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…
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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…
OER Grant Update: Don’t Defend Your Course Material
How do we feel when our students apply critical thinking to our own teaching approaches and material? This space is a tremendous opportunity for growth. 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…
Archived Webinar: Equity and Open Education Faculty Panel
Jen Klaudinyi, Library Faculty at Portland Community College, facilitates a panel of Oregon instructors who have adopted open educational practices with an equity lens. Read more…