Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Bibliography

Bibliography

UND OER Research

Clinton, V. (2018). Savings Without Sacrifice: A Case Report on Open-Source Textbook Adoption. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 33:3, 177-189, DOI: 10.1080/02680513.2018.1486184

Clinton, V. (2019). Cost, Outcomes, Use, and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in Psychology: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 18(1), 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718799511

Clinton, V., & Khan, S. (2019). Efficacy of Open Textbook Adoption on Learning Performance and Course Withdrawal Rates: A Meta-Analysis. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419872212

Kelly, A.E., Laurin, J.N., Clinton-Lisell, V. (2022). Making Psychology’s hidden figures visible using open educational resources: A replication and extension study. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00986283221108129

Open Access Articles of Interest

Allen, N. (2016, October 7). College textbooks: Do you get what you pay for? HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-textbooks-do-you_b_8261086

Harvard University. (2014, October 10.) Office Hours: Peter Suber on Open Access [Video]. YouTube.

Kolowich, S. (2015, December 2). In fight over academic publishing house, fear of corporate values. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-fight-over-academic-publishing-house-fear-of-corporate-values/

Moody, G. (2022, May 18). Why moving to diamond open access will not only save money, but also help to protect privacy. Walled Culture. https://walledculture.org/why-moving-to-diamond-open-access-will-not-only-save-money-but-also-help-to-protect-privacy/

Pool, R. (2021, June/July). OERs: The future of education? Research Information. https://www.researchinformation.info/feature/oers-future-education

Peer-Reviewed Research

Fischer, L., Hilton, J., III, Robinson, T. J., & Wiley, D. A. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27, 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x

Huang, R., Tlili, A., Chang, T. W., Zhang, X., Nascimbeni, F., & Burgos, D. (2020). Disrupted classes, undisrupted learning during COVID-19 outbreak in China: Application of open educational practices and resources. Smart Learning Environments, 7(19). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-020-00125-8

Keller, W. (2020). One year reflection of using open education resources from a department chair’s eyes. About Campus, 25(6), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086482220962094

da Lima-Lopes, R. E. & Diniz Biazi, T. M. (2021). Open education resources in the global scenario: Highlights and challenges. Ilha do Desterro, 74, 17-39. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2021.e79735

Open Education Group’s Review Project collects peer reviewed research on both perceptions and efficacy of OER: https://openedgroup.org/review
(Led by John Hilton III, with contributions from Stacie Mason and Virginia Clinton-Lisell)

Student Perspectives

Bates, H. (2022, December 7). What can the fall of Z-library teach us about textbook accessibility? The Wellesley News. https://thewellesleynews.com/2022/12/07/what-can-the-fall-of-z-library-teach-us-about-textbook-accessibility/

Bilotta, A. (2022, September 26). Textbooks or food?: The unfortunate decision many university students are facing. The Brock Press. https://brockpress.com/2022/09/26/textbooks-or-food-the-unfortunate-decision-many-university-students-are-facing/

Garland, J. (2022, October 23). How the buying of college textbooks has changed over the past 50 years. The Review. https://udreview.com/inflation-impacting-education-the-rapidly-rising-cost-of-textbooks/

Herrera, R. (2022, May 18). Open educational resources help students save money. The Connection. https://www.thecrcconnection.com/news/2022/05/18/open-educational-resources-help-students-save-money/

Regarding Academic Journal Publishers

Harmon, E. (2015, December 16). What if Elsevier and researchers quit playing hide-and-seek? Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/what-if-elsevier-and-researchers-quit-playing-hide-and-seek

Schmitt, J. (2015, February 21). Academic journals: The most profitable obsolete technology in history. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/academic-journals-the-mos_b_6368204

SPARC (n.d.). Decoding "inclusive access". https://sparcopen.org/our-work/automatic-textbook-billing/