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We Did It! So Can You! Creating "No-Textbook" IT Degrees

Published: 06 October 2021 Publication History

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One of the largest expenses for university students is the cost of textbooks. This is particularly true in the STEM areas. Data shows that course textbooks cost more and more every year. Textbook costs have risen 812% since 1978 and 73% since 2006 - which is four times the rate of inflation. The College Board recommends that students budget at least $1200 per year for textbook costs. Over 1/3 of students use their financial aid for textbook costs. The average computer science/IT textbook costs $180. In order to help alleviate some of these textbook costs, the State of Georgia has been offering to faculty Affordable Learning Grants across all majors. Several faculty in the Information Technology Department of Kennesaw State University were awarded an ALG grant during the Summer-Fall 2018 for redevelopment of four undergraduate IT courses using no textbook. In the past three years several IT faculty members have been awarded these ALG grants for redevelopment of information security courses, database courses, and an ethics course. The results of the redevelopment of the database courses and information security courses have been very positive for the students. The panel will discuss the current re-development of IT courses, and report on the positive results of prior re-development of no-textbook courses.
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    SIGITE '21: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Information Technology Education
    October 2021
    165 pages
    ISBN:9781450383554
    DOI:10.1145/3450329
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    1. affordable learning resources
    2. no-cost learning materials
    3. oer
    4. open source
    5. textbooks

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