What Should Professors Know About Expensive Textbooks?
Program Type
Lightning talks
Start Date and Time
24-10-2023 12:00 PM
End Date and Time
24-10-2023 12:30 PM
Location
Online live event
Program Description
Last year during Open Access Week, Georgia State University Library asked its students, "What should professors know about expensive textbooks?" and "What have you done when a textbook was too expensive?" Applying open pedagogical approaches, these questions were displayed on white boards at library service desks on each campus. Students were encouraged to respond to the first question in their own words, and they were asked to respond to the second question by selecting one of five responses. Responses were analyzed and anonymized, and they were then used in faculty professional development to demonstrate the local impact of expensive textbooks. Attend this lightning talk to learn what we discovered about our students and their perspectives on textbook affordability and access.
Please register here
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
What Should Professors Know About Expensive Textbooks?
Online live event
Last year during Open Access Week, Georgia State University Library asked its students, "What should professors know about expensive textbooks?" and "What have you done when a textbook was too expensive?" Applying open pedagogical approaches, these questions were displayed on white boards at library service desks on each campus. Students were encouraged to respond to the first question in their own words, and they were asked to respond to the second question by selecting one of five responses. Responses were analyzed and anonymized, and they were then used in faculty professional development to demonstrate the local impact of expensive textbooks. Attend this lightning talk to learn what we discovered about our students and their perspectives on textbook affordability and access.
Please register here
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
