>From Nicole Allen and the Washington's Community Colleges... (see below)
Bravo! Cable *From:* Nicole Allen [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 4:07 PM *Subject:* Savings OK, the results are in. You can quote me on the following: Our 2011 white paper "Affordable Textbooks For Washington's Students: A Cost Analysis of the Open Course Library<http://www.studentpirgs.org/resources/cost-analysis-open-course-library>" found that the Open Course Library would save students a total of $1.26 million in textbook costs during the 2011-2012 academic year. Following the methodology established in that paper, we find that by the end of fall quarter 2012, the Open Course Library has saved students $3.10 million, which is well more than the original investment in the program. By the end of the 2012-2013 academic year, the Open Course Library will save students $5.07 million on textbook costs. This level of savings is truly unprecedented, particularly considering the return on investment for Washington taxpayers. This kind of program should be applauded, and other states across the country should emulate it. The nation needs Washington to continue its role as a leader in leveraging open educational resources as a solution to the high cost of textbooks. Nicole -------------------------- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/education http://twitter.com/cgreen Creative Commons is turning 10! Please give a birthday gift. https://creativecommons.net/donate -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
