Saturday, January 18, 2020

Do you think university/college textbooks should be free? - Barrie Today

Poll Results:
https://www.barrietoday.com/polls/do-you-think-universitycollege-textbooks-should-be-free-14721
The poll followed this related story:
This article, written by James M. Skidmore, University of Waterloo, originally appeared on The Conversation and has been republished here with permission: Some student organizations have endorsed the social media campaign #textbookbroke to draw attention to the burdens placed on students by the high cost of learning materials. A solution to this problem exists: open educational resources. These are textbooks and other teaching materials produced by academics or instructors and distributed free of charge. Such resources could be a greater part of higher education. Why aren’t they? https://www.barrietoday.com/around-ontario/beyond-local-is-there-a-way-to-make-learning-materials-textbooks-more-affordable-for-students-1831915