2. Projects

First point:The cost of textbooks is rising:1978 - 2013: 812% (3x inflation)

Second point:This affects student debt and educational outcomes

Second point:

●65% of students choose not to buy a college textbook because

it’s too expensive

●94% report that they suffer academically because of this

choice

●48% say they altered which classes they took based on

textbook costs, either taking fewer classes or different classes

(Source: “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market.” U.S. PIRG

Education Fund and the Student PIRGs)

Third point:Many textbooks are written & published overseas, for overseas students

Fourth point:Most textbooks are protected by ‘All Rights Reserved’ copyright.

This means it is illegal for academics to adapt or update textbooks for local students

Fifth point:New Zealand tutors and lecturers produce a heap of educational resources, which they generally don’t share

Develop, share and adopt Open Educational Resources

→ free of legal, technical and price restrictions

Develop, share and adopt Open Educational Resources…

So how will that happen?

1: Resources funded or produced by state sector agencies → open

2: Teaching staff assign free, open resources that already exist

3: Institution-level Open Educational Resources policy and practice

4: Open access policies for publicly funded research outputs

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