Oregon State University created infographics from the data collected in a 2012 survey of Florida students. These graphics have a CC BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo. Read more…
On March 13, 2015, Lane Community College hosted Paul Golisch as keynote speaker at a regional OER conference. If you weren’t able to attend you can watch his keynote here!
OER is gaining momentum at Columbia Gorge, with faculty adopting in Biology, History, Psychology, Philosophy, RD/WR 115 courses, Pre-college/Dev. Ed., and the CAS (Computer Applications and Office Systems) program. In this post Dan Hall, Sociology Instructor, discusses adopting an open textbook in his course and reports on the Open Textbook Summit that took place last month. Read more…
This has been a year of OER planning and advocacy at PCC. Our OER Steering Committee adopted the goal of saving PCC students 1 million dollars by Fall 2017. We currently estimate student savings of $43,626 per term and counting. Read more…
SOCC faculty and librarians are participating in meetings, workshops, and statewide efforts to support OER. Converting just one math course has saved students over $45,000 since 2012. Read more…
OpenOregon.org hosted three OER workshops for librarians this spring and the archives are now available. Read more…
A pilot to begin replacing print textbooks with no- or low-cost OERs for English, business, writing, and art classes at Klamath Community College is projected to realize cost savings to students of between $10,000-$12,000, with the potential for over $70,000 in savings if all sections make the switch. Read more…
Lane Community College has released an Open Education Manifesto poster designed by Graphic Design student Char Houweling. The poster has a CC-BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo.
On March 4, 2015, Chemeketa Community College hosted Cable Green as a keynote speaker. He repeated his keynote talk on March 13, 2015, at the Blue Mountain Community College Regional OER Conference. If you weren’t able to attend these events, you can watch his talk here. Read more…
In just over two years, BCcampus has nearly reached their goal of finding, adapting, or creating open textbooks that align with the 40 highest-enrolled courses in British Columbia and students have saved over $500,000. The next phase of the project will add 20 textbooks in CTE areas. Read more…