This is how CSUB provides OER support to our students and faculty. Our webpage is designed to support the different academic schools and majors here at csub by providing open journals, websites and free eBooks. There's a faculty showcase link showing the faculty that provide oer in their classes as well as how much their students save.
Material Type: Data Set, Reading
This site gives a 5 step process on how an instructor can adopt OER. It also provides direction in evaluating OER, and recommended OER reading when considering adoption.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This toolkit was created by OER student leaders in the CCC and CSU systems. The toolkit's purpose is to motivate students to get involved in OER advocacy and the Open Education movement, as well as make it known that students can make a difference in their education. Education costs can be cut to a fraction of the price with OER, which would allow for more students to be able to access knowledge and higher education. While this toolkit contains some examples and suggestions specific to California institutions, it can still be helpful for all college students. Thanks to the Michelson 20MM Foundation's financial support students were paid for their work and contributions in creating this document, as well as presenting at conferences.
Material Type: Full Course, Primary Source, Reading, Student Guide
Abstract In some educational settings, the cost of textbooks approaches or even exceeds the cost of tuition. Given limited resources, it is important to better understand the impacts of free open educational resources (OER) on student outcomes. Utilizing digital resources such as OER can substantially reduce costs for students. The purpose of this study was to analyze whether the adoption of no-cost open digital textbooks significantly predicted students’ completion of courses, class achievement, and enrollment intensity during and after semesters in which OER were used. This study utilized a quantitative quasi-experimental design with propensity-score matched groups to examine differences in outcomes between students that used OER and those who did not. The demographics of the initial sample of 16,727 included 4909 students in the treatment condition with a pool of 11,818 in the control condition. There were statistically significant differences between groups, with most favoring students utilizing OER
Material Type: Data Set, Reading
