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Video series shares sustainability lessons from trip to New Zealand, Australia
Penn State students experienced sustainability in action during a Maymester trip.
Third annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently recognized faculty for their work with open education in the third year of Penn State’s Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards
Penn State Lehigh Valley holds 3rd annual Open and Affordable Showcase
Lightning Talks and more during the recent Open and Affordable Showcase at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
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
Students’ Thoughts
“Sometimes you feel like you need extra information after lecture and the Pressbook is amazing! it breaks the information down in a way that it is extremely informative but also easy to digest.”
“The Pressbook provides a ton of helpful information and activities regarding PTA lectures; it is a great study tool!”
