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OpenCon Southwest Florida 2017

OpenCon Southwest Florida 2017

Presentation slides from OpenCon SWFL.

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February 03, 2017
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  1. 1:00 Introduction to OpenCon 1:15 What is Open Access, Open

    Education, and Open Data? 1:45 Brainstorming: How can Open benefit our campuses? 2:20 Coffee, Tea, and Snacks Break 2:45 Affordable Textbook Panel 3:15 Advocacy Training Session 4:20 Wrap-Up Schedule
  2. Freely accessible = free to read Re-usable = Openly licensed

    (CC) Retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute
  3. The average student spends $1,200 a year on textbooks 13%

    of costs at a 4 year college 40% at a community college 65% of students have skipped buying or renting 14% have dropped a class because of textbook cost Textbook prices rose 88% between 2006 and 2016, 3x inflation CollegeBoard, Trends in College Pricing 2014-2015; 2015-2016 trends.collegeboard.org Need by the Numbers
  4. Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, VA • AA students spend

    ~$3,400 on books and supplies • August 2013 TCC launches OER business admin degree • Z-classes and Z-Degree - zero books required ◦ Z course in Calculus 70% enrollment, 43% for non-Z ◦ 1.7% dropped a Z-course over 4 semesters, 2.6% for non-Z ◦ 4.4% withdrawal rate for Z-courses, 6.6% for non-Z • For every $1 TCC spent, students saved $4 http://sparcopen.org/impact-story/tidewater-community-college/ Case Study
  5. Open Educational Resources (OER) • OpenStax • OER Commons •

    Open Textbook Library • MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks • Open Educational Resources Videos
  6. What would the impact be if 75% of general education

    classes had free textbooks or OER?