MSU Denver receives state funding for OER - James Bofenkamp, MyMetMedia

MSU Denver earned one of the largest grants in the state to expand the utilization of Open Educational Resources on Feb. 7. The $60,000 grant was one of many distributed to colleges and universities throughout the state, with the goal of increasing ease of access to educational materials. The resources take the form of free online textbooks and supplemental materials. The grant will be used as part of a scheme to get professors to interact with OER and let them figure out if the free resources would be appropriate for their classes. “I personally, over nine semesters, have saved my students about $70,000 in my general chemistry class by using OpenStax,” said Emily Ragan, associate professor of chemistry and OER coordinator. OpenStax is a website which provides free access to online textbooks. https://www.mymetmedia.com/news/msu-denver-receives-state-funding-for-oer/