No-cost learning material: Perspectives from industrial and systems engineering students
Department
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) is an initiative that began in 2014, which supported faculty when transforming their previously required textbooks to low-cost, no-cost textbooks. The goal was to help reduce the financial burden on students in their pursuit of a college education. In this study, the researchers developed no-cost textbooks for two undergraduate industrial and systems engineering courses. Both quantitative and qualitative measures are used to assess the effectiveness of the textbook transformation and students’ experience of no-cost learning material in the Industrial and Systems Engineering program. The responses were overwhelmingly positive with respect to the no-cost textbooks in both courses.
Journal Title
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
Journal ISSN
2158-3595
Volume
21
Issue
10
First Page
215
Last Page
225
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.33423/jhetp.v21i10.4636
Comments
This article received funding through Kennesaw State University's Faculty Open Access Publishing Fund, supported by the KSU Library System and KSU Office of Research.