Ivy Tech has partnered with Lumen Learning to design courses using open educational resources (OER) that improve learning and replace expensive textbooks in high-enrollment subjects. These courses often surprise faculty members by their combination of quality, ease of adoption, and affordability.

Ivy Tech’s OER initiative is led by an OER Cross Discipline Team made up of program chairs, department chairs and deans from across the College. It was formed in 2016 to prioritize courses with Affordable Solutions, and to oversee quality in the course development process. Ivy Tech partners with leading OER provider Lumen Learning to support content curation, creation, and delivery of OER content.

Lumen Learning provides digital course materials that replace expensive textbooks in high-enrollment college courses, saving students millions of dollars every term. We take the best available open educational resources (OER) and add timely updates, learning design, and technical support to make the transition to open content simple, reliable, and effective for instructors and students. Visit our Course Catalog to view 50+ high enrollment courses designed using OER.

Yes. Lumen courseware aims to adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) Level AA Success Criteria, a standard that meets or surpasses requirements for Section 508 compliance. Standard design features include text readability via screen readers; alt-text for every image; quality captioning and transcripts for every video or multimedia piece; and text alternatives for interactives and simulations.