Over my career, I have worked in commercial textbook publishing, managed a joint venture for a for-profit software publisher, worked with state DOEs, and run my own small (but profitable) business. I also have an MBA (though I try not
Potential cost savings of OER – Part 3
This is the last in a three-part series on the potential cost savings of OER. In part 1, I established that the cost of print was not a very significant cost savings. (A bit more on that below.) In part
Potential cost savings of OER – Part 2
This is a continuation of the discussion of the potential cost savings of OER and an assertion that Texas might save a significant amount of money, possibly as much as $200 million, by adopting “open textbooks.” In the last post,
Texas issues RFO for “open textbooks”
Texas has issued an Request for Offer (RFO) for “state-developed open-source textbooks” for literature and ESOL. They say, “The purpose of this offer is to identify and acquire state-developed/state owned open-source textbooks that are available for downloading from the internet
Potential cost savings of OER – Part 1
I’ve been thinking a lot about the potential cost savings of OER in K-12. I know that in these times of state financial crisis, a silver bullet like free textbooks is very appealing. Personally, I think that the educational advantages