Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 4, 2024
Many institutions charge students a fee associated with their OER courses as a way of funding the institutions’ OER efforts. For example, Kansas State University’s Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative course fee is a $10 fee that is payed by students in courses that use OER and other free, traditionally copyrighted resources.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Regardless of where you stand on the debate over open educational resources, you’re probably wondering: Does OER actually improve learning outcomes? This question came up in a handful of discussions this week at the OpenEd conference in Niagara Falls, NY. Then they randomly assigned the entire class to OER or non-OER materials.
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Edsurge
MARCH 3, 2020
Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. “It In the U.S.,
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2018
One popular draw to open educational resources is that these openly-licensed learning materials can—and are often encouraged to—be tailored for a particular professor or course. Communications librarian Kristen Hoffman oversees much of the OER work at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university in Washington.
Iterating Toward Openness
DECEMBER 20, 2018
At the OpenEd Conference in 2013, Nicole Allen and I challenged the OER community to save students one billion dollars. The overall average price for “OER Only” (Open Educational Resources in all formats, including new print, used print, rental, loose-leaf, and digital) is $10.69. The adoption rate of OER is 6.3%.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 30, 2018
In response, open educational materials, or OER, have emerged as an alternative to expensive textbooks that disproportionately affect low-income students. EdSurge: Much of the conversation at the OpenEd conference was around how free materials does not always mean open or accessible. Where is “free” falling short for students?
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S.
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