Open Textbooks @ UQ snapshot
Open Textbooks @ UQ provides a platform for UQ authors to publish open textbooks for use in courses.
Total number of open textbooks
We currently have 26 open textbooks published (at 10 April 2024) in the catalogue.
Courses using Open Textbooks @ UQ books
This information is updated after census date each semester.
| Course code and title | Open textbook used in the course | Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2024 | Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) | Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) | Savings to date (AUD$)^ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COMU3015 Public Interest Communication | Public Interest Communication | N/A | 198 | N/A | N/A |
COMU7430 Corporate Social Responsibility | CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability | 191 | 299 | N/A | N/A |
| DENT1050 Dental Practice I | Dentistry Environment Essentials | N/A | 74 | 114.81 | 8,495.94 |
| DENT1060 Dental Practice 1A | Dentistry Environment Essentials | 81 | 168 | N/A | N/A |
| DENT1061 Dental Practice 1B | Dentistry Environment Essentials | N/A | 84 | N/A | N/A |
| ECON2101 Cost Benefit Analysis | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation | 180 | 1152 | 75.64 | 87,137.28 |
| ECON7740 Cost Benefit Analysis | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation | 233 | 573 | 75.64 | 43,341.72 |
| EXMD2362 Exercise Prescription & Programming | Exercise Delivery | 118 | 357 | N/A | N/A |
| FINM1416 Intro to Financial Management | Introduction to Financial Management: A Contemporary Approach | 260 | 1029 | N/A | N/A |
| LAWS1700 Foundations of Law | Legal Research Essentials | 368 | 368 | N/A | N/A |
| LAWS7936 Fundamentals of the Common Law | Legal Research Essentials | 8 | 8 | N/A | N/A |
| LAWS7936 Fundamentals of the Common Law | Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide | N/A | 30 | N/A | N/A |
| MUSC1050 Western Art Music | Music Research Essentials | 74 | 74 | N/A | N/A |
| PHRM3101 Pharmacy Practics Medicines Management 3A | UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook | 184 | 184 | N/A | N/A |
| PHRM3011 Quality Use of Medicines B1 | UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook | 21 | 21 | N/A | N/A |
| PHRM4071 QUM Research Placement | UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
| PHRM4072 QUM Pharmacy Practice Placement | UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook | 62 | 62 | N/A | N/A |
| SLAT7829 Corpus Linguistics | Using Language Data to Learn About Language: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Corpus Use | 31 | 70 | N/A | N/A |
| SOSC1000 Society, Challenges and Solutions: Introduction to the Social Sciences | Introduction to Social Sciences | 66 | 66 | N/A | N/A |
| SPAN1010 Introductory Spanish A | JUNTXS Introductory Spanish | 91 | 448 | 61.95 | 27,753.60 |
| SPAN1020 Introductory Spanish B | JUNTXS Introductory Spanish | N/A | 187 | 61.95 | 11,584.65 |
| SPAN2010 Introductory Spanish | +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish | 59 | 215 | 61.95 | 13,319.25 |
| SPAN2020 Intermediate Spanish | +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish | N/A | 130 | N/A | N/A |
| STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data | A Portable Introduction to Data Analysis | 701 | 701 | 95.00 | 66,595.00 |
| STAT7174 Computational Statistics | A Portable Introduction to Data Analysis | 40 | 40 | N/A | N/A |
| CHEE2010 Engineering Investigation and Statistical Analysis | A Portable Introduction to Data Analysis | 150 | 150 | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | Open Textbooks @ UQ books have been used in 24 courses | 2978 students in Sem 1, 2024 | 6748 total students | N/A | $258,277.44 |
*Savings figure is calculated on the assumption that every student in the course would purchase the required textbook.
Grants for open textbooks used in courses
The Open Textbooks @ UQ program offers grants to assist UQ academics to adapt or create open textbooks and prescribe them in their courses.
| UQ authors | Textbook project | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Nicole Stormon, Tachae Douglas-Miller and Dr Sowmya Shetty | Dentistry Environment Essentials Grant awarded - $3000 | 24 January 2022 |
| Dr Emma Beckman and Chloe Salisbury | Grant awarded - $3000 | 24 January 2022 |
| Dr Suzanne Bonner | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation Grant awarded - $3000 | 18 February 2022 |
| Associate Professor Jane Johnston and Dr Robyn Gulliver | Grant awarded - $3000 | 22 February 2022 |
| Dr Peter Crosthwaite and Franciele Spinelli | Using Language Data to Learn About Language: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Corpus Use Grant awarded - $3000 | 16 February 2023 |
| Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Dr Zoe Staines and Ned Binnie | Introduction to the Social Sciences Grant awarded - $3000 | 19 May 2023 |
| Professor Tracey Bunda and Mia Strasek-Barker | Language of Relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - Introductory Guide Grant awarded - $3000 | 23 October 2023 |
| Associate Professor Jacquelyn Humphrey and Dr Saphira Rekker | Grant awarded - $4000 Also awarded an Australian Council of Australian Libraries (CAUL) grant - $4500
| 31 January 2024 |
| Associate Professor Michael Bulmer | A Portable Introduction to Data Analysis Grant awarded - $2000 | 9 February 2024 |
| Dr Saphira Rekker | Introduction to Financial Management: A Contemporary Approach Grant awarded - $3000 | Forthcoming |
| Professor Tracey Bunda | Evoking the Fryer Library Indigenous Collection (EFLIC) Grant awarded - $3000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Catherine Kilgour and Dr Lori Delaney | Quality in Healthcare: Assessing What We Do Grant awarded - $4000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Denis O'Hara | The Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy Grant awarded - $4000 | Forthcoming |
| Professor Winnifred Louis | Psychological Research Methods - Workbook Grant awarded - $4000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Lee Wilson, Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Associate Professor Sally Babidge | Anthropology as a Vocation: A Discipline for a Changing World Grant awarded - $4000 | Forthcoming |
| Professor Tim Miller | Mastering Reinforcement Learning Grant awarded - $4000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Teegan Green | Strategic Branding: A Practical Guide Grant awarded - $3000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Nicole Stormon | The Art of Tooth Anatomy Grant awarded - $3000
| Forthcoming |
| Dr Frederique Bracoud | Financial Markets and Institutions: a step-by-step analysis of core mechanisms Grant awarded - $3000 | Forthcoming |
| Dr Sowmya Shetty, Jessica Zachar and Matthew Nangle | Communication Essentials in Dentistry Grant awarded - $3000 | Forthcoming |