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Archives: Open Educational Resources

Guest Post — Low Cost Textbook Alternatives: Worth the Effort?

When a University of Utah professor grew frustrated with the slim textbook offerings available to students of Arabic, she turned to the library for help. The result was the collaborative creation of a new and radically cheaper text — that got much higher ratings from students than the old one had. How did we do it?

  • By Liz Gabbitas
  • Apr 1, 2019
  • 22 Comments

Affordable Learning Requires a Diverse Approach, Part 2: Applying Consortial Power to Leverage Student Savings

The executive director of OhioLINK shares that consortium’s experience instituting a statewide “inclusive access” textbook program–and with the criticism that has come their way as a result. (Part 2 of 2.)

  • By Gwen Evans
  • Oct 31, 2018
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Affordable Learning Requires a Diverse Approach, Part 1: Playing the Short Game (and the Long One) to Secure Savings for Students

The executive director of OhioLINK shares that consortium’s experience instituting a statewide “inclusive access” textbook program–and with the criticism that has come their way as a result. (Part 1 of 2.)

  • By Gwen Evans
  • Oct 30, 2018
  • 7 Comments

Academic Libraries and the Textbook Taboo: Time to Get Over It?

Has the time come for academic libraries to start thinking seriously about providing textbooks to their student patrons? A few are already doing so–why not more?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jul 7, 2016
  • 88 Comments

A Possible Game-Changer for Open Educational Resources?

Amazon is reportedly poised to get into the open educational resources game. This could be huge, and not just for the most obvious reasons.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Feb 29, 2016
  • 25 Comments

Stick to Your Ribs: Back to School: Rethinking the Textbook

Revisiting Joe Esposito’s 2011 post on the challenges and the strategies for moving textbooks into the digital era.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Jun 19, 2014
  • 3 Comments

Back to School: Rethinking the Textbook

There are many new companies seeking to disrupt the college textbook model. Here is a taxonomy of the strategies, with some comments on the likelihood of their being adopted.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Sep 13, 2011
  • 14 Comments

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