Kansas State University Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative

A student reply back on this on Twitter already "Dr. Rhodes is an awesome professor!" You bet she is!

Keeping education fresh For Dr. Ashley Rhodes, teaching associate professor in the division of biology at Kansas State University, teaching is an interactive process for both the professor and the student.

Fantastic, engaging Open Education Week sessions this morning!

Great Information Session this morning!

Yasmin is a rock star teacher, doing an amazing job of taking advantage of Textbooks 2.0 to support the success of her students!

Supporting students, enhancing education Before entering college, students are faced with decisions regarding where they want to study, what they can afford and if they are truly ready for the demanding course load.

Shared about with Faculty Senate Committee on Technology then crashed the Faculty Senate Academic Affairs & Professional Staff Affairs meetings to do the same. On the streets, inside the buildings. We’re everywhere & .

Raised awareness about during a joint leadership meeting of Faculty Senate, Student Governing Association, & University Support Staff Senate!

Will students like if I make the change? What do faculty think who made the change? 2016 article describes student survey and faculty interview perceptions. Summary meme.

2014 Initiative proposal endorsed by our Faculty Senate. Now we're advocating to go . bit.ly/FacSenRes

Advocating for at First Tuesday, a monthly meeting of administrators/leaders!

Our Open Education Week events on Thursday are officially posted for all to see! http://bit.ly/KSUOEWeek

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Imagine not having what you need to succeed. K-State undergrads spend avg of nearly $1,000/year on textbooks. You can help. March 25 go All In for K-State. Give to provide students high-quality digital textbooks. One cause. One day. https://www.ksufoundation.org/noteworthy/2020/All_In_For_KState_2020.html
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Awesome article on Andy! For more about him see this 2016
Kansas State Collegian article with this gem of a quote: “He’s a ballroom dancing, converse-wearing mathematician.” http://bit.ly/BennettCol

Mathematics department head improving math program even after 28 years Kansas State math professor came to Manhattan for an interview at the university and left knowing K-State would be his new home.

Foundation Article about the Initiative!

Alternative Textbooks at K-State The average Kansas State University student spends roughly $5,000 in four years or $1,250 per year for textbooks and classroom materials.

2017 KSU Foundation "The Cost Cutters" article about the Initiative. http://bit.ly/Cost_Cutters

Just finished attending a fascinating Open Textbook Network webinar on the use of learning circles to support faculty in transitioning to !

Excited to work with The Teaching & Learning Center of Kansas State University to offer Open Education Week events on Thursday 3/5 9 AM-11:45 AM in the Business Building & on Zoom as highlighted in their recent newsletter (bit.ly/CATLNews). Mark your calendars!

2016 K-State Libraries magazine article about the Initiative (http://bit.ly/LibOATI).

Great discussion today on OER-enabled pedagogy! Thank you to the panelist and all that attended!

Sept. 2, 2016 Kansas State Collegian
article about the Initiative’s impact up to that point (http://bit.ly/OATIArt) & companion opinion article about it being underfunded (http://bit.ly/OATIOpin).

Appreciate K-State Student Governing Association referencing the initiative at the beginning of this resolution in opposition to Top Hat and other costly educational platforms. http://bit.ly/SGAReso Andrew, Alex & Sadie were valued members of our fall awards committee.

Please Join Brian Lindshield, Colby Moorberg, Laura Kanost & Robbie Bear at a Faculty Exchange for Teaching Excellence session “Open Educational Resource (OER)-Enabled Pedagogy” from 3-3:45 PM in Wildcat Chamber on Friday. http://bit.ly/FETEPrgm Registration closes today! http://bit.ly/FETEReg

2015 Desert News article about textbooks and programs replacing them. Andy and Brian are quoted in it, and it talks about the initiative within the US context. http://bit.ly/DeseretOpen

Awesome article (http://bit.ly/Moorberg) about Colby's "Soil and Water Conservation: An Annotated Bibliography", an open textbook along with some information about the initiative. Colby Moorberg we dig what you do for students and beyond!

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2012 article (http://bit.ly/StarLind) about Brian Lindshield's, one of our co-founder and co-leaders, pre-initiative. This The Kansas City Star article was nationally syndicated appearing in other newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee & Detroit News.

K-State professor develops textbook flexibility Predictions that electronic textbooks would push traditional books to the back shelf on college campuses have so far proved overly optimistic.

Congrats to Philosophy Department at Kansas State University Graham Leach-Krouse on earning the K-State College of Arts and Sciences Munson-Simu Star Award (http://bit.ly/MunSimu)! We’re proud to have supported the development of Carnap. If you’re interested in learning more about it, here is a link to it (https://carnap.io/).

Participated in Open Textbook Network monthly webinar about the Open Textbook Library (bit.ly/OpenTextN) which contains 691 open textbooks! One example they shared was Michael Wesch created K-State Libraries New Prairie Press published book. Link if you're interested (bit.ly/ArtBingHuman)

Interesting survey data showing a decrease in the amount that college students are paying for course materials with a large decline this year but also declines over 5 years. Hope American Enterprise Institute's Mark J. Perry can provide context about the disconnect between these results and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which show a plateauing but not this decrease in his update to his Chart of the Century this month. https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/CUUR0000SSEA011