Open Course Library Launched

November 1, 2011 at 8:58 am Leave a comment

The highly anticipated Open Course Library was launched this morning during a telephone press conference.

During the call, reporters — from the Associated Press, Washington Post, USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Seattle Times, to name just a few — got in-depth information including new estimates of textbook savings to students and families, from our expert panel:

Shaunta Hyde, State Board member, Director of Global Aviation Policy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Tom Caswell, SBCTC, project lead and Open Education policy associate
Reuven Carlyle, Washington State Representative, 36th District (D-Seattle), early champion of Open Education Resources in the state
Nicole Allen, Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) textbook advocate, and a nationally recognized expert on textbook costs
Michael Kenyon, Green River Community College mathematics instructor
Lindsey Cassels, Clover Park Technical College esthetics sciences student

More details:

Read news release Open Course Library launch marks the beginning of the end of $200 textbooks

Listen to telephone press conference

Visit the Open Course Library

The Student PIRGs conducted an informal study to evaluate the Open Course Library’s impact on textbook costs. Read the report: Affordable Textbooks For Washington’s Students: A Cost Analysis of the Open Course Library