Oregonians at Open Ed 24
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2024 Open Education Conference. Read more…
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Grant update: Students lead the way with Open Pedagogy
A University of Oregon team of undergraduate students coauthored a new openly licensed textbook with their faculty member and graduate student assistant. Read more…
Open Application OER Grant Project Updates
The 2021-23 OER grant cohort is under way and has saved about 1900 students an estimated $290,000 since July 2023. Read more…
Open Ed Presentations at the Student Success and Retention Conference
Open Oregon Educational Resources sponsored three presentations at the 2024 Student Success and Retention Conference. Read more…
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…
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…
Evaluating Oregon’s Textbook Affordability Policies
Ramona Bias, Adriana Flowers, Esmeralda Flores, Tram Anh Hoang, and Katie Inger, Master of Public Administration students at the University of Oregon School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, completed a capstone research study on the effectiveness of textbook affordability policy implementation at Oregon’s 24 public community colleges and universities. Read more…