Open Educational Resources (OER)

All our blogs about Open Educational Resources (OER), gathered in one central location.

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Industry Information / Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER, BOR, ALG, and Other College Cost-Saving Acronyms

- by University Press of North Georgia

Since 2013, Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG), a University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents (BOR) initiative, has saved more than 1.1 million USG students over 143 million dollars by funding and advocating Open Education Resources (OER) through grants and partnerships with eCore, eMajor, and the University of North Georgia Press (UNGP), ALG’s University Press Partner. If you’re a USG instructor who gets excited by these numbers and would jump at the opportunity to craft high-quality, innovative new resources driven by high impact practices, allow us to introduce you to some of the year’s best ALG grants for completing your dream project.

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Industry Information / Open Educational Resources (OER)

How to Skip Textbook Costs Without Falling Behind

- by Ariana Adams

The fall semester is upon us, and college students are making their annual pilgrimage back to the classroom. There’s a certain jittery excitement that accompanies the beginning of a new semester–a chance to start over, begin again with a clean slate. Possibilities are endless for students looking out over the expanse of a not-yet-experienced school year, and while this excited flutter is often felt in many students’ hearts, it is also usually accompanied by a certain nauseous feeling that can only be one thing–sticker shock.

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