The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) is requesting proposals to participate in its next cohort. ALX awards grants to instructors who want to transform their courses using open and affordable materials. Any course at The Ohio State University is eligible for consideration–from small seminars to...
Jenny Sheldon, Mathematics lecturer, is replacing her old course textbook with a collection of internet and library sources, and is now saving her students approximately $11,000 annually.
Ohio State has an affinity program with WOW Internet Cable and Phone. This program provides funding for Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) grants while also offering discounted internet, cable and phone services to Ohio State faculty, staff and students. By switching to WOW, you can help fund instructors like Darcy Hartman who is using her ALX grant to create free course materials for students in her Economics classes.
Join the Affordable Learning Exchange partners and former grant winners as we celebrate Open Education Week , March 5-9. Through this week-long series of webinars and events, participants will learn the ins and outs of using or creating open content and its impact on teaching and learning at Ohio State and beyond.
In the process of making learning affordable, how do we know we’re not sacrificing the quality of educational resources? Is there a way to get a general idea of how students perceive free or low-cost digital materials? A team of researchers at The Ohio State University wanted to find out.
For one professor, the shift from a physical textbook to digital content has the potential to save students approximately $5,500 a year, thanks to a grant from the Affordable Learning Exchange.
Through this project, new learning materials will save students approximately $6,000 annually. Continue reading to learn more about one instructor’s experience developing openly licensed content for her class with the help of ALX.
The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) has selected more than 20 grant recipients that will complete projects during the 2017-2018 academic year. These projects are projected to save students between $900,000 and $1,200,000 annually!
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...
