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Bay View Analytics Updates

ZTC Summit 2026

Julia Seaman

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Almost two decades of OER Research

15 Annual Surveys

40k+ Respondents

Faculty, Administrators, & (now) Students

Tracking awareness, adoption, and impact since 2009

Survey in the field right now – at least one more year planned!

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OER Awareness has doubled since 2009

  • 2.15x Awareness increase
  • 6.6x Required OER Use increase (5% to 33%)
  • California awareness and use is even higher 70% % 38%
  • CCCs higher still at 72% & 42%

www.bayviewanalytics.com/OER

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Open Textbook Project

A growing repository of surveys, studies, and data on the affordability of course materials and their impact on student success in U.S. higher education.

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  • State-based research (PA, VIVA, Maine; California???)
  • National student benchmark
  • Comparative data analysis & presentations

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Future Projects (Seeking Partners/Funders)

Career & College Readiness

How do digital technologies & their access affect outcomes in career pathways and college preparedness?

Student Cost Savings

Comparative savings across OER and other open/low-cost formats — what's the real impact on students?

Non-Traditional Programs

Extending research beyond transfer-focused institutions to workforce and CE contexts

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Data, benchmarking, & research design support

Benchmark comparisons

Local data compared to national & state benchmarks paired with student voices have been some of the most powerful tools for local and national press coverage and legislation.

Open collaboration

Share our data, co-design studies, compare your results to ours. We want to help however we can!

Have data questions? Want to compare your results? We're here. Reach out anytime.

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Thank You

Julia@bayviewanalytics.com