"Digital equity is more than just access to a device or internet. It's also about students having the skills to use those devices to their fullest capacity." Learn about #CSUCCESS and the CSU's work to improve tech equity and boost digital literacy: bit.ly/376IWVc

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“With ~66% of #students… [not buying required #textbooks] it is becoming increasingly clear that many are losing out on their academic experience not out of choice but financial circumstance. This is why the university transition to #OER must happen now.“ recorder.com/ltr-Le-OER-s-P…

Exciting #OER news!! AAC&U, with ISKME and OpenStax, is seeking applications for the 2022-2023 Institute on Open Educational Resources - "designed for educators seeking to launch, expand, or hasten campus adoption of" OER. aacu.org/event/2022-202… #IOER #highered #open

.The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs' latest #COVID Student Guide for #realcollege #students struggling w/ #basicneeds: #unemployment insurance, free #internet access, cash assistance for #studentparents, & more! #HigherEd #EdChat #StudentEquity #TextbookBroke #SleepforDinner hope4college.com/surviving-covi…

We have some ☕️(tea) for the #OER world. We are excited to announce some big changes at OER & Beyond today. We are launching a journal! The Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE) hosted by University of Wyoming Libraries to be exact!

Yet another #OERSuccessStory: Since fall 2021, Otero College has saved #realcollege #students $24,376 in #textbook costs. #OER #GoOpen #OpenCI #OpenEd #HigherEd #EdChat #OpenEducation #HigherEducation #StudentEquity #EducationalEquity #TextbookBroke lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/2022/03/11/ope…

Yet another #OERSuccessStory: Since 2019, UC Merced has saved #realcollege #students $276K in #textbook costs. #OER #GoOpen #OpenCI #OpenEd #HigherEd #EdChat #OpenEducation #HigherEducation #StudentEquity #EducationalEquity #TextbookBroke #SleepforDinner goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes…

“Perhaps the question of #OER adoption should not be solely focused on individual #faculty usage, but on the institutional supports put in place for faculty… in pursuit of innovative #teaching methodologies.” #GoOpen #OpenEd #HigherEd #StudentEquity insidehighered.com/views/2021/03/…

This fall, @UWyoLibraries will launch the Journal of Open Educational Resources in #HigherEducation (JOERHE). #Open & peer-reviewed. Seeking critical analyses of #OER in #higherEd. Sub deadline July 15th. #GoOpen #OpenEd #StudentEquity #TextbookBroke journals.uwyo.edu/index.php/joer…

Yet another #OERSuccessStory: Since fall 2017, @WashtenawCC has saved #realcollege #students nearly $9M in #textbook costs, & is close to offering its 1st no-textbook-cost associate degree (aka, #ZDegree). #OpenEd #HigherEd #StudentEquity #TextbookBroke ccdaily.com/2022/03/moving…

.Boise State University, Albertsons Library at Boise State University, @OpenBoiseState, @Kelly_Arispe, Dr. Marlene Tromp, OER Commons, @Pressbooks, Education in Idaho, @ArbiterOnline #OER #GoOpen #OpenEd #HigherEd #StudentEquity #EducationalEquity #TextbookBroke #SleepforDinner arbiteronline.com/2022/03/14/wor…

In addition to saving #students $$$, #OER addresses “the urgent issue of #basicneeds… grants equal #access… helps #retention & course #completion… [and] affords [faculty] the freedom to create culturally relevant & community-based #learningmaterials...” insidehighered.com/views/2021/10/…

So thankful for this conversation with J. Jacob Jenkins, Director of California Alliance for Open Education, to discuss the award-winning textbook affordability research at CSU Channel Islands, the benefits of #OER, and #firstgen students' navigational capitol hubs.li/Q018p40V0

Students are choosing @WHCLemoore due to the success of their #OER centered #ZTC program. 65% of their courses have Zero Textbook Costs! As the California Community Colleges expand ZTC, West Hills Lemoore continues to set an excellent example hubs.li/Q018Rkv-0

Nothing like waking up in #Cali at 3am to present virtually at a #London conference. (The moderator broke for lunch following our presentation.) 🙃 Maybe one of these years, COVID will let us actually meet in person, #OER22. Until then: Well done, @JaimeHannans & Thomas A. Clobes, Ph.D.!

Year after year, the CSU remains one of the most affordable university systems in the nation, with about half of its students graduating with 0⃣ loan debt. In fact, 80% of students receive some type of financial aid. Learn about financial aid options: bit.ly/3N6zu40