Students using OER save significant amounts of money compared to purchasing commercial textbooks.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The review reports that students generally achieve the same learning outcomes when OER are utilized and simultaneously save significant amounts of money. → Hilton 2016

Evidence¶

Hilton 2016¶

Hilton, J., III. (2016). Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review's synthesis statement that "students generally achieve the same learning outcomes when OER are utilized and simultaneously save significant amounts of money".

"Results across multiple studies indicate that students generally achieve the same learning outcomes when OER are utilized and simultaneously save significant amounts of money."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students achieve the same or better learning outcomes when using OER compared to commercial textbooks, while saving significant amounts of money. — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Open textbooks appear to offer financial benefits to students without decreasing learning outcomes in higher education — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Synthesized studies of OER in college courses found academic outcomes comparable to traditional textbooks and positive perceptions among students and instructors — related
• Across 2002-2018, OER efficacy research consistently shows that OER does not harm student learning, with a small positive impact. — a broader claim this one bears on
• Substituting OER for traditional textbooks does not appear to decrease student learning outcomes in higher education. — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Concerns about whether OER decrease the effectiveness of student learning remain unsolved — reports the opposite
• OER adoption is expected to save students money and close the achievement gap in the short term, but this benefit will likely disappear over the longer term — related
• Hilton's reviews find OER equally efficacious to and less expensive than commercial textbooks — a broader claim this one bears on
• Relative advantage of OER alone will not lead to rapid adoption, especially if framed as cost savings — related