{"id":139955,"date":"2021-04-21T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139955"},"modified":"2021-04-21T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:20:55","slug":"leeward-cc-free-online-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/leeward-cc-free-online-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> has saved students more than $6<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr> with free, online textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_88149\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OTD61-BPKgs?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"TXT0 at Leeward Community College\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing stressors in the lives of many university students. Employment, housing and food insecurity have been compounded by new health concerns and the rapid shift to online learning.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020\u201321 academic year, like other University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> campuses, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\">Leeward Community College<\/a> shifted to mostly remote learning. The college\u2019s early adoption of Open Educational Resources (<abbr>OER<\/abbr>) and other no-cost resources helped reduce the financial burden presented by high-cost textbooks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139963\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-genesis-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person looking at pyramid\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-139963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-genesis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-genesis-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-genesis.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genesis Larson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In spring 2021, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, <a href=\"https:\/\/create.piktochart.com\/output\/52905959-leeward-oer-spring-2021\">the leader in zero-cost textbook (<abbr>TXT0<\/abbr>)<\/a> classes in <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s 10-campus system, conducted more than half (52&#37;) of all class sections with zero-cost textbooks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In spring 2019, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> had 35&#37; of classes as <abbr>TXT0<\/abbr>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/15\/community-college-free-online-textbooks\/\">saving students over $3.4 million<\/a> since we began tracking in 2015. I really thought the number of classes would start to plateau, but was amazed when two years later we are at 52&#37; with $6.3 million in (cumulative) student savings,&rdquo; said <strong>Leanne Riseley<\/strong>, interim dean of academic services.<\/p>\n<h2>Students save<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139964\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-dyson-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people and child sitting at table\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-139964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-dyson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-dyson-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-dyson.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brianna Dyson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For students working toward earning their degree during a pandemic without access to resources they would normally have, <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s are proving to be the difference in helping their pursuit of academic goals. Not having to pay for course materials gives them the opportunity to use their money in other ways to meet their personal needs.<\/p>\n<p>Students are singing the praises of zero-cost textbooks. <strong>Brianna Dyson<\/strong> earned her liberal arts degree from Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the $121.80 I didn\u2019t have to spend on a textbook, I was able to pay for my son\u2019s daycare!&rdquo; Dyson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genesis Larson<\/strong> used her textbook savings in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>She said, &ldquo;With the money I didn\u2019t have to spend on a textbook, I saw the world I was learning about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>The big picture<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139967\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-villanueva-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person sitting at computer\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-139967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-villanueva-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-villanueva-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/leeward-oer-villanueva-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audrey Villanueva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>TXT0<\/abbr> is part of a larger <a href=\"http:\/\/oer.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Open Educational Resources<\/a> initiative to make college more affordable by replacing high-cost commercial textbooks and other course materials with openly licensed versions that are available at no cost to students. The <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/\">Creative Commons licenses<\/a> integral to <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s allow instructors to adopt the materials as is, or to adapt and modify them to align with their specific course learning outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>At Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, this initiative inspired faculty and academic support personnel to collaborate and innovate\u2014librarians helped instructors identify <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s for their classes and where <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s did not exist, the library supported their move to <abbr>TXT0<\/abbr> by purchasing ebooks and subscribing to streaming video collections that were accessible (and free) to students. Instructional designers helped instructors to incorporate <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s into their online courses and guided them through the course redesign process when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> continues to strive to reach the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community College strategic goal of reducing the cost of education for students through adopting <abbr>OER<\/abbr> to replace textbooks.&rdquo; said Chancellor <strong>Carlos Pe\u00f1aloza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> has offered professional development and trained more than 150 faculty from all <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community College campuses, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>. They credited this training with giving them the skills and confidence to use <abbr>OER<\/abbr> in their classes.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty see benefits<\/h2>\n<p>This synergy directly impacted student learning, and many of Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s faculty believe that the benefits of transitioning away from costly commercial textbooks and course materials were well worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Biddle<\/strong>, a psychology instructor, said, &ldquo;Before, I found that students were overwhelmed with the amount of reading from a textbook and either just didn\u2019t do it or read but didn\u2019t do a great job pulling out important information. So, when I created my own re-mixed <abbr>OER<\/abbr>s, I pulled out this information for them, wove in YouTube videos, recorded my own mini-lectures on important topics and included links pointing them to popular press articles on related topics. And students are actually doing the reading now! Grades have improved, retention has improved!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/15\/community-college-free-online-textbooks\/\">More than $5<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr> in <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> student savings from online textbooks<\/a> [VIDEO], December 15, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;By Tad Saiki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students use savings from online textbooks for childcare, travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1411,1419,1416,65,71,14,59,56],"class_list":["post-139955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-online-instruction","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139955"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139971,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139955\/revisions\/139971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}