Open Educational Resources (OER) are the answer. Even campus bookstores are buying in and realizing that they make their money on merch anyway. Shelf tags direct students to the OER faculty are using. OER can also be made accessible in ways that print books aren’t.
OER has a place, but I'm glad our kid's continuing to develop a relationship to real books, with all the bells and whistles that full-on publishing provides. Accessibly priced titles (this semester from the university presses at UNC and Ohio, among other publishers) make this one of the cheapest parts of the higher ed experience so far.
Thanks for sharing the good news and your optimism!
Open Educational Resources (OER) are the answer. Even campus bookstores are buying in and realizing that they make their money on merch anyway. Shelf tags direct students to the OER faculty are using. OER can also be made accessible in ways that print books aren’t.
OER has a place, but I'm glad our kid's continuing to develop a relationship to real books, with all the bells and whistles that full-on publishing provides. Accessibly priced titles (this semester from the university presses at UNC and Ohio, among other publishers) make this one of the cheapest parts of the higher ed experience so far.