CSI Library: Open Educational Resources (OER): OER and Student Success, Retention, and Pedagogy

What the research says about student benefits of OER

The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
This article reports the results of a large-scale study (21,822 students) regarding the impact of course-level faculty adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER).
The Effects of Open Educational Resource Adoption on Measures of Post-Secondary Student Success
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether the adoption of Open Educational
Resources had a significant effect on student learning outcomes in seven courses taught at seven post-secondary institutions.
OER and Student Success
This OER Subject Librarian Tool Kit has been designed to support subject Librarians at The Claremont Colleges with the tools and skills they need to confidently talk about, find, use, and help faculty with Open Educational Resources (OERs). This is the chapter on OER Student Success
As Good or Better than Commercial Textbooks: Students’ Perceptions and Outcomes from Using Open Digital and Open Print Textbooks
This study investigates the perceptions, use, and course performance of Canadian post-secondary students assigned a commercial or open textbook in either print or digital format.

Impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) on Student Academic Performance and Retention Rates in Undergraduate Engineering Departments
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the association between the use of OER in
engineering programs and student academic performance and retention rates
Evaluation of a two-phase program using Open Educational Resources and Text Messaging to increase the Retention Rates of Community College Students
A dissertation submitted to Johns Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.

What Is Open Pedagogy? Identifying Commonalities
This article argues that the current debate signals the need for the development of robust analytical
frameworks in order to construct a cohesive body of research that can be used to advance it as a field of study.
Teacher of the Ear: Hybrid Pedagogy
Our podcast explores conversations of Critical Digital Pedagogy, listening for ways to empower students and champion learning.

Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy
In this article, rather than attempting to argue for a canonical definition of open pedagogy, we propose a new term, “OER-enabled pedagogy,” defined as the set of teaching and learning practices that are only possible or practical in the context of the 5R permissions that are characteristic of OER.