UNCW’s Open Textbook Initiative

Ashley Knoxknoxa@uncw.edu

Meghan Wanucha Smithsmithmw@uncw.edu

This work is a derivative of Open Education North Carolina by NC LIVE and a derivative of Open Textbooks: Access, Affordability, and Academic Success by David Ernst, used under a CC-BY license. This work is licensed under a CC-BY license.

“…highereducation shall be equally accessible to all”

The cost barrier kept

2.4 million

low and moderate-income college-qualified high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://fi les.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf

~50%of community college students were food insecure

46% were housing insecure

12% were homeless

Source: 2018 Still Hungry and Homeless in College study Available at: http://wihopelab.com/publications/Wisconsin-HOPE-Lab-Still-Hungry-and-Homeless.pdf

The average college graduate owes more than

$29,200

in student loans (class of 2018).

http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data

North Carolina = $26,683

UNCW = $26,315 (class of 2018)

Cost of Attendance?

•Tuition and Fees

•Room and Board

•Books and Supplies

•Personal Expenses

•Transportation

•Health Insurance

What can we do?

•Tuition and Fees

•Room and Board

•Books and Supplies

•Personal Expenses

•Transportation

Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm /

Increase in Textbook

Prices

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

The average student should budget

$1,240

for textbooks and course materials in 2019-20

https://research.collegeboard.org/trends/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-sector-2019-20

Appalachian State University $700 UNC Chapel Hill $1,604

East Carolina University $1,280 UNC Charlotte $1,200

Elizabeth City State University

$362 UNC Greensboro $956

Fayetteville State University $1,000 UNC Pembroke $1,505

North Carolina A&T State University

$1,400 UNC Wilmington $1,130

North Carolina Central University

$1,500 UNC School of the Arts

$1,250

North Carolina State University

$1,082 Western Carolina University

$2,151

UNC Asheville $1,200 Winston-Salem State University

$1,300

https://uncw.edu/Finaid/cost.html

2012 2016

63.6% 66.5% Not purchase the required textbook

49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses

45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course

33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade

26.7% 26.1% Drop a course

17.0% 19.8% Fail a course

In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:

http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2016_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry

Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics

1272 pages

Available inPDFePubPrintWeb

Bookshare (accessible)Instructor solution manual

Powerpoint slides

Sample textbook

Where does the funding come from?

Universities (SUNY, Umass Amherst, Portland State, …)

Foundations (Hewlett, Gates…)

Governments (state, federal)

Institutional Consortia (CALI)

Open Educational Resources

Works with Your LMS

https://library.uncw.edu/guides/open_educational_resources

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

A textbook must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for the Open Textbook Library:

● Has an open license that allows for derivatives● Is a complete book (not individual chapters) available as a portable file (e.g.

PDF, ePUB)● Is currently in use at multiple higher education institutions, or affiliated with a

higher education institution, scholarly society, or professional organization● Is an original textbook (not a derivative of another textbook) or is for an

entirely new audience

• Comprehensiveness - Does the text cover all areas and ideas?

• Content Accuracy - Is the content accurate?

• Relevance Longevity- Is the content up-to-date, are updates easy to make?

• Clarity - Is the text written clearly and uses appropriate terminology ?

• Consistency - Is the text internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework?

• Modularity - Is the text easily and readily divisible into smaller sections?

• Organization Structure Flow - Are the topics presented in a logical clear fashion?

• Interface - Is the text free of interface issues?

Open Textbooks Review Criteria

Open Textbook Reviews

Jared Robinson, T., Fischer, L., Wiley, D., & Hilton, J. (2014). The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes. Educational Researcher, 43(7), 341–351. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X14550275(CC BY 3.0)

13 Peer Reviewed Studies of Efficacy

http://openedgroup.org/

50%Same

35%Better

http://openedgroup.org/

http://openedgroup.org/

15%Worse

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Open and Affordable Textbook Programs• Open Education Initiative

• Emory University• Alt-Textbook Project

• North Carolina State University• Affordable Textbook Project

• San Jose State University• Open Education Initiative

• University of Massachusetts Amherst• Alternative Textbook Program

• University of Kentucky• Open and Affordable Textbooks

• Rutgers University• Open Textbook Grant Program

• Fort Hays State University• Zero-to-Low Cost Course Project

• University of Toronto• OER Program

• UNCG

Joyner Library Alternative Textbook Program

This program was developed to encourage faculty at East Carolina University to explore and use alternative texts such as Open Access textbooks, freely available articles and books, Open Educational Resources and/or library-licensed resources in lieu of assigning traditional textbooks.

First year there were over 35 applicants 2016 – 15 winners*2017 – 16 winners

LSTA Grant Funded Project administered by NC State Library in collaboration with UNCG.

This slide, is a derivative of “Open Edcuational Resources: Free materials and their place in our communities” https://bit.ly/2IW6qik by Heather Seibert , used by CC BY NC SA. This attributed slide licensed under CC BY NC SA by Ashley Knox and Beth Thompson.

Randall Library Mini-Grants

CC BY 2.0 by Aaron Alexander

Randall Library Mini-Grants –What and Who?

• The library will be offering up

to $1,000 for a number of

mini-grants

• Any UNCW teaching faculty

can apply

Randall Library Mini-Grants – Requirement?

• Change your required textbook and/or course materials for a single

course to a no-cost option

"Textbook" by Amy is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

Randall Library Mini-Grants - Resources?

• Resources you can use:

• open textbooks

• other open access scholarly resources

• library-owned content

• Links to resources for open education can be found on the Randall

Library website

• Open Education Resources guide

Search for Open Educational Resources

Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)

Search for Open Educational Resources

• Open Textbook Network

• BCcampus Open Textbooks

• Merlot

• OER Commons

• Open SUNY Textbooks

• Openstax

• Orange Grove

Search Randall Library Website for Open Educational Resources

• Library website

• Find eBooks guide

• Searching for eBooks in the library catalog

• eBook Collections

Search Randall Library for OER

• Look in subject specific research guides

Library subscribed resource

Link to a free online resource

Search the Web for OER

OER Commons MIT Open Courseware

Ben’s Guide Khan Academy

Chem Collective

Randall Library Mini-Grants –What?

• Funds go toward helping faculty

• With updating their syllabus

• With adopting, adapting or creating new open source

textbooks and materials

"Gold Dollar Sign" by Rareclass is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Randall Library Mini-Grants –When?

• To be implemented Fall 2020 or Spring 2021

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Randall Library Mini-Grants – Application

• Applications will be judged by a panel of previous mini-grant

winners and librarians

• Greater consideration will be given to applications that provide

a greater cost savings to students, or require creation or

adaption of course material

Randall Library Mini-Grants – Application

• Application can be found on the Randall Library website

• Open Education Resources guide

• Applications will be due March 31

• Awards recipients will be notified in April

Randall Library

Mini-Grants –

Questions?

If you need help with

finding resources,

please contact your

liaison librarian

Randall Library Mini-Grants – Questions?

• If you have any questions about the application process, please

contact either:

• Ashley Knox – knoxa@uncw.edu

• Meghan Wanucha Smith – smithmw@uncw.edu

Our Goal:Over next two years, ensure

that the top-30 courses

taught in college classrooms

across North Carolina have

access to high-quality, open,

free textbooks.

nclive.org/oenc/

• Eligibility: The instructor must be employed at an NC LIVE member institution (full list at nclive.org/about/members).

• Savings: The cost savings to students must be significant. This is calculated via the number of students and sections to be taught over next two years and the cost of the commercial textbook being replaced.

• Readiness: The instructor should be ready to adopt an open textbook.

Selection Criteria

https://www.nclive.org/oenc/

Past Mini-Grant Winners

Dr. Ann Rotchford (SOC/CRM) Dr. Kathy Fox (WCE)

This is a derivative work of “Open Textbooks” by David Ernst and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Ashley Knoxknoxa@uncw.edu

Meghan Wanucha Smithsmithmw@uncw.edu

Thank you!