Free and reduced-cost 教科书 at 澳门足球博彩官方网址

What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation define Open Educational Resources as:

教学, 学习, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

Open educational resources include full courses, 课程材料, 模块, 教科书, 流媒体视频, 测试, 软件, 还有其他工具吗?, 材料, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.

OERs and Low-Cost 教科书 Initiatives at 澳门足球博彩官方网址

澳门足球博彩官方网址 has adopted the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative definition by the University System of Maryland. M.O.S.T. defines 开放教育资源 as those that replace traditional 教科书 with 学习 resources that:

• Are openly licensed with a Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0国际许可证.
• Are fully accessible according to WCAG 2.0和WCAG 2.1标准.
• Are openly and freely available outside their delivery platforms.

• Provide students with day-one access to their 学习 材料.
• Allow students to retain access to the OER content after the course is completed.
• Are continuously updated and maintained.
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• 支持 学习-centered pedagogies and continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure total 课程材料 costs do not exceed $40, with lower costs preferred.

澳门足球博彩官方网址 first began using Open Educational Resources and incorporating low-cost textbook initiatives in the fall of 2017. We believe providing our students with free and/or low-cost textbook 材料 is one of the many benefits of attending 澳门足球博彩官方网址 as a student.

With the rising costs in college tuition and 教科书 across the nation, many students are searching for additional cost-saving measures. 不幸的是, many students choose to opt out of purchasing 教科书, which ultimately leads to decreased levels of success in the classroom.

We want our students to be successful both in and out of the classroom. We believe offering 教科书 at little to no cost is a huge benefit for students enrolled at 澳门足球博彩官方网址.

Advantages of OERs and Low-Cost Textbook Courses

In addition to offering 教科书 and 课程材料s at little to no cost, both OERs and low-cost textbook courses offer a variety of advantages for academic institutions, 包括:

• Reduce resource costs for students
• 与其他教育工作者交流
• Build partnerships across institutions
• Share 学习 and teaching experiences
• Enhance the quality of educational resources
• Provide real-life experiences for students in the classroom
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澳门足球博彩官方网址 Students – Current OER and Low-Cost Textbook Course List^*

Curious to see which types of courses at 澳门足球博彩官方网址 utilize OERs or low-cost 教科书? The following table demonstrates courses with 教科书 and course fees totaling less than $40. ^{更新4/12/2022}

* Although these courses provide students with low cost/OER textbook options, the courses below are dependent upon both course selection and material type selected. Students are encouraged to check with their advisor/instructor prior to course registration

The Latest in OER 发展 at 澳门足球博彩官方网址

• OER资助:
• 2019 M.O.S.T. Mini-Grant
• 2020 M.O.S.T. 机构授予
• 2020 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Grant
• 新闻报道
• GC, ACM jointly host regional OER Forum
• College, Foundation, donors combine on OER effort

OER资源

• Getting Started with OER – 澳门足球博彩官方网址 LibGuide
• Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.)