No-Cost and Low-Cost Textbooks and Other Course Materials
CCSNH and the Board of Trustees have identified the adoption of no-cost and low-cost (NoLo) educational resources, including Open Educational Resources (OER), as a system-wide priority.
The advantages of increased use of open resources include lower course material costs for students, enhanced attainment of learning outcomes, improved student access to learning materials, and greater flexibility for instructors to customize learning materials.
Mission
Support and encourage faculty, staff, and administrators to adopt, revise, create, and share Open Education Resources in order to increase student learning, increase student access to high quality, diverse course materials, and decrease cost to students.
Vision
Open CCSNH is committed to high-quality, diverse, and innovative educational materials which are openly accessible to all CCSNH students at no or low cost. CCSNH is also committed to supporting its colleges with the time and financial resources needed to enhance student success through Open Pedagogy and the adoption and creation of Open Education Resources.
Open CCSNH Contacts on Each Campus
Each campus has representatives to the system’s OER taskforce as well as its own campus taskforce. Reach out to anyone on this list for more information and support.
Great Bay Community College
- Rebecca Clerkin [email protected]
Lakes Region Community College
- Julie Morin [email protected]
Manchester Community College
- Katie Hamilton [email protected]
- Kristen Lindsay [email protected]
Nashua Community College
- Fran Keenan [email protected]
NHTI- Concord’s Community College
- Christie Cho [email protected]
- Alan Lindsay [email protected]
River Valley Community College
- Jenn Cournoyer [email protected]
- Julie Robinson [email protected]
White Mountains Community College
- Melissa Laplante [email protected]