CLC students save more than $850,000 using free textbooks; college announces Illinois Community College OER Summit

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Summary:

"The College of Lake County was one of 11 schools chosen to participate in the 2017-18 OpenStax Institutional Partnership Program to encourage use of free, peer-reviewed textbooks on campus. CLC began the program with 3,455 students using the free textbooks, known as open educational resources (OER). So far, in the 2018-2019 academic year, CLC has grown the impact to 8,661 students, bringing the total student savings from OER to $853,715 per year."

Link:

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180914/clc-students-save-more-than-850000-using-free-textbooks-college-announces-illinois-community-college-oer-summit

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Date tagged:

09/21/2018, 07:46

Date published:

09/21/2018, 03:46