TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?

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Textbook affordability is important to students, parents, policymakers, and online education professionals. Reducing the functional cost to students of course materials is a complex challenge. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss one multifaceted strategy for meeting this challenge.

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Coffee Links
  • The Beginner’s Guide to Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee (featured in this episode)
  • Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Buying Guide & Review
    • Content Links
    • UCF’s Affordable Instructional Materials Initiative
    • FIU’s “Affordability Counts” Initiative
    • Indiana University’s “Affordability @ IU” Initiative
    • Florida Virtual Campus: Summaries of Student Textbook Surveys
    • Florida Statute 1004.085: “Textbook and Instructional Materials Affordability“
    • TOPcast episode # 11: “Getting to the Goal of Going Textbook Free“
    • TOPcast episode #21: “Accessibility: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination“
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