ALG Student Savings Data: Updated April 2019

Since ALG’s funded inception in Fiscal Year 2014-2015, all USG-sponsored textbook affordability programs have saved students a total projected 55 million dollars in textbook costs, affecting over 330,000 students.

• Textbook Transformation Grants: $45.08 million saved, 247,353 students affected
• eCore: $9.99 million saved, 83,162 students affected
  
  • Affordable Learning Georgia sponsored the implementation of the first 15 eCore OER courses.
  • eCore savings data comes from the annual eCore factbook.

All 26 USG institutions have participated in Affordable Learning Georgia’s Textbook Transformation Grants, with 470 applications received and 307 funded projects.

For an in-depth look at our data and institution-specific reports, visit the ALG Data Center.

Textbook Transformation Grant Round Summary Reports

The following reports contain comprehensive analyses of each round of ALG Textbook Transformation Grants including student savings, learning and retention outcomes, and student perceptions of OER.

2018 Summary: Rounds Nine, Ten, and Eleven
Spreadsheet for Rounds Nine, Ten, and Eleven
2017 Summary: Rounds Six, Seven, and Eight
Spreadsheet for Rounds Six, Seven, and Eight
2016 Summary: Rounds Three, Four, and Five
Spreadsheet for Rounds Three, Four, and Five
2015-2016 Summary: Round Two
2014-2015 Summary: Round One

System-wide Survey on OER

• 2018 USG OER Survey
  
  • 2018 USG OER Survey (Word Version)

Peer-Reviewed Research on OER Perceptions and Efficacy by USG Authors

Grissett, J. and Huffman, C. (2019). “An Open versus Traditional Psychology Textbook: Student Performance, Perceptions, and Use.” Psychology Teaching and Learning.

Colvard, N., Watson, E., and Park, H. (2018). “The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics.” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Lawrence, C. and Lester, J. (2018). “Evaluating the effectiveness of adopting Open Educational Resources in an Introductory American Government course.” Journal of Political Science Education.

Watson, E. Domizi, D., and Clouser, S. (2017). “Student and faculty perceptions of OpenStax in high enrollment courses.” International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(5).

Vojtech, G. and Grissett, J. (2017). “Student perceptions of college faculty who use OER.” International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4).

Chiorescu, M. (2017). “Exploring open educational resources for college algebra.” International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4).

Croteau, E. (2017). “Measures of student success with textbook transformations: The Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative.” Open Praxis, 9(1).

For any questions about ALG’s savings data and grant reports, please contact Jeff Gallant at affordablelearninggeorgia@usg.edu.