Grant update: Students lead the way with Open Pedagogy
A University of Oregon team of undergraduate students coauthored a new openly licensed textbook with their faculty member and graduate student assistant. Read more…
Category Archives: Grants
Open Application OER Grant Project Updates
The 2021-23 OER grant cohort is under way and has saved about 1900 students an estimated $290,000 since July 2023. Read more…
OER Grant Update: Don’t Defend Your Course Material
How do we feel when our students apply critical thinking to our own teaching approaches and material? This space is a tremendous opportunity for growth. Read more…
2023-25 OER Grants Awarded
The 2023-25 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Third Report)
In the five OER grant programs for which past data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is $23,080,669 since 2015, or about $14 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
2021-23 Grant Projects Complete
The 71 OER grant projects in the 2021-23 cohort represent 27 institutions and saved 9,160 Oregon students over $1.2 million in 78 courses, approximately $2.89 in student savings for each $1 of grant money spent. Read more…
Spring 2023 Grant Project Updates
The 2021-23 and 2022-23 OER grant cohorts have saved over 7200 students an estimated $1M since July 2021. The cohort represents 48 different projects to adopt, adapt, and create OER for courses at 27 institutions. Read more…
Oregon EMS Lab Manual Grant Recipients Present at EMS World
Two members of an OER grant team presented their research findings on racial and ethnic disparities in the imagery used in emergency medical technician (EMT) textbooks. Read more…
Portland State Faculty Adopt OER to Save Students Money
At Portland State University, three faculty will save 1,020 students $155,650 this academic year via a donor-funded grant initiative. Read more…
Grant Project Updates: ORTESOL presentations
Open Oregon Educational Resources grantees presented at the 2022 Oregon Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference. Read more…