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"In addition to making great supplements, OER make great replacements for core instructional materials – and the peer-reviewed research on the topic demonstrates that OER are generally at least as effective as the commercial materials they replace. The significant cost savings, comparable student outcomes, and greater pedagogical flexibility facilitated by OER are some of the reasons why dozens of colleges across the country are at this very moment switching their core instructional materials from publisher resources to OER across entire degree programs." Dr. David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning
Northwestern is committed to supporting the use and adoption of Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources. Since 2015, Northwestern has been a leader in MN and the CCCU by partnering faculty and instructional designers across all venues have found creative ways to enhance their courses with open resources. The following page provides information about the process and expected level of effort to implement open textbooks in a course.
| Service | General Description of Service | Est. Lead Time (for OLO assistance) | Faculty Investment |
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| Light (Adopt) | Adopt a book and use it as is | 1 month | Minimal (< 5 hrs) |
| Medium (Remix) | Use portions of a resource; re-order or remove whole sections such as chapters or pages (but not change any content within the pages, such as chapter numbers) | 1 - 2 months | Moderate (5 - 25 hrs) |
| Heavy (Modify) | Change content within pages (text, images, formatting). Add new sentences. Change headings, phrasing, chapter numbers, etc. Limited to less than 33% of the book. | 3 - 6 months | Significant (25 - 40 hrs) |
| Extensive (Contribute Original Material) | Create multiple new sections/chapters of content | 3 - 6+ months | Substantial (> 40 hrs) |
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