Celebrating OER Week at Durham Tech

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College Board Annual Survey of Colleges 2022-23 data for Student Budgets: Public Two-Year In-District Commuter data reads for average: $3,860 for tuition and fees; $9,610 for room and board (rent, etc.); $1,460 for books and supplies ($340 for course materials and $1,120 for "other" supplies such as computers); $1,870 for transportation; and $2,430 for other expenses
March 6-10 is Open Education Week! Open Educational Resources (OER) are high-quality educational materials that are available for free in the public domain and can be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed under Creative Commons licensing. These materials can be textbooks, research documents, or instructional tools, among other things. https://youtu.be/gLWTbIt8l3U Durham Tech has already awarded stipends for OER adoption to almost 20 instructors, and the OER Task Force is pleased