The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department
The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of ope...
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oai:doaj.org-article:c2b2fd91494b40cc88c8a3d4b5fbeb4d2021-12-02T19:20:07ZThe adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.15231492-3831https://doaj.org/article/c2b2fd91494b40cc88c8a3d4b5fbeb4d2013-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable. John Levi Hilton IIIDonna GaudetPhil ClarkJared RobinsonDavid WileyAthabasca University PressarticleOpen educational resourcesopen textbookselectronic textbooksopen accesssustainabilityMathematics educationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2013) |
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The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable.
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