2015-2016
MSU Denver had fewer than 100 students in OER courses.
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Grant funding from the state of Colorado has dramatically increased OER adoption at MSU Denver
In spring 2018, House Bill 18-1331 created a grant program to fund open educational resource (OER) initiatives at public universities and colleges in Colorado. MSU Denver has been fortunate to receive three years of grant funding, totaling $196,000.
These funds have been used to increase faculty awareness of OER and increase their use at MSU Denver.
MSU Denver had fewer than 100 students in OER courses.
In less than two years, OER grants allowed us to serve 11,200 students.
In 2020-21, students saved up to $1,000,000 through OER adoption across a wide range of courses.
In spring 2021, Senate Bill 21-215 continued the state support of OER for another five years. We look forward to sharing additional grant funded OER work in the future.
Additional detail about outcomes from each of the years of funding are available below.
Read the featured Early Bird articleThe 19/20 OER grant funding supported faculty incentives in three categories related to OER awareness and adoption.
These efforts resulted in 2,335 students taking grant-supported OER courses in Summer 2019-Spring 2020, saving up to $284,500 dollars.
OER use in summer 2020-spring 2021 at MSU Denver, directly supported by the two years of grant support from the state, allowed up to $819,000 in student savings with an additional $182,000 in savings from OER implemented without grant support. While in some cases students wouldn’t have purchased an expensive text, with OER they now had continuous access to the resource during the course and beyond with no cost barrier.
This grant funds projects currently ongoing. A more complete description will be available at the end of the funding period. Some highlights include:
Email the OER Coordinator, Emily Ragan, to learn more about OER opportunities and to see how you can save your students money.
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