{"id":8522,"date":"2024-09-25T16:58:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/provost\/?page_id=8522"},"modified":"2024-09-26T20:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:08:48","slug":"open-educational-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/open-educational-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Open educational resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/open-educational-resources\/#savings\" title=\"Potential student savings\">Potential student savings<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/online\/faculty-staff-resources\/open-educational-resources\/#reading\" title=\"Selected reading\">Selected reading<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-3335\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-3335<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:NAUOnline.Support@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> NAUOnline.Support&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\">Provost<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Open educational resources<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"savings\">Potential student savings and a wide offering of topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The quality and breadth of Open Education Resources (OER) texts have improved greatly, especially for lower-division courses where there is a larger audience and the content is less specialized. Studies show that the savings to students can be substantial (on average about $100 per course). Faculty who made the switch are generally satisfied with the content, and studies comparing student success with OER texts as opposed to publisher content show no significant difference in performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested but would like to evaluate open content on your own before taking the next step, take a look at the OpenStax <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/openstax.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">offerings<\/a> and review the selected readings below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"reading\"        class=\"nau-block full-width-image-with-text-box secondary grid grid-md-12 -grid-fullwidth no-padding span-md-12  mobile-image-yes tablet-image- desktop-imageheight-  textbox-registration-bottomleft  textbox-xl-width-1-3 textbox-background-true-blue  bg-true-blue-95 content-type-wysiwyg_linkbank  \">\n\n    <div class=\"full-width-image-with-text-box-picturediv\">\n\n            <picture class=\"left-nav-top-bound main\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2024\/09\/Gioia_Woods9-2000x1125.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2024\/09\/Gioia_Woods9-2000x800.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2024\/09\/Gioia_Woods9-1200x675.jpg\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2024\/09\/Gioia_Woods9-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"N A U&#039;s Gioia Woods reading at her desk.\">\n        <\/picture>\n    \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fwi-text-box  bg-true-blue-95 \">\n\n    <h2>\n    \n    Selected readings\n    <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"fwi-linkbank-ul-div\">\n        <ul class=\"fwi-linkbank-ul\">\n\n            \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.nau.edu\/OER-Faculty\" target=\"\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                A guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.nau.edu\/c.php?g=1297813&#038;p=9533014\" target=\"\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                Search for Open Education Resources (OER)                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.nau.edu\/c.php?g=1297813&#038;p=9533428\" target=\"\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                Steps to OER\/low-cost adoption                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\" last-li-in-col \">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2014\/07\/02\/16-oer-sites-every-educator-should-know.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                16 OER sites every educator should know                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/digital-learning\/article\/2017\/06\/28\/report-saving-students-money-oer\" target=\"_blank\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                Saving students money                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/opencontent.org\/blog\/archives\/5658\" target=\"_blank\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                Thoughts on OER and cost savings                                            <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n\n                \n                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2018-10-18-free-textbooks-are-not-always-free-new-study-analyzes-oer-s-costs-to-colleges\" target=\"_blank\"\n                       class=\"arrow-cta-pad-box \">\n                                                Free textbooks are not always free; 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