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OERs Increase Access, Drop Book Expenses: May 7, 2013

Tacoma Community College and other schools are finding that use of open educational resources (OER) in couses is saving students financially. Tac…
Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content: January 30, 2013

This UK report, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance and undertaken by Ithaka S+R, "Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content", tells of how …
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…
An Open Educational Resource Supports a Diversity of Inquiry-Based Learning: February 9, 2012

This article from the January 2012 issue of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning , explores how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This c…
Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternative: February 8, 2012

"A pilot project at Temple University this fall gave 11 faculty members $1,000 each to create a digital alternative to a traditional textbook." …
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…
Who Needs Textbooks?: January 25, 2011

How Washington State is redesigning textbooks for the digital age. How Washington State is redesigning textbooks for the digital age. …
A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Textbook Affordability: September 30, 2010

This report evaluates cost-reducing options from the traditional textbook market - rentals, e-books and e-readers - and open textbooks as potential next steps to reduce the high cost of te…
A sustainable future for open textbooks? The Flat World Knowledge story: August 3, 2010

Authors John L. Hilton III and David A. Wiley discuss the concern many college students and their families have a=about the high costs of textbooks. E–books have been proposed as one potential …
Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population Understands “Noncommercial Use”: September 18, 2009

This report details the results of a research study launched in September 2008 to explore differences between commercial and noncommercial uses of content found online, as those uses are understo…

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