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Hilton, J., Fischer, L., Wiley, D., & William, L. (2016). Maintaining momentum toward graduation: OER and the course throughput rate. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(6).
Tidewater Community College (Virginia); Compared drop rates, withdrawal rates, and final grades. Course throughput rate improved with the Z degree program that uses OER in place of commercial textbooks over students in the non-Z degree classes
Wiley, D., Williams, L., DeMarte, D., & Hilton, J. (2016). The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO model for sustaining OER adoption. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23(41). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v23.1828
Tidewater Z-Degree Fall 2013: Showed that drop rates are fewer with OER. Thus, the cost of sustaining OER is justified by increased funding from tuition.
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson, T. & Wiley, D. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education. 27: 159-. doi:10.1007/s12528-015-9
Studied nearly 5000 students using OER with a control group of over 11,000 students. Students using OER enrolled in a significantly higher number of credits in the following semester. Almost no significant differences in completion rates. Course grades were mixed.
Robinson, T. (2015). The effects of open educational resource adoption on measures of post-secondary student success (Doctoral Dissertation).
Students were from seven community colleges in the OER textbook replacement project entitled Project Kaleidoscope. Students who used OER enrolled in more credits than those who did not. Found lower grades for students using OER in Psychology and Business.
Feldstein, A., Martin, M., Hudson, A., Warren, K., Hilton III, J., & Wiley, D. (2012). Open textbooks and increased student access and outcomes. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 15(2).
Hilton III, J., & Laman, C. (2012). One college’s use of an open psychology textbook. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 27(3), 265-272.