At Glendale Community College we are in process of switching all our Introductory Chemistry sections to OER materials in order to allow all students access to the free open resource text book we created in hopes of increasing success rates. After reviewing required course competencies, an atom’s first approach was adopted for developing the course materials.  The course textbook was written in an outline format with end of chapter practice problems, and additional practice worksheets and videos were developed as supplemental materials.  All the materials are hosted on one open website for all students to access at any time. Four sections were piloted in the spring 2016 semester using the new OER resources compared to 16 sections run using a traditional published textbook.  Students were surveyed about their use of the resources in both the OER and traditional sections and all sections took one common final exam.  After it was discovered that the sections using OER materials were more successful, it was decided to use the OER materials for all sections of Introductory Chemistry the following fall 2016 semester.  Results and ongoing analysis will be presented.<br/>

Developing and implementing open educational resources (OER) for an introductory chemistry course at a two-year community college

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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