A Florida Virtual Campus report underscores these possible benefits by reporting via survey data the negative impacts of on students when the use of commercially published textbooks is the only choice available to students.
According to the report:
Additional information about adopting OER in your courses
These workshops, tutorials, and webinars are for faculty who want to learn more about incorporating OER into their courses.
Search across the sites below for a variety of subjects.
To look for specific materials by school or discipline, visit:
If you are using a non-textbook for your class, like a classic piece of literature or a popular work of fiction or non-fiction, we may have it in our eBook collection.
If it’s not in our collection, we may be able to purchase an eBook copy so the item can be accessed & used by multiple students at no cost in our library databases. Fill out our materials request form and let us know what class it's for in the notes, and we can see if we can add it to our ebook collection.
Let us know what you're doing to reduce costs to your students!