[Open-education] [LibOER] Article in IHE: Can We Afford Free Textbooks?

Tue Mar 28 13:12:24 UTC 2017

Hi Cheryl, hi Allegra,

I've put down some thoughts here:
http://bjohas.de/Blog/20170328_Can_We_Afford_Free_Textbooks

Happy to discuss further!

All the best,
Bjoern

On 27 March 2017 at 17:19, Allegra Swift <allegra.swift at gmail.com> wrote:

> The author's McGraw-Hill connection that Kathy points out is key. The
> "digital learning tools" he is describing bypass the library and directly
> connect with the publisher. Students are being forced to pay for content
> the library subscribes to. One article supplied but each student pays for
> it. In addition, one system I am looking at (marketed directly to faculty)
> states that it makes textbook resale a non-issue and forces sale of content
> supplied by "thieves." Instead of saving students money, this systems are
> forcing students to pay even more and reporting, grades, etc are tied to
> the content.
>
> The faculty are unaware of the costs but wooed by the prospects of saving
> time in reading, grading and the ease of reports that tell them where
> students are struggling earlier so that they can intervene (student
> success).
>
> We need OER that is not replicated old tech (print) but including
> annotation and reporting features as the faculty want and need.
>
> Allegra Swift
> Claremont Colleges
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 5:24 AM, Cuillier, Cheryl A - (ccuillie) <
> ccuillie at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>> It’s really disappointing that this is what *Inside Higher Ed* chose to
>> run during Open Education Week <https://www.openeducationweek.org/>:
>>
>>
>>
>> Can We Afford Free Textbooks?
>> <https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/03/27/colleges-should-focus-keeping-students-college-not-free-textbooks-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=709105f05b-DNU20170327&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-709105f05b-198547921&mc_cid=709105f05b&mc_eid=6501d4b863>
>>
>> When it comes to student success, “new” open resources ultimately do
>> little more than further entrench an ineffective status quo, argues Robert
>> S. Feldman.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheryl
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