Name: Student Academic Outcomes Associated With No-Cost Course Materials Across MA Public Higher Education
Start: 2026-10-28T10:30:00-0400
End: 2026-10-28T10:55:00-0400

Student Academic Outcomes Associated With No-Cost Course Materials Across MA Public Higher Education

Wednesday October 28, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

Beginning in the 2022 academic year, the Massachusetts Open and Low-Cost Educational Resource Advisory Committee implemented a statewide process to collect and standardize data on no- and low-cost course materials. Data were gathered across 28 undergraduate-serving public institutions of higher education, coordinating with institutional research offices at each campus. Productive (ABC) and non-productive (DFW) grades were tracked for each student in every course, comparing outcomes among courses with traditional (>$50), low-cost (

Speakers

Amanda Simons

Professor and Chair of Biology, Framingham State University

Amanda Simons is the Chair of Biology at Framingham State University. She is the author of Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits, an OER textbook written with the support from a ROTEL program grant. She is currently serving as a faculty fellow for the Massachusetts Department of Higher... Read More →

Connie Strittmatter

Strategic Projects Librarian, Fitchburg State University

Connie Strittmatter is the Strategic Projects Librarian at Fitchburg State University. In her current position, she supports Fitchburg State’s open and affordable education initiative by delivering workshops on OER topics, working individually with faculty to incorporate OER into... Read More →

Robert Awkward

Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

Emily Alling

Dean of the Library and Integrated Student Support, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Emily Alling is the Dean of the Library and Integrated Student Support at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts and leads course material equity work at her institution. She is a member of the Massachusetts Open and Low Cost Educational Resources Advisory... Read More →

Concurrent Session (25 min)

Program Topic Between Here and There: Examining how strategic open education work can get us from where we are to where we aspire to be.
Region United States
Level Intermediate
Education Level Higher Education

2026 Open Education Conference

Amanda Simons

Connie Strittmatter

Robert Awkward

Emily Alling

Bernadette Sibuma

Suzanne Smith

Emma Wood

Presentation (25 min)

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