This guide offers information and best practices related to the adoption of zero-cost course materials. This content can be used to assist with the course redesign process.
The information is split into 7 categories:
Information in this guide is remixed and adapted from the following resources:
ACC Learn OER by Carrie Gits is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Understanding OER by SUNY OER Services, Project: OER Community Course, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Zero-Cost Textbook Adoption, by Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Florida Virtual Campus. (2018). 2018 student textbook and course materials survey: Executive summary.
Grimaldi, P., Basu Mallick D., Waters A., Baraniuk, R. (2019, March 6). Do open educational resources improve student learning? Implications of the access hypothesis. PLOS|One.
Hilton, J. (2016) Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Education Tech Research and Development, 64(4), 573 – 590.
SPARC. (2018). SPARC Open Education.