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Judith DeGroot Post 1

• 5 June 2018, 1:23 AM

$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I got on board with OE when my students told me that they had to pay $150 for a communication text I was using that was on almost tissue paper and was shrink-wrapped. I was embarrassed!

Research done at our university has cited that students will actually make decisions about what classes to take based on whether there is a textbook or not!!! Thought to myself, what every happened to making educational decisions based on what I want or need to learn!

The next semester, I eliminated the textbook from my communication course and have started the search for an applicable OER!

Jenni Hayman Post 2 in reply to 1

• 5 June 2018, 2:38 AM

Great Judith, good practice, and good demonstration of empathy with your learners. In a communication course there are certainly foundational principles that learners need to know, but the better learning is in their writing, presenting, speaking, and practice. Perhaps they can help you find resources, the may already know more than you imagine. It's fun to give a small experimental space in your course perhaps for that kind of exploration.

Jennifer Nohai-Seaman Post 3 in reply to 1

• 7 June 2018, 8:19 PM

Same here! The price of our text + online software was insane!