E-Content

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content

The PressForward Project and Scholarly Communication on the Open Web

February 21, 2013

A healthy ecosystem for scholarly communication requires a continuum from independently distributed work to postpublication peer review. With funding from the Sloan Foundation, the Roy Rosenzwe…

The Cost and Quality of Online Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students

February 4, 2013

Proponents of open educational resources (OER) claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the college classroom. We investigated st…

ERO Podcast: Chief of Staff for the Khan Academy, Jessica Yuen

September 5, 2012

In this podcast, we talk with Chief of Staff for the Khan Academy, Jessica Yuen. In our conversation, she discusses the Khan Academy's use of analytics, attitude toward affordability for stu…

ERO Podcast: Cable Green of Creative Commons Talks About Openness

September 5, 2012

In this podcast, Cable Green talks about Open Access, Open Resources, and Open Policies. Cable Green is director of global learning for Creative Commons. …

Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER: How Open Education Resources Unlock the Door to Free Learning

February 7, 2012

This issue brief from the Center for American Progress and EDUCAUSE seeks to provide a substantive understanding of OER and at the same time inform the emerging public debate over their use in p…

Openness: Decoupling the Future to Radically Improve Access to Education

October 10, 2011

The costs of higher education are soaring for a variety of reasons. A significant factor that will continue to drive costs over the next two decades is that the number of students trying to ente…

How Digital Content + Open Licenses + Open Policies = Sustainable Educational Resources for All

September 12, 2011

Cable Green, Director of Global Learning @ Creative Commons, will discuss how, if we are smart, we will use today's technical and legal tools to build and share high quality, affordable edu…

Dispelling Myths about OER/Open Textbooks

September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session

Myths about open textbooks rival those of ancient heroes. Learn the truth behind these misconceptions. This presentation will dispel four myths and touch on several others. OER myth: Demand is hi…

Reporting on the Findings of the Florida Student Textbook Survey

May 16, 2011

It’s clear that the high cost of textbooks has become a burden for students, with significant implications for student learning, success, and finances. Multiple solutions are being proposed for…

The Open Textbook Puzzle

February 16, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

Can open textbooks provide a viable solution to high-cost textbooks? Are they quality books? What will encourage faculty to develop or adopt them? What is a book? How do students prefer to use text…