A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes

Proponents of open educational resources claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the classroom. Over a period of two years, we worked with 20 middle and high school science teachers (collectively teaching approximately 3,900 students) w...

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Autores principales:	David Wiley, John Levi Hilton III, Shelley Ellington, Tiffany Hall
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	cost Open educational resources remix reuse open textbooks electronic textbooks Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dff1ac8b9ec9431fab7415911cb973162021-12-02T16:59:50ZA preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.11531492-3831https://doaj.org/article/dff1ac8b9ec9431fab7415911cb973162012-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1153https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Proponents of open educational resources claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the classroom. Over a period of two years, we worked with 20 middle and high school science teachers (collectively teaching approximately 3,900 students) who adopted open textbooks to understand the process and determine the overall cost of such an adoption. The teachers deployed open textbooks in multiple ways. Some of these methods cost more than traditional textbooks; however, we did identify and implement a successful model of open textbook adoption that reduces costs by over 50% compared to the cost of adopting traditional textbooks. In addition, we examined the standardized test scores of students using the open textbooks and found no apparent differences in the results of students who used open textbooks compared with previous years when the same teachers’ students used traditional textbooks. However, given the limited sample of participating teachers, further investigation is needed. David WileyJohn Levi Hilton IIIShelley EllingtonTiffany HallAthabasca University PressarticlecostOpen educational resourcesremixreuseopen textbookselectronic textbooksSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012)
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description	Proponents of open educational resources claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the classroom. Over a period of two years, we worked with 20 middle and high school science teachers (collectively teaching approximately 3,900 students) who adopted open textbooks to understand the process and determine the overall cost of such an adoption. The teachers deployed open textbooks in multiple ways. Some of these methods cost more than traditional textbooks; however, we did identify and implement a successful model of open textbook adoption that reduces costs by over 50% compared to the cost of adopting traditional textbooks. In addition, we examined the standardized test scores of students using the open textbooks and found no apparent differences in the results of students who used open textbooks compared with previous years when the same teachers’ students used traditional textbooks. However, given the limited sample of participating teachers, further investigation is needed.
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title_short	A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes
title_full	A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes
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A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes

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