Many institutions have adopted the use of OER (Open Education Resources), saving students money by eliminating the need to purchase textbooks. “OERs are educational materials made freely and legally available on the internet for anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute,” (‘Hewlett Foundations, 2013, p.4’). Students gain immediate access to content material and homework at the start of the semester free of charge when OERs are used in a course. Instructors can introduce, remove, and customize content materials at any time, not having to stick with the textbook chosen for the course. Since the pandemic, the Mathematics and Computer Science department has gained momentum in exploring and embracing the OER movement, led by Professor Virginia Thompson, saving students "tons of money" by not having to purchase the traditional hard copy textbook for their course.
