OER materials drive student engagement and savings, study finds: College faculty report that students are seeing benefits of digital texts
| Published | September 2017 |
| Periodical | Edition September 21, 2017, Volume 2017 |
| Publisher | EdTech: Focus on Higher Education |
ABSTRACT
There’s been quite a lot of buzz about open educational resources, or OER, in recent years. These open-source, digital materials have even gotten some backing from the U.S. Department of Education: To boost access to works funded by federal competitive grants, the department is requiring that they be openly licensed by fiscal year 2018.With even the highest level of education policymakers backing OER, it’s clear that these materials can have a big impact, especially as students seek to use their mobile devices more for education.
| Keywords | mobile learning · OER research · OER textbooks |
| Other number | October, 16th, 2017 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Copyright © 2017 CDW |
| URL | https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/09/oer-materials-drive-student-engagement-and-savings-study-finds |
| Access date | October, 16th, 2017 |
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