Open Education and support for OERs are growing rapidly. Below, you'll find a curated collection of articles featuring OER and their impact on higher education:
This report that examines at a range of innovative ways states are using OER to meet curriculum and instructional materials needs, as technology continues permeating through classrooms nationwide.
This brief article discusses Achieving the Dream's OER Degree Initiative. The Initiative funded OER degree programs at 38 community colleges. Several community colleges in the area participated, most notably NOVA and Mongomery Community College in MD.
University of Utah faculty members balked at the idea of moving to open educational resources, so a team that includes library and bookstore employees is promoting 13 options -- including OER.
Who makes the pitch for free or low-cost alternatives to textbooks known as OER, or open educational resources? Increasingly, the answer is the campus library. This article highlights the work of a University of Texas librarian working to promote OERs on her campus.
