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Faculty have been slow to adopt open education resources, but Virginia's Tidewater Community College offers zero-cost degree programs, which might jump-start the ed tech trend. 
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Taking into account library articles, web links, videos, simulations and more, many courses are already using a number of open education resources — and the move to full OER doesn't necessarily mean a total revamp, according to research out of Excelsior College.
Anaeli Villarreeal's curator insight,
May 15, 10:36 AM
A Babson College survey found that many faculty members, around 58%, were unaware of open educational resources (OER), with some expressing resistance to the concept due to concerns about intellectual property and compensation. However, ongoing research at Excelsior College suggests that many may already be using OER without realizing it. Researchers like Kimberly Barss are finding that converting courses to OER can seem daunting to faculty, but it's often more achievable than perceived, aligning with Excelsior's emphasis on affordability. Initial outcomes from Excelsior's School of Business & Technology showed that courses fully supported by OER performed similarly to those using traditional materials, with some evidence of increased enrollment in OER-supported classes. The research, now expanding into the Health Sciences program, indicates a growing adoption of OER in various academic fields, particularly due to the abundance of quality, free resources available from reputable sources like government agencies.
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An annual Kaltura survey on how video is used in higher educational found continued growth, as well as optimism over OER and interactive video quizzes.
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"With state legislation and foundation funding encouraging their use, Open Education Resources, or OER, are a big buzz in higher education, mostly in the context of the improving affordability. Increasingly, however, supporters of OER are touting additional benefits like flexibility and ease of use, suggesting that there is a broader set of questions educators are looking to answer beyond lowering the cost of course materials. What are those questions? How well does OER answer them?"
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"A year ago, the US Department of Education launched a clear and focused effort to bring Open Educational Resources and other types of educational materials into the spotlight as an open education ecosystem. In the words of the DOE, this #GoOpen initiative and ecosystem makes educational materials and data around learning available for use without access, cost or copyright barriers."
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Educators are excited by free OER, but using them effectively still presents challenges in many districts due to PD and support.
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After North Dakota dedicated funds for a free online textbook initiative, results were surprisingly encouraging.
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"It has the capacity to revolutionize the generally accepted model of higher education along with the entire way students learn. It could be one of the most significant advances in teaching since the blackboard, yet few fully understand it and even fewer know how they might apply it. A popular conversation in higher education is in the opportunities provided by Open Educational Resources (OER) and the prospect for educators and students to access open educational learning materials, open licensing and open sourcing to support classroom learning. But if OER is such a game changer, why hasn’t its adoption been central to every classroom and every campus?"
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