2015 Grant Projects Complete
The 2015 Open Educational Resources grant projects are complete – congratulations grantees! 707 students at 22 institutions saved $77,234.30 in the 2015-2016 academic year. Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Open Textbook Workshop Report
6 Open Textbook Workshops at 4 colleges last fall resulted in an estimated $110,600 in student savings. Read more…
Treasure Valley Campus Report
Treasure Valley Community College faculty project a cost savings of nearly $173,000 per year for our students by adopting OER. Read more…
Lane Campus Report
Lane Community College made OER progress this year by improving outreach, program administration, and creating incentives. Read more…
Archived webinar: OER Assessment Training
Beyond the basics: Assessing the effectiveness of your open course materials and your students’ perceptions of them.
Archived webinar: Open Licensing
Beyond the basics: Learn about using and remixing openly licensed content from the perspective of both reusing others’ work and creating your own open content.
Grant Project Update: Open Math 98
Two Open Oregon grant recipients presented on Math 98 at ORMATYC. Read more about their project…
HB2871 Update
Last year the Oregon legislature passed HB2871, a bill to support greater use of open educational resources in higher education across the state. This post provides an update on activities relating to the bill. Read more…
Archived webinar: OER Accessibility Training
Kaela Parks and Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services, offer an hour-long training on accessibility for OER.
What is the cost of course materials for a transfer degree at each community college in Oregon?
When we talk about the cost of textbooks at Oregon’s community colleges, how much money are we really talking about? This post presents a summary of research findings. Read more…