Making Open Education Resources Accessible: An AI-Assisted Workflow for Figure Descriptions
A student at CGCC created an AI package to generate useful descriptions of technical figures for STEM course materials. Read more…
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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…
Equity & Open Education Connections in Oregon
The Equity & Open Education professional development course was created by library faculty member Jen Klaudinyi at Portland Community College. The course explores how open educational practices and culturally responsive teaching approaches can improve curricular materials and remove barriers to student success. The core of the course is a four-week exploration in small groups to… 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…
Estimated 2021-23 Student Savings in No-Cost/Low-Cost Courses
Courses with the no-cost and low-cost designation in the schedule at 20 institutions are estimated to have saved 900,000 students (by headcount) in 50,000 course sections $70 million in two academic years. Read more…
Archived webinar: Library/Bookstore Integration at Columbia Gorge Community College
CGCC’s library/bookstore integration improves student access to course materials and addresses ongoing equity and affordability concerns on an individual and statewide level. Read more…
Continuing Savings from Past OER Grants (Second Report)
In the four OER grant programs for which prior data is available, the estimated cumulative student savings is $14,108,853 since 2015, or about $12 in student savings per program dollar spent. Read more…