90.00  

(The books cost more than the courses)

Does the price of the book impact your enrollment?

Could students afford to take another class if they didn’t have to buy books?

Do your students?

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Do you remember?

• Pressure to require textbook from bookstore• No alternatives allowed (used recommendations, etc) 

• Pressure to require latest edition• The high cost of ancillary materials 

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Did you know that openstax is?

• Supported by Rice University• The Laura and John Arnold Foundation, • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, • The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, • The Maxfield Foundation, • The Bill and Stephanie Sick Fund, and • The Michelson 20 MM Foundation. 

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Check it out

Go to  https://openstax.org/higher‐ed1. Log on   sign in        dshipley0917

password   instructor12. Subject (top right)3. Click on the book you select4. Click on Instructor Resources

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Take Note

• PowerPoints• Test Materials• Instructor Manual• Ancillary Materials

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May view the book 4 ways

1. View online2. Download on iBooks3. Download a PDF4. Buy a hard copy5. QR code provides quick snap of additional 

study

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Concept Coach

• http://cc.openstax.org/#interactive‐demo• Ask for account • Openstax link to Course Concepts• Dashboard shows student progress• Instructor may check for understanding

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Test Questions with Openstax

Depending on the book ‐ how well and how the questions are formulated and how many

OptionsFor online testing in Testing Center  Download in docx and use RespondousDownload in .zip and use a testing system if you have one already ex: Examview, etc.Retype or modify and test paper copy only

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Overall OER Benefits with Openstax

1. Save the students a lot of money2. Book available on phone at all times3. Don’t have to carry heavy books4. Helps a class to fill if an expensive book is not 

required 5. Save instructor time from updating study guides 

and PowerPoint order every two years6. Save paper and resources7. Everyone can see what is learned and taught on 

a subject, not just students8. Frees the instructor and the school from the 

textbook publishers

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What do you think?