OER Cost Assessment Strategies

Open educational resources can provide access to high-quality resources while offsetting the costs of traditional textbooks, but there is an array of costs associated with the "free" approach.

In this EDUCAUSE article, Nichole Karpel and Bruce Schneider explore the issues involved in implementing OER and finds that although OER content is free or low-cost, the curation, management, and assessment are not, and the costs can be significant.

OER planning 101

Article from Bruce Schneider & Nichole Karpel, Ed.D. published in eCampus News noting that a good OER plan addresses resources, systems, training, assessment, and priorities.

The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics

Report from University of Georgia on research that looks at how courses using OER impact student success and academic achievement.

Open Educational Resources Could Finally Be On the Horizon

An article from eLearniningInside giving some background to the Affordable College Textbook Act (H.R. 3840/S. 1864) in America and a recent commitment from Congress to fund a pilot project in the area.

Blended Learning Essentials: Getting Started

A free course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning.

Open Educational Resource 2017 Textbook List

A 42 page OER textbook list compiled by Zach Claybaugh and Chelsea of Stone Sacred Heart University, split by discipline specific for departments at the University.

Made with Creative Commons

Titled as a guide to sharing your knowledge and creativity with the world, and sustaining your operation while you do, the authors, Paul Stacey and Sarah Hinchliff have written a book showing the world how sharing can be good for business — but with a twist.