Feel free to adopt or adapt activities on this page, if they will be useful to you during your subject-specific breakout sessions. Please continue to add to this list as well.
Estimates vs. Actuality
| From | Barbara Illowsky, Foothills DeAnza Community College (and co-author of OpenStax Statistics text) |
| Timeframe | 10 minutes |
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“One of the activities I like to do in my presentations is to have faculty pick one course they teach. I ask them to estimate the cost of the textbook new, used, digital, and rented from the campus bookstore. On the next slide, I give them the link to their campus bookstore. I have them compare their estimate to the actual costs. I almost always hear gasps. I also pick one course they offer and show the amounts compared to an OpenStax text (digital and hard copy).”
Rolling the Dice
| From | SUNY OER Services, adapted from Jennifer Kneafsey at Tulsa Community College |
| Timeframe | 20-30 minutes (10 for activity and remaining for follow-up discussion) |
| Note | This activity requires dice. You can bring actual dice with you, or you can ask participants to use a website or phone app. One useful website is Random.org Dice Roller. |
| Download | Access the document in Google Drive here |
