Open textbook adoption and use: implications for teachers and learners

Petrides, Lisa A.; Jimes, Cynthia; Middleton-Detzner, Clare; Walling, Julie; Weiss, Shenandoah

doi:10.1080/02680513.2011.538563

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“…Similar results have been found by a variety of other researchers (e.g., Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, & Thanos, 2013;Gil, Candelas, Jara, Garcia, & Torres, 2013;Lindshield & Akhiri, 2013;Petrides, Jimes, Middleton-Detzner, Walling, & Weiss, 2011;Pitt, Ebrahimi, McAndrew, & Coughlan, 2013). However, once again, there are no published Canadian studies of students' perceptions of OER.…”

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Investigating the Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks: A survey of Post-Secondary Students in British Columbia

Jhangiani

2017

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Investigating the Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks: A survey of Post-Secondary Students in British Columbia

Jhangiani

2017

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“…At the time of writing this, I am aware of eight published articles (Bliss, Hilton, Wiley, & Thanos, 2013a;Bliss, Robinson, Hilton, & Wiley, 2013b;Feldstein, Martin, Hudson, Warren, Hilton, & Wiley, 2012;Hilton, Gaudet, Clark., Robinson, & Wiley, 2013;Lindshield & Adhikari, 2011;Lindshield & Adhikari, 2013;Pitt et al, 2013;Petrides, Jimes, Middleton-Detzner, Walling, & Weiss, 2011) and two institutional reports (Affordable Learning Georgia, 2015;TideWater Community College, 2015) that conducted student surveys. Two studies evaluating open textbook adoptions: the multi-institutional Project Kaleidoscope initiative (Bliss et al, 2013a(Bliss et al, , 2013b, and the open statistics textbooks project at De Anza College in California (Illowsky, Hilton, Whiting, & Ackerman, 2016) employed questionnaires.…”

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What Impacts do OER Have on Students? Students Share Their Experiences with a Health Psychology OER at New York City College of Technology

Cooney

2017

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This article reports findings from a study conducted with students in three sections of a Health Psychology course that replaced a traditional textbook with open educational resources (OER) as the primary course material. The purpose of the study was to learn how OER impacted students. Data were collected in Fall 2015 with students from New York City College of Technology (City Tech), of the City University of New York (CUNY), a comprehensive college located in Brooklyn. Students were assigned the OER by their course instructor, who developed it as part of a library funded OER pilot initiative. Two research instruments were employed: one-on-one interviews and short surveys. Both interview and survey items asked students about how they engaged with the OER as their primary assigned course material. They shared feedback about the overall organization of the OER, ease of use, methods used to access the OER and complete coursework, benefits and challenges, and differences and similarities to using a traditional print textbook.Findings indicate that most students were able to access the OER more easily than traditional textbooks and responded positively to the variety of learning materials and assignments the OER assembled. Most students reported that course readings were equal to or better than traditional textbooks and would be willing to register for a course offering a similar resource in the future. A small amount of students reported minor usability issues. Also, few students had difficulties obtaining technology necessary to access the OER.

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“…To combat this, there are multiple initiatives aimed at replacing textbooks with open/alternative educational resources (OAERs) at the institutional (Bell 2012;Billings et al 2012;Oberlander 2015;Sutton and Chadwell 2014) and system levels (Caswell 2012). There are also a number of more focused initiatives/projects that have replaced textbooks in a course or similar courses (Bliss et al 2013a(Bliss et al , 2013bFeldstein et al 2012;Hilton et al 2013;Morris-Babb and Henderson 2011;Petrides 2011;Watson, Clouser, and Domizi 2014). Open educational resources are 'educational materials that are either (1) licensed under an open copyright license (e.g., Creative Commons), or (2) in the public domain (Wiley and Green 2012)'.…”

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“…Community college students have found OAERs to be high quality (Bliss et al 2013a(Bliss et al , 2013bCaswell 2012), and something that they would like to continue using (Petrides 2011). Despite a number of similar initiatives at 4-year institutions, there are limited data regarding students' perceptions on taking a course, and faculty members' perception on teaching, with OAERs instead of textbooks.…”

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University students and faculty have positive perceptions of open/alternative resources and their utilization in a textbook replacement initiative

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Research in Learning Technology

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This is contribution no. 16-114-J from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.The Kansas State University Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative provides grants to faculty members to replace textbooks with open/alternative educational resources (OAERs) that are available at no cost to students. Open educational resources are available for anyone to access, while alternative educational resources are not open. The objective of this study was to determine the perceptions towards OAERs and the initiative, of students enrolled in, and faculty members teaching, courses using OAERs. A survey was sent out to 2,074 students in 13 courses using the OAERs. A total of 524 (25.3%) students completed the survey and a faculty member from each of the 13 courses using OAERs was interviewed. Students rated the OAERs as good quality, preferred using them instead of buying textbooks for their courses, and agreed that they would like OAERs used in other courses. Faculty felt that student learning was somewhat better and it was somewhat easier to teach using OAERs than when they used the traditional textbooks. Nearly all faculty members preferred teaching with OAERs and planned to continue to do so after the funding period. These results, combined with the tremendous savings to students, support the continued funding of the initiative and similar approaches at other institutions.

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Open textbook adoption and use: implications for teachers and learners

Cited by 97 publications

References 3 publications

Investigating the Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks: A survey of Post-Secondary Students in British Columbia

Investigating the Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks: A survey of Post-Secondary Students in British Columbia

What Impacts do OER Have on Students? Students Share Their Experiences with a Health Psychology OER at New York City College of Technology

University students and faculty have positive perceptions of open/alternative resources and their utilization in a textbook replacement initiative

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