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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…

Estimated 2023-25 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 1 million students (by headcount) in 57,000 course sections $80M in two academic years. 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 »