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Winner of the OER Incentive Grants – Fall 2023
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Congratulations to our Fall 2023 winners who received the OER Incentive Grant or the No-Cost/Low-Cost (NC/LC) Supplementary Materials Incentive Grant. From Applied Community Studies Tricia Rachfall, Therapeutic Recreation Elisabeth Hagerty, Social Work From Commerce & Business Administration Barbara Fellnermayr, Accounting Jack Lin, Accounting From Language, Literature and Performing Arts… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the 2023 Winter term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ANTH 1100 ALL SECTIONS ANTH… Continue Reading →
While students have been steadily saving money thanks to the continued introduction of Open Educational Resources (OER) at Douglas College, 2021 was a milestone year: Douglas College Students saved over $1 Million on textbooks. Those savings are just in one… Continue Reading →
In the Fall 2020 semester, the Douglas Students’ Union launched the Academic Materials Survey to learn about student experience with academic materials. We gathered information from students that included how much tuition and textbooks cost, the cost and usage of… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources (OER) for the 2021 Fall Term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that do not require textbooks. If your course is not… Continue Reading →
With the rapid growth in our textbook adoptions at Douglas College, we’ve taken the opportunity to look back and share this increase through data visualization from 2014 to 2020. OER use at Douglas College has steadily increased, with a notable… Continue Reading →
With the many changes 2020 brought, one positive shift we’ve seen has been a large jump in OER use here at Douglas College. From Winter 2020 to Winter 2021, the total number of courses that have replaced commercial textbooks for… Continue Reading →
We are proud to report that the Fall 2020 term shows the biggest increase in open textbook adoptions since 2013 (the first year that OER data was recorded at Douglas College). To illustrate, In 2013, we had 6 course adoptions of… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbooks and/or open educational resources for the 2020 Winter term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ANTH 1100, sections 001, and… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the Fall 2019 term at Douglas College. [This list does not include courses that require no textbooks.] ANTH 1100, sections 002, and 003… Continue Reading →
