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Open Educational Resources (OER): Open Education at UWM

Guide to identifying open textbooks and open educational resources. Information about UWM's Open Textbook initiative.

Open Education at UWM

Results of the Open Textbook and Open Educational Resource Adoption Project since 2016

Featured Courses Using Open Textbooks at UWM

Psychology 101

This course has used an open textbook for 22 semesters.

Open Textbook used: OpenStax Psychology
10,469 students
Replaced $170 textbook
Totals student savings of $1,779,730

Astronomy 103

This course has used an open textbook for 9 semesters in all sections.

Open Textbook: OpenStax Astronomy
2,808 Students
Replaced $77 textbook
Totals student savings of $216,216

Computer Science: Natural Language Processing 423/723

This course has used an open textbook for 2 semesters.

Open Textbook created by UWM Faculty used: Principles of Natural Language Processing
79 students
Replaced $100 textbook
Totals student savings of $7,900

Astronomy 185

This course has used an open textbook for 4 semesters.

Open Textbook: Survey of Astronomy
74 Students
Replaced $77 textbook
Totals student savings $5,698

Philosophy 111

This course has used an open textbook for 9 semesters

Open Textbook written by UWM Faculty: Fundamental Methods of Logic
973 students
Replaced $40 textbook
Total Savings of $38,920

Information Studies 640/640G

This course has used an open textbook for 1 semester

Open Textbook: Instruction in Libraries and Information Centers: An Introduction
25 students
Replaced $60 textbook
Total Savings of $1,500

Art History 101

This course has used open access materials for 10 semesters.

Photo by Christian Fregnan on Unsplash

This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
1152 students
Replaced $250 Textbook
Totals student savings of $228,000

Art History 102

This course has used open access materials for 10 semesters.

Photo by Christian Fregnan on Unsplash

This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
1,038 students
Replaced $174 Textbook
Totals student savings of $180,612

Nutrition 550

This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters in all sections.

Open Textbook: Curated Open Access content on Canvas
77 Students
Replaced $100 textbook
Totals student savings of $7,700

Educational Psychology 110 and 279

This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters.

Open Textbook that will be used: College Success
579 students
Replaced $124 textbook
Totals student savings of $71,796

Biomedical Sciences 245

This course has used an open textbook for 6 semesters

Open Textbook: Introduction to Sociology 2e
683 students
Replaced $81 textbook
Total Savings of $55,323

Last Updated: Jun 17, 2022 12:07 PM
URL: https://guides.library.uwm.edu/oers
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Subjects: Education, Faculty Guides, Flex Option, Information Studies