But What Do The Students Think: Results of the CUNY Cross-Campus Zero-Textbook Cost Student Survey

Shawna Brandle; Stacy Katz; Anne Hays; Amy Beth; Cailean Cooney; Jacqueline DiSanto; Linda Miles; Abigail Morrison

doi:10.5944/openpraxis.11.1.932

But What Do The Students Think: Results of the CUNY Cross-Campus Zero-Textbook Cost Student Survey

Volume 11 (2019): Issue 1

By: Shawna Brandle , Stacy Katz , Anne Hays , Amy Beth , Cailean Cooney, Jacqueline DiSanto, Linda Miles and Abigail Morrison

Open Access

|Mar 2019

Abstract

The results of the first cross-campus survey of student opinions on Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) courses are in: City University of New York (CUNY) students like their ZTC courses, primarily for the cost savings and ease of access. The survey results yield rich data about how positively students feel about their Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) courses as well as ways to improve the design and delivery of Zero Textbook Cost courses to make them more beneficial for student learning.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.1.932 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 85 - 101

Submitted on: Nov 2, 2018

Accepted on: Jan 29, 2019

Published on: Mar 31, 2019

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

OER,

textbooks,

student opinions

© 2019 Shawna Brandle, Stacy Katz, Anne Hays, Amy Beth, Cailean Cooney, Jacqueline DiSanto, Linda Miles, Abigail Morrison, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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