Abstract

This study reports findings from a year-long pilot study during which 991 students in 9 core courses in the Virginia State University School of Business replaced traditional textbooks with openly licensed books and other digital content. The university made a deliberate decision to use open textbooks that were copyrighted under the Creative Commons license. This decision was based on the accessibility and flexibility in the delivery of course content provided by open textbooks. More students accessed digital open textbooks than had previously purchased hard copies of textbooks. Higher grades were correlated with courses that used open textbooks. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.)

Citation

Feldstein, A., Martin, M., Hudson, A., Warren, K., Hilton, J. & Wiley, D. (2010). Open Textbooks and Increased Student Access and Outcomes. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2,. Retrieved May 29, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/73798/.

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Keywords

• Access to Education
• Access to Information
• Business Administration Education
• College Instruction
• College Students
• Comparative Analysis
• Computer Uses in Education
• Copyrights
• Core Curriculum
• Correlation
• Course Content
• Curriculum Implementation
• Data Analysis
• distance education
• Economics
• educational technology
• Electronic Publishing
• Grades (Scholastic)
• Multimedia Materials
• Open Source Technology
• Pilot Projects
• Program Effectiveness
• student attitudes
• Student Costs
• Student Surveys
• Textbooks
• usability
• Use Studies
• Web Based Instruction