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Lantrip, Jennifer; Ray, Jacquelyn – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Open Educational Resources (OER) are vital in transforming the student learning experience, whether it is through a social justice lens that seeks to remedy inequities by reducing student cost burden and supporting access to materials or, increasingly, the pedagogical changes faculty are making that enhance student learning. Community college…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Open Educational Resources, Community Colleges, College Faculty
Draper, Darryl; Mayes, Lisa; Payne, Brian – Open Learning, 2023
To counter tuition and textbook costs for degree-seeking students, a specific pathway to a bachelor's degree in Leadership was developed. The pathway, comprised of partnerships with the high school Leadership Academy at a public high school, community college, and Old Dominion University (ODU), reduced tuition and textbook costs, allowing the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Open Educational Resources, High School Teachers, College Faculty
Clinton, Virginia – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2019
Open educational resources (OER) have been developed to free students from the expense and instructors from the restrictions of commercial materials. There has been a wealth of empirical examination on numerous aspects of OER. The purpose of this narrative review is to synthesize and integrate the findings on OER in psychology to assist…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Psychology, Student Attitudes, Costs
Barneva, Reneta P.; Brimkov, Valentin E.; Gelsomini, Federico; Kanev, Kamen; Walters, Lisa – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2019
Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials with an open license so that they can be freely copied, modified, and reused. While the rising cost of textbooks is a concern in higher education, over 50% of the surveyed educators stated that they are unaware of the OER and how they could replace the traditional textbooks. In addition,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Textbooks, Educational Resources
Effects of an Open Educational Resources Initiative on Students, Faculty and Instructional Designers
Piña, Anthony A.; Moran, Kenneth A. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2018
A research and development project was undertaken to document, analyze and report the effects of implementing a free/open educational resources (OER) initiative within Sullivan University's College of Business Administration. The project involved the redesign of courses using no-cost textbooks and other educational resources, in place of resources…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Textbooks, Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students
Chiorescu, Marcela – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
It is estimated that the average student spends around 1200 USD on books and supplies every school year; thus, textbook affordability has become more and more of a challenge for students. Replacing traditionally expensive learning resources with open educational resources (OER) can have a great impact in the reduction of cost for post-secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Algebra, College Students, Costs
Fischer, Lane; Ernst, David; Mason, Stacie – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Using data collected from peer reviews for Open Textbook Library titles, this paper explores questions about rating the quality of open textbooks. The five research questions addressed the relationship between textbook and reviewer characteristics and ratings. Although reviewers gave textbooks high ratings generally, reviewers identified…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services, Electronic Publishing, Rating Scales
Martin, Michael Troy; Belikov, Olga Maria; Hilton, John, III.; Wiley, David; Fischer, Lane – Open Praxis, 2017
The cost of textbooks has continued to impact students in higher education. Students have reported that they make decisions on which courses to take based on the specific cost of textbooks. Faculty have reported willingness to use open textbooks to help ease the burden on students but are unsure where to find viable options. We examined the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes