No-Cost Learning Material: Perspectives From Industrial and Systems Engineering Students

Authors

  • Lin Li Kennesaw State University
  • Robert S. Keyser Kennesaw State University
  • Raven Pierson Kennesaw State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v21i10.4636

Keywords:

higher education, affordable learning Georgia, no-cost textbooks, open educational resources

Abstract

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) is an initiative that began in 2014, which supported faculty when transforming their previously required textbooks to low-cost, no-cost textbooks. The goal was to help reduce the financial burden on students in their pursuit of a college education. In this study, the researchers developed no-cost textbooks for two undergraduate industrial and systems engineering courses. Both quantitative and qualitative measures are used to assess the effectiveness of the textbook transformation and students’ experience of no-cost learning material in the Industrial and Systems Engineering program. The responses were overwhelmingly positive with respect to the no-cost textbooks in both courses.

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Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Li, L., Keyser, R. S., & Pierson, R. (2021). No-Cost Learning Material: Perspectives From Industrial and Systems Engineering Students. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21(10). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v21i10.4636

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