The affordability solution: A systematic review of open educational resources

AM Mullens, B Hoffman - Educational Psychology Review, 2023 - Springer
The escalating price of instructional materials creates significant economic and academic
hardship for many students. Open educational resources (OER) are instructional materials …

Faculty survey on OER: Perceptions, behaviors, and implications for library practice

JD Bond, BS Huddleston… - Journal of Librarianship …, 2021 - iastatedigitalpress.com
Abstract INTRODUCTION The Mary Couts Burnett Library at Texas Christian University
(TCU) seeks to learn more about university faculty members' perceptions and behaviors …

Exploring aspects of Open Educational Resources through OER-enabled pedagogy

B Tillinghast, MK Fialkowski, J Draper - Frontiers in Education, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the last decade, much research has taken place that examines various aspects of Open
Educational Resources (OER); while, more recently, educators have begun to explore OER …

SCOPE of open education: A new framework for research

VE Clinton-Lisell, J Roberts-Crews… - The International Review of …, 2023 - irrodl.org
The field of open education and research on the topic has notably expanded since the
introduction of the term 20 years ago. Given these developments, a framework to structure …

Comparing an open educational resource and a traditional textbook: Learner outcomes and engagement

P Panday‐Shukla - Foreign Language Annals, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The US Department of Education posits that higher education students'
expenditures on course materials and supplies, including texts for language learning …

The impact of open educational resources on student achievement: A meta-analysis

KW Cho, V Permzadian - International Journal of Educational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The cost of course materials has continued to increase over time. Consequently, the use of
Open Education Resources (OER) have become increasingly popular among instructors …

Measuring the Impact of an Open Educational Resource and Library e-Resource Adoption Program Using the COUP Framework

S Davidson Squibb, E Salmon, Y Yan - … Review of Research in Open and …, 2023 - erudit.org
Grant programs that foster the use of open educational resources (OER) significantly reduce
undergraduate student spending on textbooks per semester. The Zero-Cost Course …

Student perceptions of open educational resource textbooks and their impact on perceptions of the instructor, learning, and out-of-classroom communication

JL Snyder, MD Cistulli, CD Donahue… - Journal of Education for …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
College textbook costs have risen dramatically since the late 1970s. Open educational
resources (OERs) stand as a low-to no-cost alternative. This research examined the impact …

Access, use and perceptions of open (free) and traditional textbooks: an exploratory comparative analysis of community college criminal justice courses

BK Vollman - Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines community college students (N= 292) enrolled in introductory criminal
justice courses, comparing access, use and perceptions of open education resource (OER) …

Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education

X Liu - Review of Development Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since little is known about the effects of free textbooks on compulsory school students in
China, this paper examines the effects of free textbooks on the academic performance of …