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ACC Classes Using OER

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ANT 1003
ANT 1017
AST 1110
AST 1120
AST 1140
AST 1160
BIO 1003
BUS 1015
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BUS 1016
BUS 1020
BUS 1021
BUS 2017
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BUS 2026
BUS 2041
CHE 1011
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CIS 2002
CIS 2020
CIS 2023
CCR 0094
CNG 1032
COM 1150
COM 1250
COM 2250
CRJ 1010
CSC 1026
CSC 1065
CSC 2065
ECE 2621
ECE 2651
ECO 2001
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ECO 2002
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EDU 2211
EDU 2341
EMS 4025
EMS 4033
ENG 1021
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ENG 1022
ENG 1031
ENG 2021
ESA 4010
ESA 4020
FIN 1010
GEY 1111
HIS 1210
HIS 1220
HIS 1310
HIS 1320
HIS 2145
HIS 2300
HUM 1003
HUM 1015
INV 1150
JOU 1005
JOU 1006
LEA 1005
LIT 2046
MAN 2024
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MAR 2055
MAT 1240
MAT 1340
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MUS 1008
NUR 4011
PHI 1011
PHI 1012
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PHI 2005
PHI 2020
PHY 1105
PSY 1001
PSY 1002
PSY 2107
PSY 2440
SCI 1055
SCI 1056
SOC 1001
SOC 1002
SPA 2011
SPA 2012

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What are Open Educational Resources?
“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.”
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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—Patty Jenkins

OER Hero Joan Anderssen Economics Faculty

Student Textbook Savings in Grant Funded OER Courses

Fall 2022

Dept.	Course #	Course	Number of Student Affected	Print Textbook Cost	Student Savings
BUS	2026	Business Statistics	77	$200.00	$15400.00
BUS	2041	Cultural Diversity in Business	12	$74.75	$897.00
CNG	1032	Network Security Fundamentals	20	$118.50	$2370.00
COM	1150	Public Speaking	271	$85.50	$23170.50
COM	1250	Interpersonal Communications	284	$144.99	$41177.16
ECO	2001	Prin of Macroeconomics: SS1	49	$226.50	$11098.50
ECO	2002	Prin of Microeconomics: SS1	57	$101.25	$5771.25
EDU	2211	Introduction to Education	22	$95.96	$2111.12
ENG	1021	English Composition I:CO1	861	$123.00	$105903.00
ENG	1022	English Composition II:CO2	333	$123.00	$40959.00
ENG	1031	Technical Writing I: CO1	64	$111.75	$7152.00
ENG	2021	Creative Writing 1: AH1	25	$100.00	$2500.00
FIN	1010	Introduction to Finance	6	$140.00	$840.00
GEY	1111	Physical Geology w/Lab: SC1	34	$89.50	$3043.00
HIS	1210	US History to Reconst: HI1	96	$78.50	$7536.00
HIS	1220	US History since Civil War: HI1	26	$78.50	$2041.00
HUM	1003	Intro to Film Art: AH2	67	$81.98	$5492.66
LIT	1015	Intro to Literature I: AH2	10	$79.00	$790.00
MAR	1006	Marketing Your Image	22	$19.95	$438.90
MAT	1240	Math for Liberal Arts: MA1	71	$160.00	$11360.00
MAT	1340	College Algebra: MA1	194	$210.50	$40837.00
MUS	1008	Principles of Acoustics	18	$42.99	$773.82
PHI	1011	Intro to Philosophy: AH3	37	$65.00	$2405.00
PHI	1012	Ethics:AH3	21	$82.49	$1732.29
PHI	2020	Philosophy-Death & dying: AH3	16	$25.50	$408.00
PSY	2440	Human Growth & Development: SS3	144	$171.50	$24696.00
SOC	1001	Intro to Sociology I : SS3	135	$50.00	$6750.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS			2972
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS					$374,792.45

By using OER materials, ACC saved 18,444 students $2,459,149in textbook costs since fall 2019.

Dept.	Course #	Course	Number of Student Affected	Print Textbook Cost	Student Savings
AST	1110	Planetary Astronomy w/Lab: SC1	9	$105.00	$945.00
BUS	1016	Personal Finance	5	$248.25	$1241.25
BUS	2017	Business Communications	42	$140.00	$5880.00
BUS	2026	Business Statistics	43	$200.00	$8600.00
COM	1150	Public Speaking	63	$85.50	$5386.50
ECO	2001	Prin of Macroeconomics: SS1	49	$226.50	$11098.50
ECO	2002	Prin of Microeconomics: SS1	33	$101.25	$3341.25
ENG	0094	Studio 121	16	$28.25	$452.00
ENG	1021	English Composition I:CO1	109	$123.00	$13407.00
ENG	1022	English Composition II:CO2	80	$123.00	$9840.00
ENG	1031	Technical Writing I: CO1	14	$111.75	$1564.50
HUM	1003	Intro to Film Art: AH2	21	$90.27	$1895.67
MAT	1340	College Algebra: MA1	45	$210.50	$9472.50
PHI	1011	Intro to Philosophy: AH3	8	$65.00	$520.00
PHI	1012	Ethics:AH3	18	$82.49	$1484.82
PHY	1111	Physics Alg-Based I/Lab: SC1	9	$209.00	$1881.00
PSY	1001	General Psychology I: SS3	110	$209.00	$22990.00
PSY	1002	General Psychology II : SS3	16	$209.00	$3344.00
SOC	1001	Intro to Sociology I : SS3	48	$88.75	$4260.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS			738
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS					$107,603

By using OER materials, ACC saved 15,472 students $2,084,357 in textbook costs since fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Anthropology 107	$152.00	13	1,976.00
Astronomy 101	$105.00	148	$15,540.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	44	$4,620.00
Astronomy 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$105.00	16	$1680.00
Astronomy 160 Concurrent Enrollment	$89.95	44	$3,957.80
Business 115 Select Sections	$46.75	25	$1,168.75
Business 116	$248.75	17	$4,228.75
Business 121	$44.00	36	$1,584.00
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	39	$5,460.00
Business 226	$200.00	83	$16,600.00
Business 241	$202.75	28	$5,677.00
Chemistry 101 Select Sections	$213.00	42	$8,946.00
College Composition & Reading 094	$28.25	84	$2,373.00
Communication 115	$85.50	230	$19,665.00
Communication 115 Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	68	$5,814.00
Communication 225	$78.95	14	$1,105.30
Computer & Networking Tech 132	$118.50	44	$5,214.00
Computer Information System 202	$300.00	14	$4,200.00
Computer Information System 220 Select Sections	$31.63	15	$474.45
Computer Science 126	$60.85	17	$1,034.45
Computer Science 165	$50.00	8	$400.00
Early Childhood Education 228	$74.66	4	$298.64
Economics 201 Select Sections	$226.50	48	$10,872.00
Economics 202 Select Sections	$101.25	64	$6,480.00
Education 221	$95.96	11	$1,055.56
Education 234	$49.94	3	$149.82
Emergency Medical Service 425	$379.75	3	$1,139.25
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	392	$48,216.00
English 121 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	20	$2,460.00
English 122	$123.00	455	$55,965.00
English 131	$111.75	37	$4,134.75
Finance 101 Select Sections	$140.00	15	$2,100.00
Geology 111	$89.50	43	$3,848.50
Humanities 103	$90.27	78	$7,041.06
Humanities 115 Select Sections	$124.82	23	$2,870.86
Journalism 105	$169.25	16	$2,708.00
Journalism 106	$146.99	12	$1,763.88
Law Enforcement Academy 105	$84.25	47	$3,959.75
Management 224	$63.95	19	$1,215.05
Math 121 Select Sections	$210.50	59	$12,419.50
Music 108	$42.99	15	$644.85
Philosophy 112 Select Sections	$82.49	30	$2,474.70
Physics 105	$154.00	42	$6,468.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	333	$69.597.00
Psychology 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	23	$4,807.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	104	$21,736.00
Psychology 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	79	$16,511.00
Sociology 101	$88.75	119	$10,561.25
Sociology 102	$88.75	9	$798.75
Spanish 212	$184.00	4	$736.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		3,136
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$414,750.67

By using OER materials, ACC saved 14,734 students $1,976,754 in textbook costs since fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	70	$7,350.00
Astronomy 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$105.00	20	$2,100.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	21	$2,205.00
Astronomy 155	$57.37	9	$516.33
Astronomy 155 Concurrent Enrollment	$57.37	29	$1,663.73
Business 115 Select Sections	$46.75	123	$5,750.25
Business 116	$248.75	10	$2,487.50
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	48	$6,720.00
Business 226	$200.00	84	$16,800.00
Chemistry 101 Select Sections	$213.00	21	$4,473.00
College Composition & Reading 094	$28.25	116	$3,277.00
Communication 115	$85.50	309	$26,419.50
Communication 115 Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	76	$6,498.00
Communication 225	$78.95	17	$1,342.15
Computer & Networking Tech 132	$118.50	50	$5,925.00
Computer Science 126	$60.85	20	$1,217.00
Economics 201 Select Sections	$226.50	33	$7,474.50
Economics 202 Select Sections	$101.25	58	$5,872.50
Education 221	$95.96	22	$2,111.12
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	699	$85,977.00
English 121 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	455	$55,965.00
English 122 Select Sections	$123.00	186	$22,878.00
English 131 Select Sections	$111.75	45	$5,028.75
English 131 Concurrent Enrollment	$111.75	31	$3,464.25
Emergency Service Administration 420	$58.99	5	$294.95
Finance 101 Select Sections	$140.00	12	$1,680.00
Humanities 103	$90.27	73	$6,589.71
Literature 246	$135.19	9	$1,216.71
Management 224	$63.95	19	$1,215.05
Math 121 Select Sections	$210.50	22	$4,631.00
Philosophy 112	$82.49	60	$4,949.40
Philosophy 205	$95.45	22	$2,099.90
Philosophy 220	$25.50	17	$433.50
Psychology 101	$209.00	447	$93,423.00
Psychology 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	156	$32,604.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	72	$15,048.00
Psychology 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	41	$8,569.00
Science 155	$150.00	12	$1,800.00
Sociology 101	$88.75	162	$14,377.50
Spanish 211	$184.00	8	$1,472.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		3,689
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$473,919.30

By using OER materials, ACC saved 11,598 students $1,562,003.40 in textbook costs since fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	24	$2,520.00
Business 115 Select Sections	$46.75	40	$1,870.00
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	37	$5,180.00
Business 226	$175.00	47	$8,225.00
College Composition & Reading 094	$28.25	20	$565.00
Communication 115	$85.50	58	$4,959.00
Economics 201 Select Sections	$105.50	31	$3,270.50
Economics 202 Select Sections	$101.25	32	$3,240.00
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	116	$14,268.00
English 122 Select Sections	$123.00	86	$10,578.00
English 131	$111.75	20	$2,235.00
Philosophy 112 Select Sections	$82.75	36	$2,979.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	139	$29,051.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	14	$2,926.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		700
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$91,866.50

By using OER materials, ACC saved 7,909 students $1,088,084.10 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	52	$5,460.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	24	$2,520.00
Business 115 Select Sections	$46.75	16	$748.00
Business 116	$248.75	19	$4,726.25
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	58	$8,120.00
College Composition & Reading 094	$28.25	76	$2,147.00
Chemistry 101 Select Sections	$213.00	28	$5,964.00
Communication 115	$85.50	209	$17,869.50
Communication 115 Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	98	$8,379.00
Economics 202 Select Sections	$101.25	54	$5,467.50
Education 221	$95.96	12	$1,151.52
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	419	$51,537.00
English 121 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	62	$7,626.00
English 122 Select Sections	$123.00	201	$24,723.00
English 122 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	154	$18,942.00
English 131	$111.75	42	$4,693.50
Humanities 115 Select Sections	$124.82	30	$3,744.60
Management 224	$63.95	15	$959.25
Math 121 Select Sections	$210.50	23	$4,841.50
Physics 105	$154.00	31	$4,774.00
Physics 105 Concurrent Enrollment	$154.00	12	$1,848.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	340	$71,060.00
Psychology 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	60	$12,540.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	90	$18,810.00
Psychology 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	86	$17,974.00
Spanish 211	$184.00	5	$920.00
Spanish 212	$184.00	5	$920.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		2,221
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$308,465.62

By using OER materials, ACC saved 7,209 students $996,217.69 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	71	$7,455.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	13	$1,365.00
Business 116	$248.75	20	$4,975.00
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	43	$6,020.00
CCR 094 Select Sections	$28.25	33	$932.25
Communication 115	$85.50	272	$23,256.00
Communication 115 Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	51	$4,360.50
Economics 202	$101.25	94	$9,517.50
Education 221	$95.96	19	$1,823.24
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	345	$42,435.00
English 121 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	183	$22,509.00
English 122 Select Sections	$123.00	160	$19,680.00
English 131 Select Sections	$111.75	14	$1,564.50
Emergency Services Administration 420	$58.99	7	$412.93
Management 224 Select Sections	$63.95	12	$767.40
Philosophy 112 Select Sections	$82.75	22	$1,820.50
Philosophy 220	$25.50	20	$510.00
Physics 105	$154.00	9	$1,386.00
Physics 105 Concurrent Enrollment	$154.00	16	$2,464.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	419	$87,571.00
Psychology 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	84	$17,556.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	64	$13,376.00
Psychology 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	26	$5,434.00
Spanish 211	$184.00	6	$1,104.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		2,003
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$278,294.82

By using OER materials, ACC has saved 4,988 students $687,752.07 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Business 116	$248.75	10	$2,487.50
Business 217	$140.00	11	$1,540.00
Communication 115	$85.50	59	$5,044.50
Economics 202	$101.25	70	$7,087.50
English 121	$123.00	38	$4,674.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	120	$25,080.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	22	$4,598.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		330
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$50,511.50

By using OER materials, ACC has saved 2,985 students $409,457.25 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	104	$10,920.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	26	$2,730.00
Business 116	$248.75	14	$3,482.50
Business 217 Select Sections	$140.00	35	$4,900.00
Communication 115	$85.50	281	$24,025.50
Communication 115 Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	81	$6,925.50
Economics 202	$101.25	97	$9,821.25
English 121 Select Sections	$123.00	255	$31,365.00
Physics 105	$154.00	24	$3,696.00
Physics 105 Concurrent Enrollment	$154.00	14	$2,156.00
Psychology 101	$209.00	400	$83,600.00
Psychology 101 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	131	$27,379.00
Psychology 102	$209.00	109	$22,781.00
Psychology 102 Concurrent Enrollment	$209.00	77	$16,093.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		1,648
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$249,874.75

By using OER materials, ACC has saved 2,655 students $358,945.75 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

Department	Print Textbook Cost	Number of Students Affected	Student Savings
Astronomy 101	$105.00	124	$13,020.00
Astronomy 102	$105.00	32	$3,360.00
Communication 115	$85.50	272	$23,256.00
Communication 115 - Concurrent Enrollment	$85.50	112	$9,576.00
English 121	$123.00	354	$43,542.00
English 121 Concurrent Enrollment	$123.00	35	$4,305.00
Physics 105	$154.00	78	$12,012.00
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS		1,007
TOTAL SAVINGS TO STUDENTS			$109,071.00

By using OER materials, ACC has saved 1,007 students $109,071 in textbook costs since Fall 2019.

OER Committee Mission Statement
The OER Committee facilitates the creation and curation of accessible, high-quality, and low-cost content for ACC learners to maximize their success, retention, and persistence. This group leads institutional open resource initiatives, provides professional development opportunities, and advocates for awareness and adoption