Open Textbook Stats
Known Open Textbook Adoptions in B.C.
2012 - 2019| Student savings | $11,898,747.00 - $12,641,621.00 |
| Number of B.C. students using open textbooks | 126134 |
| Number of B.C. institutions currently adopting | 40 |
| Top 5 adopting institutions (in order) | Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langara College, Douglas College, University of British Columbia, Camosun College |
| Number of known B.C. faculty adopting | 592 |
| Number of known B.C. adoptions | 3095 |
- Adoption
- Each adoption refers to a course section within a specific term and year for which an open textbook has replaced a a primary textbook or educational resource that must be purchased.
- Faculty
- The number of individual instructors who have adopted one or more open textbooks for one or more course sections. A faculty member is only counted once.
- Savings
- The number at the lower end is calculated as follows: number of students (see "Students") x $100 (This number was derived by OpenStax College based on a formula that takes into account used textbook purchases and rental costs as well as new textbook costs.)
- The number at the upper end is calculated as follows: number of students (see "Students") x actual cost of the textbook being replaced if purchased as hard copy and new.
- Students
- The total number of students in all course sections within which an open textbook is used as the primary educational resource.
Likely adoptions
Based on visits What is this?
Date range: 2019-03-24 - 2019-07-24Site: opentextbc.ca
| Number of books in the collection | 291 |
| Number of web-based books opentextbc.ca | 60 |
| Number of visits to all 60 web-based books opentextbc.ca | 11074129 |
| Number of likely adoptions in the last 4 months opentextbc.ca | 6645 - 22148 |
| Predictions opentextbc.ca | 1 adoption is likely to occur every 0.48 - 0.24 hours |
Based on downloads What is this?
Date range: 2019-03-24 - 2019-07-24Site: opentextbc.ca
| Number of books in the collection | 291 |
| Number of web-based books opentextbc.ca | 60 |
| Number of downloads of all 60 web-based books opentextbc.ca | 31207 |
| Number of likely adoptions in the last 4 months opentextbc.ca | 624 - 3121 |
| Predictions opentextbc.ca | 1 adoption is likely to occur every 0.96 - 4.8 hours |
Summary
This page lists usage and downloads stats for books in the BCcampus (opentextbc.ca) Pressbooks. The downloads stats only include files downloaded from the webbook home page.
Number of books in the collection: 291
Number of books in Pressbooks: 60
Percentage of books in the collection that have been imported into Pressbooks:
Summary
This page contains download and access stats from the last four months for all books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection.
Number of books in the collection: 291
Number of visits to the site in the last 4 months: 22422
Number of visits to the page 'find-open-textbooks': 7636
Summary
Number of completed reviews: 1
Number of textbooks reviewed: 0 Which Books?
Number of participating institutions: 52
Percentage of books in the collection that have been reviewed:
| Title | Num of Reviews | Overall Score (max 5) |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | - |
Summary
Number of books in the collection: 291
Number of main subject areas: 19
Number of secondary subject areas: 80
Trades
- Trades - General (19)
- Professional Cook (9)
- Electrical (5)
- Plumbing (1)
Social Sciences
- Psychology (10)
- Economics (10)
- Political Science (5)
- Sociology (5)
- Anthropology (3)
Business
- Management (5)
- Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour (4)
- Business - General (4)
- Accounting (4)
- Business and Technology (4)
- Marketing (3)
- Finance (3)
- Non-Profits (2)
- Business Ethics (2)
- Entrepreneurship (1)
- Commerce (1)
Humanities
- Philosophy (9)
- Linguistics (4)
- English Literature (4)
- History (4)
- Spanish Literature (2)
Math/Stats
- Calculus (10)
- Algebra (6)
- Statistics (6)
- Math - General (1)
Biological/Physical Sciences
Adult Basic Education
- English (13)
- Math (7)
- Education and Career Planning (1)
Communication/Writing
- Professional Communication (9)
- Media (4)
- Academic Writing (4)
- Technical Communication (1)
- Creative Non-Fiction (1)
- Communication/Writing - General (1)
Support Resources
- Create/Adapt OER (5)
- Open Education - General (4)
- Use OER (4)
- Directories (3)
Education
- Indigenization (7)
- Early Childhood Education (3)
- Open Pedagogy (2)
- Digital Education (2)
Health and Medical
- Health/Medical - General (5)
- Support/Caregiving (1)
- Nursing (1)
- Pharmacy/Pharmacology (1)
- Nutrition/Dietary (1)
- Health/Medical Technology (1)
- Dentistry (1)
Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Geography and GIS (4)
- Environment (3)
- Meteorology (1)
- Geology (1)
- Forestry (1)
Academic/Career Success
Language Learning
- French Language (3)
- English Language (2)
- Cree Language (1)
- Punjabi Language (1)
Computer Science
- Web Design (2)
- Algorithms and Data Structures (2)
- Databases (1)
- Systems (1)
Engineering
Law/Criminal Justice
- Law Enforcement (2)
- International Law (1)