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Textbook affordability and ASOIT

Opening Possibilities with Open Educational Resources 

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https://twitter.com/MediatedReality/status/472088267647508480

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https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/infographic-the-skyrocketing-cost-of-textbooks-for-schools-students

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Florida Virtual Campus. (2018). 2016 student textbook and course materials survey. Tallahassee, FL: Author.

https://dlss.flvc.org/documents/210036/1314923/2018+Student+Textbook+and+Course+Materials+Survey+Report+--+FINAL+VERSION+--+20190308.pdf/07478d85-89c2-3742-209a-9cc5df8cd7ea

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Oregon House Bills

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  • “Each community college and public university shall establish a textbook affordability plan.”

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  • “At least one student representative must be included and consulted in the development of each textbook affordability plan established”

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  • Low/ no cost text materials must be discoverable in course search
    • Oregon Tech does not meet this standard

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What the Oregon Tech Library is doing

16 Faculty

26 classes

1047 Students

$19,000 in library contributions

Continuing in 2020

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Oregon Tech Student Textbook Savings��$221,769

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How ASOIT can support OIT students

Nominate a student to Textbook affordability taskforce

Talk to your instructors and professors

Student Handbook on Text affordability and Open resources

$500 - 1000 stipends to adapt or create

Student travel grants - $1,000-2,000

Faculty travel grants - $1,000-2,000

Support for local workshop or event on the topic $5,000-10,000

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Questions?

John.Schoppert@oit.edu

Dawn.lowewincentsen@oit.edu