Calgary, AB (February 5, 2019) As awareness of Open Educational Resources (OER) grows, instructors are turning to Lyryx Learning as a full service publisher to provide both free open source textbooks along with corresponding affordable online homework. Most importantly, students benefit from the lower costs, as Lyryx has helped students save almost $9M over the past five years.
All Lyryx texts have an open license and are distributed to students at no cost. Instructors can also obtain the source files for the text, which they can edit as they wish. The cost of the online homework ranges from $40-$60 for the first course, and is reduced to $20 for any subsequent course. For those adopting the Lyryx online homework, the editorial and support teams are available daily to adapt the content to the particular course, and to provide assistance to instructors and students throughout the course.
Since 2015, Lyryx has also offered FREE access on campus which allows students to access all their course material at no cost in designated computer labs. This option, which has resulted in almost $500K savings for students over these past three years, is particularly valuable for students with financial needs and harkens back to the traditional campus library policy that provided reserve copies of course material for use in that location.
As a Canadian leader in the global OER movement, the goal of Lyryx Learning is not only to provide substantial cost savings for students, but also to provide instructors and students with high quality content, rigorously maintained online homework, editorial services, and prompt, effective support services.
To find out more about Lyryx Learning and this new open text, visit: http://lyryx.com/
About Lyryx Learning
Lyryx Learning is an open educational resources (OER) company based in Calgary, Alberta that began in the Mathematics Department at the University of Calgary. Lyryx was established in 2000 and is supporting instructors across Canada by sustaining OER and developing adaptable, accessible and affordable resources for higher education. Lyryx provides quality OER and services including open texts, assessments, supplements and support in the subjects of: Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting and Economics.
Lyryx offers a modern model strengthening open educational resources, providing excellent materials and services to students at an affordable price. We are advancing learning as champions of access to knowledge.
For more information contact:
Tamsyn Murnaghan
Director of Client Services
P: 877-670-6726 ext.222
tamsyn@lyryx.com
