Archived Webinar: The Intersection of Wikipedia and Open Education Resources
This hands-on, 90-minute workshop was led by Laurie Bridges, an OSU librarian and co-founder of the Wikimedia Campaign #EveryBookItsReader. 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…
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…
2023 OER Champion Awards
Open Oregon Educational Resources recognizes OER champions who have done outstanding open education work in Oregon’s community colleges and universities. Congratulations champions! Read more…
Oregon Celebrates Open Education Week, March 6-10, 2023
Join Oregon’s higher education community in the global celebration of Open Education Week! Read more…
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…