Oregon has received a $1.7 million federal grant to expand its ongoing work to develop open educational resources (OER) that reduce the cost of college textbooks and materials. Read more…
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2025 Open Education Conference. Read more…
The 2025-27 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
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…
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…
Open Oregon Educational Resources piloted mini-grants of $300 for very small open education projects that take approximately 6 hours of work, and the projects are complete. Read more…
This hands-on, 90-minute workshop was led by Laurie Bridges, an OSU librarian and co-founder of the Wikimedia Campaign #EveryBookItsReader. Read more…
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…
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2023 Open Education Conference. Read more…
The 2023-25 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…