%0	Journal Article
%A	Wiley, David A.
%A	Robinson, Jared
%A	Clark, Phil
%A	Gaudet, Donna
%A	Hilton, John
%C	Athabasca, AB
%D	2013
%E	Conrad, Dianne
%E	McGreal, Rory
%I	AU Press
%J	The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
%K	sustainability
%K	open textbooks
%K	Open Educational Resources
%K	open access
%K	mathematics education
%K	electronic textbooks
%P	1-14
%T	The adoption of Open Educational Resources by one community college math department
%U	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523
%V	14
%X	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.
%@	1492-3831
%*	yes
%>	https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/1523-12854-1-PB (1).pdf