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 open...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-027147d4eda54594beb31e97ed48f1792022-12-21T19:32:50ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312013-09-01144The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math DepartmentJohn Levi Hilton III0Donna Gaudet1Phil Clark2Jared Robinson3David Wiley4Brigham Young University, USAScottsdale Community College, USA Scottsdale Community College, USA Brigham Young University, USABrigham Young University, USAThe 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.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523/2652open education resources |
| spellingShingle | John Levi Hilton III Donna Gaudet Phil Clark Jared Robinson David Wiley The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math Department International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning open education resources |
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