2 minute read Cut down on chapter length. Get rid of drawn-out, technical explanations. Connect the text directly to the coursework. Oh, and make it free to every student who needs it. Those were a few of the goals Lara Letaw established when she set out to write a textbook on software engineering.
3 minute read Luhui Whitebear has been closely connected to Oregon State University’s Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws in different ways during her academic career. While pursuing an anthropology bachelor’s degree online with Oregon State Ecampus, she would drop in whenever she came to campus to pick up books. Now, as assistant director of the Ina Haws, she is paying forward the guidance, nurturing and sense of belonging she received as a student.
2 minute read The Oregon State Ecampus Research Unit recently conducted a study on a rarely researched topic in online education: class size. What the researchers found is that students’ grades were higher in certain online classes that had lower enrollment, and that it may be beneficial to limit particular kinds of courses to 30 students or fewer.
3 minute read Oregon State’s Pride Center provides programs and services to members of the LGBTQIA+ community while fostering safe environments where those same students — learning on campus and online through OSU Ecampus — feel a sense of belonging. And in its quest to improve its service to students, the Pride Center is exploring methods to offer even more tangible benefits.
2 minute read Oregon State University’s expanding collection of open educational resources is now available in one of the world’s largest OER repositories, giving users greater access to the university’s no-cost course materials in a single location. OER Commons is a freely accessible, online library that invites educators and students at Oregon State and worldwide to discover open textbooks and other freely available instructional materials.
2 minute read The work of highlighting and supporting the university’s Latinx and Chicanx community is something Oregon State’s Centro Cultural César Chávez does day in and day out. El Centro lifts up students online and on campus in pursuit of their academic and career goals while creating a welcoming and inclusive space for others.
3 minute read Mastering the art of time management is easier said than done. The good news for you is that our expert teams of instructional designers and student success coaches has many years of experience in devising the best short-term and long-term strategies that lead to real-life academic success for online students.
3 minute read In the introduction to the textbook she authored on digital security, Oregon State University associate professor Glencora Borradaile writes in part that they want the book “to be accessible to any curious person.” This means that the information within can ideally be understood even by those without a background in cryptography. But the desire for it to be “accessible” is twofold.
3 minute read Through Dr. Samantha Chisholm Hatfield’s own rigorous education and personal experience, she’s helped build a support network for Oregon State’s Indigenous students. And she serves as a point of connection for those students, including those who may never meet her in person because she knows how essential that feeling of belonging can be to student success.
4 minute read New trends are emerging in online education that require both our attention and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. At Oregon State University Ecampus, we’re starting to see more traditionally diverse students choose online education. This, along with a leadership-driven commitment to repair and rebuild relationships with tribal communities, led to the launch of our Ecampus Tribal Communities Initiative in 2019.
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