Exploring First-Generation Student Experiences with OER Textbooks
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As academic librarians engage in OER creation and adoption programs, exploring student perceptions of OER provides information that can be used to revise and improve the OER, inform faculty perceptions, and contextualize the benefits of OER in relation to student financial concerns. This case study explores how first-generation students perceive their textbooks, particularly in the areas of cost savings and format. It also supports research indicating that first-generation students are concerned about the cost of textbooks and experience financial challenges such as food insecurity. Adopting OER may ease financial concerns and increase access to higher education for first-generation students.
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