This session will look into the research done in a community college in the Southeast using a a faculty written OER in a Physical Education course. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect, if any, the use of an open educational resource (OER) would have on student success in a college physical education course. This study compared a two cohorts of students. The control group were students who had used a paid-for textbook (n = 1130) and the treatment group were ones who used an OER (n = 1285). Through three sub-questions, the analysis was done to associate the rate of students receiving a passing grade (A, B or C) vs. a non-passing grade (D or F), the rate of students withdrawing from the course, and the distribution of grades A, B, and C in both pre and post-implementation cohorts. Overall, the results of the study showed no significant association between the use of a faculty-written OER and the withdrawal-rate, pass-rate, or distribution of the grades A, B or C. Further analysis was done by disaggregating the population by age, Pell-eligibility, ethnicity, gender and enrollment-status. There were no significant findings in the aggregate cohorts. When the analysis done by controlling for a demographic covariate, significant findings were present.
Learning Outcomes: The participant will analyze the effect of and OER on Student Success. The participant will be able to identify key populations of students of whom an OER could effect more than others. The participant will discuss the usefulness of knowing OER effects on aggregate populations of students. The participant will discuss the usefulness of knowing OER effects on disaggregate populations of students based on demographics.
