HB 2871 Grant Projects
The HB 2871 grant program saved 10,041 students an estimated total of $1,544,200.60 in four years, representing $4.80 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants
In the two OER grant programs for which prior data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is $4,658,871.75, or about $14 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
2018-19 Grant Projects Complete
The 68 OER grant projects in the 2018-19 cohort represent 19 institutions and saved nearly 8,000 Oregon students an estimated $1.2 million in the pilot year of the program, approximately $2.50 in student savings for each $1 of grant money spent. Read more…
2019 Legislative Update
Oregon passed two new bills that went into effect on July 1, 2019, supporting the use of open educational resources in higher education. Read more…
Statewide OER Symposium: Student Panel
Watch a recording of our student panelists discussing the impact of textbook costs at the May 2019 OER Symposium. Read more…
OER Petting Zoos
Too often, faculty assume that the “O” in “OER” stands for “online” rather than “open.” Petting zoo collections are a fun and practical way to show that OER are available in many formats. Read more…
2019 Open Textbook Workshop Report
Open Textbook Review Workshops have resulted in an estimated $2,383,200 in student savings to date. Read more…
Estimated 2017-19 Student Savings in No-Cost/Low-Cost Courses
Courses with the no-cost and low-cost designation in the schedule at 19 institutions are estimated to have saved over 375,000 students (by headcount) in 21,000 course sections approximately $34 million in two academic years. Read more…
Support for a Local Approach to Statewide OER Data Collection
There isn’t an agreed-upon method for calculating student savings resulting from the use of no-cost or low-cost course materials. How, then, to answer the question: What is the estimated student savings represented by the statewide no-cost/low-cost schedule designation? Read more…
Archived webinar: Not an Open Book: The Outsourcing of Oregon’s Community College Bookstores
Meggie Wright and Colleen Sanders share their experience with bookstore outsourcing negotiations at their colleges. Read more…