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  BENEFITS OF OER •Saves students money • Increases student engagement • Casts a wide net across higher learning increasing exposure to the educator as well as their institution • Enables access to materials both before and After the course • Allows for peers to give constructive input, or update data which raises the overall quality of the materials • Allows for access to vast repository of educational tools • Is available to all
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  SAVINGS FROM USINGOER • The Maricopa Millions Project has saved Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona an estimated $11.5 over the past five years • Salt Lake Community Colleges estimate a savings of $5 million over the past five years • Salt Lake Community Colleges also anticipate a savings of $1 million per semester on text books with the increase on focus in OER. They have at least 1000 open sections next fall. • Rice University Open Stax OER is expected to save college students $145 million this academic year https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/05/09/two-year-institutions-report-significant- savings-oer-initiatives https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/09/oer-materials-drive-student-engagement-and-savings- study-finds
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  INCREASES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT •A study by the The Community College reform organization Achieve The Dream “Found that 84% of faculty indicate that students were equally and sometimes more engaged in courses that used OER” • Gives all students the chance to be equally ready on day 1 of class • Able to access their textbook anywhere on a mobile device https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/09/oer- materials-drive-student-engagement-and-savings-study- finds
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  MORE POSITIVES • Castsa wide net across higher learning increasing exposure to the educator as well as their institution • Enables access to materials both before and After the course • Allows for peers to give constructive input, or update data which raises the overall quality of the materials • Allows for access to vast repository of educational tools • Is available to all
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  DRAWBACKS • Learning anew system • It can be time consuming to set up properly • Most people don’t understand the concept (including a large section of educators) • It is not traditional, similar to online programs, and can be stigmatized as not ‘truly academic’ • Some students may not be able to access due to ‘information poverty’
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  RESPONSE TO DRAWBACKS •The first four drawbacks are simply resistance to a new idea. Get over it and move on. • The only true drawback is information poverty. We need to find ways to ensure student access this wonderful cost effective tool. At CBC we have computers that all students can access, all they need is a password and login. These students just need someone to believe in them and encourage them