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Faculty Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

This guide is designed to help CBC faculty find, adapt, evaluate, and incorporate OER.

Getting Started with OER

https://www.cccoer.org/learn/

"Using OER can provide tremendous cost savings for students as well as impact student success and completion rates. 

The cost of textbooks can be a financial burden on students, which not only affects student success but could also delay graduation for students who are taking fewer classes per term because of that cost, further increasing financial costs for students over time. OER provide students with day one access to free course materials, and research reviewed by the Open Education Group shows that most students perform as well or better using OER course materials compared with students using traditional textbooks."

Chart showing the results of the Florida Virtual Campus’ 2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey. The chart shows that 66.6 percent of surveyed students did not purchase a required textbook because of the cost, which these students felt resulted in them earning a poor grade (37.6 percent) or earning a failing grade (19.8 percent). 47.6 percent of students surveyed also indicated that they have taken fewer courses occasionally or frequently, 45.5 percent did not register for a course, 26.1 percent dropped a course, and 20.7 percent withdrew from a course because of the cost of required textbooks.

2016 Florida Virtual Campus Student Textbook & Course Materials Survey Chart 1: Impact of Textbook Costs on Students

Why Open Education Matters from Blink Tower on Vimeo.

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