The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math Department

Autor/inn/en	Hilton, John Levi, III.; Gaudet, Donna; Clark, Phil; Robinson, Jared; Wiley. David
Titel	The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math Department
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14 (2013) 4, S.37-50 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Educational Resources; Open Source Technology; Community Colleges; Mathematics Education; Departments; Adoption (Ideas); Textbooks; Electronic Publishing; Dropout Rate; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Cost Effectiveness; Sustainability; Access to Information; Textbook Evaluation; Graduation Rate; Academic Achievement; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsmittel; Community college; Community College; Mathematische Bildung; Department; Abteilung; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Elektronisches Publizieren; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Nachhaltigkeit; Schulleistung
Abstract	The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college's adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10