Hilton's reviews find OER equally efficacious to and less expensive than commercial textbooks¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Hilton's review articles bring together studies from various contexts showing OER provide relative advantages by being equally efficacious to, and yet less expensive than, commercial counterparts. → Kimmons 2021

Evidence¶

Kimmons 2021¶

Kimmons, R. (2021). Shifting to open education in our digital learning. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-09949-8

q2 · i? · review · r1

The editorial attributes this synthesis to Hilton's 2016 and 2020 review articles in ETR&D, describing them as research reviews of student efficacy and perceptions. The editorial reports the reviews' conclusion second-hand; no effect sizes are printed.

"In both of these articles, Hilton brings together research studies from various unique contexts to clearly make the case that OER provide relative advantages to students and educational institutions by being equally efficacious to, and yet less-expensive than, their commercial counterparts."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students achieve the same or better learning outcomes when using OER compared to commercial textbooks, while saving significant amounts of money. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students using OER save significant amounts of money compared to purchasing commercial textbooks. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Synthesized studies of OER in college courses found academic outcomes comparable to traditional textbooks and positive perceptions among students and instructors — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Open textbooks appear to offer financial benefits to students without decreasing learning outcomes in higher education — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)