As education costs soar, students face barriers when accessing essential learning resources. Open educational resources break down these barriers, granting all students access to vital materials ...

Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) represent a transformative shift in global educational paradigms, promoting accessible, flexible and inclusive learning ...

Many students face a financial challenge when it comes to covering the cost of course materials each quarter. This can sometimes prevent them from taking a class or be the reason behind their decision ...

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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Pursuing a college degree is a significant investment for many students, and textbooks and other course materials represent a substantial additional expense. Some students may need to ...

The results show that, on average, OER policy adoption has not yet led to statistically robust improvements in these national ...

The high cost of textbooks and other course materials can make college less affordable for all students, so the University of Delaware’s Open and Affordable Teaching Materials (OATM) initiative is ...

The tenure and promotion system, first envisioned as a way to ensure academic freedom and economic security for college and university faculty members, is in desperate need of reimagination. When new ...

Openly licensed content gives instructors added freedom to engage with students in the classroom and to use course materials in new and innovative ways. Below is an introduction to open pedagogy and ...

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are published under an open copyright license, frequently a Creative Commons license, that permits others to freely use, adapt ...