Open Textbook Stats
Known Open Textbook Adoptions in B.C.
2012 - 2019| Student savings | $13,723,645.00 - $14,271,602.00 |
| Number of B.C. students using open textbooks | 142476 |
| 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, Justice Institute of BC |
| Number of known B.C. faculty adopting | 648 |
| Number of known B.C. adoptions | 3360 |
- 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.
- Book (refers to an open textbook)
- A comprehensive compilation of content organized into chapters that includes a table of contents, learning outcomes, and learning activities created to meet course objectives in a specific subject-area and is assigned an open-copyright licence or released into the public domain.
- 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: 2019-08-13 - 2019-12-13Site: opentextbc.ca
| Number of books in the collection | 306 |
| Number of web-based books opentextbc.ca | 70 |
| Number of visits to all 70 web-based books opentextbc.ca | 7880819 |
| Number of likely adoptions in the last 4 months opentextbc.ca | 4728 - 15763 |
| Predictions opentextbc.ca | 1 adoption is likely to occur every 0.48 - 0.24 hours |
Based on downloads What is this?
Date range: 2019-08-13 - 2019-12-13Site: opentextbc.ca
| Number of books in the collection | 306 |
| Number of web-based books opentextbc.ca | 70 |
| Number of downloads of all 70 web-based books opentextbc.ca | 15132 |
| Number of likely adoptions in the last 4 months opentextbc.ca | 303 - 1513 |
| Predictions opentextbc.ca | 1 adoption is likely to occur every 1.92 - 9.84 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: 306
Number of books in Pressbooks: 70
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: 306
Number of visits to the site in the last 4 months: 33225
Number of visits to the page 'find-open-textbooks': 17
Summary
Number of completed reviews: 1
Number of textbooks reviewed: 1 Which Books?
Number of participating institutions: 53
Percentage of books in the collection that have been reviewed:
| Title | Num of Reviews | Overall Score (max 5) |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.5 | Details
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Summary
Number of books in the collection: 306
Number of main subject areas: 19
Number of secondary subject areas: 84
Trades
- Trades - General (19)
- Professional Cook (9)
- Electrical (5)
- Plumbing (1)
Business
- Management (5)
- Business and Technology (4)
- Business - General (4)
- Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour (4)
- Accounting (4)
- Finance (3)
- Marketing (3)
- Business Ethics (2)
- Non-Profits (2)
- Entrepreneurship (1)
- Commerce (1)
Social Sciences
- Psychology (10)
- Economics (10)
- Sociology (5)
- Political Science (5)
- Anthropology (2)
Humanities
- Philosophy (11)
- History (4)
- English Literature (4)
- Linguistics (4)
- Spanish Literature (2)
- Gender and Sexuality (1)
Math/Stats
- Calculus (10)
- Algebra (7)
- Statistics (6)
- Math - General (2)
Biological/Physical Sciences
Adult Basic Education
- English (14)
- Math (8)
- Education and Career Planning (1)
Communication/Writing
- Professional Communication (9)
- Academic Writing (4)
- Media (4)
- Communication/Writing - General (2)
- Technical Communication (1)
- Creative Non-Fiction (1)
Education
- Indigenization (7)
- Digital Education (3)
- Early Childhood Education (3)
- Open Pedagogy (2)
- Physics (1)
Support Resources
- Create/Adapt OER (5)
- Use OER (4)
- Open Education - General (4)
- Directories (3)
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)
- Geology (2)
- Forestry (1)
- Meteorology (1)
Language Learning
- French Language (3)
- English Language (2)
- Korean Language (1)
- Arabic Language (1)
- Cree Language (1)
- Punjabi Language (1)
Academic/Career Success
Computer Science
- Web Design (3)
- Algorithms and Data Structures (2)
- Databases (1)
- Systems (1)
Engineering
Law/Criminal Justice
- Law Enforcement (2)
- International Law (1)