Known Open Textbook Adoptions in B.C.
2012 – 2024
| Student savings | $40,775,813 |
| Number of B.C. students using open textbooks | 347,669 |
| Number of B.C. institutions currently adopting | 43 |
| Top 5 adopting institutions (number of adoptions) | 1. Douglas College 2. Langara College 3. Kwantlen Polytechnic University 4. Thompson Rivers University 5. Okanagan College |
| Top 5 adopting institutions (student savings) | 1. University of British Columbia 2. Douglas College 3. Langara College 4. Simon Fraser University 5. Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| Number of known B.C. faculty adopting | 1020 |
| Number of known B.C. adoptions | 8,614 |
Adoption
Each adoption refers to a course section within a specific term and year for which an open textbook has replaced 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
This number is calculated as follows: number of students (see “Students”) x actual cost of the textbook being replaced if purchased new.
Students
The total number of students in all course sections within which an open textbook is used as the primary educational resource.