Articles Tagged: alx

Students benefit from multiple initiatives underway that offset textbook prices, which have risen at three times the level of inflation over the past three decades. To improve the affordability of higher education, we are partnering with faculty to curate or create free course content to reduce...

College of Social Work’s Audrey Begun had not been happy with her course’s textbook, and she wanted to find a way to create course materials that were more relevant to her class. By receiving an Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) grant, Begun now...

After talking with a former student about the Affordable Learning Exchange program, Communications professor Mary Sterenberg was interested in getting rid of the required book for her COMM 3334 class. With ALX’s help, Sterenberg replaced the...

We have enjoyed participating in Open Education Week, and sharing our grant winners’ successes with you, and hearing your questions and ideas! ALX is laying the foundation for faculty at Ohio State to incorporate open and affordable materials in their classrooms.

Let’s keep the...

Today kicks off Open Education Week, a weeklong celebration of open education and its impact around the world.

Open education “combines the traditions of knowledge sharing and creation, with 21st century technology to create a vast pool of openly-shared educational resources,” according...

According to the Ohio Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency in Higher Education , the average university student spends about $1,200 per year on textbooks. Often, students are on the hook to cover much of...

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) announced the 13 projects that received its 2016-17 grants. These projects, which span many academic areas, are estimated to save students nearly $400,000 on course materials.

ALX is a cross-campus...

The Affordable Learning Exchange funds and supports instructors who want to replace conventional course materials with open educational resources or low-cost alternatives.

The deadline to submit has been extended to Monday, Oct. 3 for...

Did you know that the cost of textbooks has risen by 1,041 percent since 1977? In fact, a typical Ohio State student spends an average of $1,000 on course materials each year.

Let’s change that.

The Affordable Learning Exchange ,...

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) works to lower costs for Ohio State students by helping instructors replace conventional textbooks with open and affordable materials.

Dr. Craig Burd and Dr. Christin Burd, assistant professors in the Department of Molecular Genetics, received the...