Research Guides: Defunct Open Education: The Impact of OER on Student Success

OER & Student Success

Research on the impact of OER on student success is just beginning. Initial studies and review have found that OER makes a difference! Day one access to class resources decreased textbook cost, and teaching innovation that improves student engagement are all assets the use of OER can contribute to student success. Read these articles for more insight.

Achieving the Dream: The Role of Open Educational Resources in the Student Success Agenda: Huffington Post Blog
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson, T. J., & Wiley, D. A. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172.
Maintaining Momentum Toward Graduation: OER and the Course Throughput Rate (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning)

Dr. Cable Green: OER Benefits to Students

OER Impact: Reducing the Cost of Attendance for Students

OER Adoption Impact Calculator
The OER Adoption Impact Calculator helps you understand many of the potential impacts of adopting OER instead of traditionally copyrighted learning materials. The values in the Settings on the left are set to defaults based on the published research referenced below. Change the Settings on the left so that they match the situation at your institution in order to see how replacing traditionally copyrighted materials with OER might benefit your students and institution. The information below will update in real time as you make changes.
Wiley, D. (2018). The OER Adoption Impact Calculator, version 1.2. Available at http://impact.lumenlearning.com/.