Collecting local data to advocate for Oregon State students
Oregon State University surveyed students and found that 61% of the respondents do not purchase their textbooks because of cost. Read more…
Category Archives: Research
Your Discomfort Is Valid: Big Feelings and Open Pedagogy
This post summarizes an article by by Liz Pearce, Silvia Lin Hanick, Amy Hofer, Lori Townsend, and Michaela Willi Hooper about the affective dimensions of open pedagogy. It includes a visual model showing how open educators can raise or lower the stakes of an open pedagogy assignment. Read more…
Two Year Followup: Course material costs for four-year degrees at Oregon’s universities
When we talk about the cost of textbooks at Oregon’s universities, how much money are we really talking about? Read more…
Six Years of Community College Cost Savings: Impact of statewide funding for textbook affordability
During the six years that Oregon has invested statewide funding in textbook affordability, our community colleges have significantly reduced the cost of course materials for two-year transfer degrees. Read more…
2021 OER Review Workshop Report
OER review workshops have resulted in an estimated $7,896,900 in student savings since 2015, representing $36.33 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…
2021 Course Redesign Sprint Report
132 faculty who participated in the course redesign sprint since 2019 have saved 7,570 students an estimated $853,977. Read more…
Estimated 2019-21 Student Savings in No-Cost/Low-Cost Courses
Courses with the no-cost and low-cost designation in the schedule at 18 institutions are estimated to have saved over 600,000 students (by headcount) in 32,000 course sections almost $50 million in two academic years. Read more…
Oregonians at Open Ed 20
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2020 Open Education Conference. Read more…
Legislative Update: HB 2871 and HB 2213
HB 2871, passed in 2015, requires Oregon’s public community colleges and universities to add no-cost/low-cost designations to their course schedules. HB 2213, passed in 2019, requires Oregon’s public community colleges and universities to develop textbook affordability plans. Read more…
Archived Webinar: One Ton of OER Impact Data
One ton is a lot – 2,000 pounds – and that’s how much data we have on the impact of the statewide OER program in Oregon. Read more…