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 13 open textbooks published in the catalogue.
Courses using Open Textbooks @ UQ books
| Course code and title | Open textbook used in the course | Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2023 | 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^ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COMU3015 Public Interest Communication | Public Interest Communication | Not applicable (N/A) | 114 | N/A | N/A |
COMU7430 Corp. Social Responsibility | CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability | 108 | 108 | N/A | N/A |
| DENT1050 Dental Practice I | Dentistry Environment Essentials | N/A | 74 | 114.81 | 8495.94 |
| DENT1060 Dental Practice 1A | Dentistry Environment Essentials | 87 | 87 | N/A | N/A |
| ECON2101 Cost Benefit Analysis | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation | 181 | 661 | 75.64 | 49998.04 |
| ECON7740 Cost Benefit Analysis | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation | 98 | 172 | 75.64 | 13010.08 |
| EXMD2362 Exercise Prescription & Programming | Exercise Delivery | 120 | 239 | N/A | N/A |
| FINM1416 Intro to Financial Management | Introduction to Financial Management: A Contemporary Approach | 257 | 257 | N/A | N/A |
| SLAT7829 Corpus Linguistics | Using Language Data to Learn About Language: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Corpus Use | 39 | 39 | N/A | N/A |
| SPAN1010 Introductory Spanish A | JUNTXS Introductory Spanish | 123 | 357 | 61.95 | 22116.15 |
| SPAN1020 Introductory Spanish B | JUNTXS Introductory Spanish | N/A | 110 | N/A | N/A |
| SPAN2010 Introductory Spanish | +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish | 49 | 156 | N/A | N/A |
| SPAN2020 Intermediate Spanish | +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish | N/A | 80 | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | Open Textbooks @ UQ books have been used in 13 courses | 1062 students in Sem 1, 2023 | 2454 total students | N/A | 93620.21 |
*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 | Open textbooks | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Adriana Diaz | JUNTXS Introductory Spanish and +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish | February 22, 2021 |
| Dr Nicole Stormon, Tachae Douglas-Miller and Dr Sowmya Shetty | Dentistry Environment Essentials | January 24, 2022 |
| Dr Emma Beckman and Chloe Salisbury | Exercise Delivery | January 24, 2022 |
| Dr Suzanne Bonner | Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation | February 18. 2022 |
| Associate Professor Jane Johnston and Dr Robyn Gulliver | Public Interest Communication | February 22, 2022 |
| Dr Franzisca Weder and Marte Eriksen | CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability | February 6, 2023 |
| Dr Peter Crosthwaite and Franciele Spinelli | Using Language Data to Learn About Language: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Corpus Use | February 16, 2023 |