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…
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Students Testify for Basic Needs Bill
Oregon’s House Interim Committee On Higher Education held a public hearing on a bill that would provide one-time funding for basic needs and is packaged with textbook affordability funding. Read more…
Students Testify for Basic Needs Bill
Oregon’s House Interim Committee On Higher Education held an informational hearing yesterday on a bill that would provide one-time funding for Open Oregon Educational Resources. Read more…
Oregonians at Open Ed 23
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2023 Open Education Conference. 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…
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…
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…