Affordable Learning at Scale With OER -- Campus Technology

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-10-30

Summary:

"Gerry Hanley has a vision. He wants to plant a big thermometer on California State University Web sites to show how much money students are saving by not having to buy traditionally published textbooks or ancillary resources. His rough estimate: As of a few years ago, learners at the 23-campus, 460,200-student university system were spending $300 million a year on course materials — about $651 per student per school year. His goal is to cut that in half, and he believes the result will be higher graduation rates and better quality of education ..."

Link:

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/10/28/affordable-learning-at-scale-with-oer.aspx

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.advocacy oa.students oa.prices oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.economics_of oa.california_state.u oa.education oa.books

Date tagged:

10/30/2015, 09:34

Date published:

10/30/2015, 05:34