@article { title = {The adoption of Open Educational Resources by one community college math department}, year = {2013}, month = {/2013}, author = {Wiley, David A. and Robinson, Jared and Clark, Phil and Gaudet, Donna and Hilton, John}, editor = {Conrad, Dianne and McGreal, Rory}, keywords = {sustainability, open textbooks, Open Educational Resources, open access, mathematics education, electronic textbooks}, address = {Athabasca, AB}, journal = {The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning}, publisher = {AU Press}, volume = {14}, issue = {4}, pages = {1-14}, issn = {1492-3831}, abstract = {The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable.}, refereed = {yes}, url = {http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523}, attachments = {1523-12854-1-PB (1).pdf}, }