Open Application Grant Project Updates
The 2025-27 OER grant cohort has saved over 1600 students an estimated $170K since July 2025. Read more…
Category Archives: Grants
OER Grant Update: Layered Active Integration in Action for Math 105Z
This post was contributed by Larissa Shatalova, Lane Community College. This summer and fall, I’ve been piloting a new approach to teaching Math in Society (Math 105Z) that blends traditional instruction with carefully structured AI support. The method, called Layered Active Integration (LAI), was developed to complement the new edition of the Math in Society… Read More »
2025-27 OER Grants Awarded
The 2025-27 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Fourth Report)
In the OER grant programs for which past data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is over $33M since 2015, or about $15 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
2023-25 Grant Projects Complete
The 24 OER grant projects in the 2023-25 cohort represent 58 instructors and saved 10,000 Oregon students $1.6M in 61 courses, approximately $6.59 in student savings for each $1 of grant money spent. Read more…
OER Mini-Grants Projects Complete
Open Oregon Educational Resources piloted mini-grants of $300 for very small open education projects that take approximately 6 hours of work, and the projects are complete. Read more…
Open Curriculum Projects Soft Launch
Open Oregon Educational Resources is delighted to share that after almost four years of collaboration with an outstanding team of authors and instructors, we’re soft launching our openly licensed course materials with an equity lens in Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice. Read more…
Archived Webinar: Got Money? Oregon’s Brain Trust for Local OER Funds
Join a group of librarians from Oregon institutions with local OER funding for a lively panel discussion. Read more…
Open Application Grant Project Updates
The 2023-25 OER grant cohort has saved over 6500 students an estimated $1M since July 2023. Read more…
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…