Open Educational Resources

byMindy Coslor

Golden Gates of Castello di Amoroso Winery by Keith Cuddeback is licensed under CC BY NC-ND 2.0

“Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and

media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes”

(Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources)

Gate to the castle in nove hrady in Bohemia by Petr Kratochvil in the Public Domain

Advantages to Using OER

• Changes the paradigm of publisher-controlled information

• Reduces the cost of textbooks for students

• Encourages faculty to keep the course materials current and relevant

Welcoming Gateway by Rosa Say is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Advantages Continued

• Encourages greater engagement with information

• Encourages a wider dissemination of course materials

• Models ethical use of information to students

Gate, Hidcote Manor Garden by David Dixon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Challenges to using OER

• Time involved to find or create OER may be greater

• It is hard to sustain the quality of the materials over time

• The Creative Commons licenses for content is irrevocable

Gate at the Botanical Garden, City Park, New Orleans by Infrogmation is licensed by CC-BY-SA 3.0

Challenges Continued

• Content needs to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act standards

• Students may not have technology skills or access

• All materials require appropriate attributions

Lych gate to Compton Greenfield church by Philip Halling is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0

Attributions• Slide One. Image: Golden Gates of

Castello di Amoroso Winery by Keith Cuddeback is licensed under CC BY NC-ND 2.0

• Slide Two. Image: Gate to the castle in nove hrady in Bohemia by Petr Kratochvil in the Public Domain

• Slide Three. Image: Welcoming Gateway by Rosa Say is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

• Slide Four. Image: Gate, Hidcote Manor Garden by David Dixon is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

• Slide Five. Image: Gate at the Botanical Garden, City Park, New Orleans

by Infrogmation is licensed by CC-BY-SA 3.0

• Slide Six. Image: Lych gate to Compton Greenfield church by Philip Halling is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0

• Slide Seven. Image: Illustration of an open book by anxobotana is licensed in the Public Domain

• References:• Open Educational Resources.

[definition]. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources. Accessed July 14, 2015.Illustration of an open book by anxobotana is

licensed in the Public Domain