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Finding Affordable Courses
Instructors can now add a new LionPATH course attribute to indicate that their course section’s required texts costs are free or low-cost, or under $50.
Libraries launches ROAM
Penn State University Libraries’ Open Publishing unit recently launched ROAM, a newly expanded online publication service for openly licensed educational materials authored by Penn State faculty.
By the Numbers
Over $4,800,000
Since February 2017, a total potential cost savings for students is over $4,800,000, and growing each semester.
More than 5
Penn State has more than 5 OER or affordable course content programs.
90+ Courses
There are over 90 OER courses in Penn State’s Repository Open Affordable Materials (ROAM).
OAER Champions
“I love open educational resources because I use more than one textbook for reference for my courses and students have free access to those textbooks. It gives flexibility to teach various topics with more application examples.”<
Dr. Elangovan uses free or low-cost books/materials in these courses:
CMPSC121: Introduction to Programming Techniques,
CMPSC 132: Programming and Computation II: Data Structures,
CMPSC 445: Applied Machine Learning in Data Science.
Open and Affordable Educational Resources
“I use OAER materials since I know that many students struggle with the high-cost of traditional textbooks and often go without the necessary reading materials for class.”
Dr. Yaure uses free or low-cost books/materials in these courses:
PSYCH 301W: Basic Research in Psychology,
PSYCH 256: Cognitive Psychology ,
HDFS 129 (in progress): Intro to HDFS,
Open and Affordable Educational Resources
Abington Student Government Association President
“With the cost of a college education continuing to increase, students need affordable materials. I’m proud of SGA’s partnerships with faculty to make Penn State Abington a leader in adopting and using OAER, and students have seen tangible benefits already.”
Open and Affordable Educational Resources