Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks

This paper presents the results of collaborative research between OpenStax College, who have published 16 open textbooks to date, and the OER Research Hub, a Hewlett funded open research project examining the impact of open educational resources (OER) on learning and teaching. The paper focuses pr...

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Autor principal:	Rebecca Pitt
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2015
Materias:	Open Educational Resources (OER) Open Textbooks Efficacy Impact OpenStax College OER Research Hub Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:53729744c1da4102a6b4195ccf1c99e32021-12-02T19:20:49ZMainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks10.19173/irrodl.v16i4.23811492-3831https://doaj.org/article/53729744c1da4102a6b4195ccf1c99e32015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2381https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 This paper presents the results of collaborative research between OpenStax College, who have published 16 open textbooks to date, and the OER Research Hub, a Hewlett funded open research project examining the impact of open educational resources (OER) on learning and teaching. The paper focuses primarily on the results of two surveys that were conducted with educators during 2013 and 2014/2015. These surveys focused on use and perceptions of OER and OpenStax College materials, financial savings and perceptions of impact on both educators and students. This paper reports on the research findings related to the impact of OER on educator practice and make a series of specific recommendations based on these findings. Rebecca PittAthabasca University PressarticleOpen Educational Resources (OER)Open TextbooksEfficacyImpactOpenStax CollegeOER Research HubSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 4 (2015)
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description	This paper presents the results of collaborative research between OpenStax College, who have published 16 open textbooks to date, and the OER Research Hub, a Hewlett funded open research project examining the impact of open educational resources (OER) on learning and teaching. The paper focuses primarily on the results of two surveys that were conducted with educators during 2013 and 2014/2015. These surveys focused on use and perceptions of OER and OpenStax College materials, financial savings and perceptions of impact on both educators and students. This paper reports on the research findings related to the impact of OER on educator practice and make a series of specific recommendations based on these findings.
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title	Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks
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Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks

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