"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Why Use OER |
Free and Legal to Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, and Redistribute:
- Tailoring educational resources to the specific content for your course
- Facilitate innovative style of teaching and learning
- Allows instructor to go beyond the traditional confines
- Provide most up-to-date information that is targeted to the students of a particular university
Access to Educational Resources from all over the world
- Access the network of educators and researchers all over the world
- Enhance collaborative learning
Improved Access to Information
- OER helps provide your students access to book the first day of classes or before.
- OER reduces the financial burden on students
- Less financial burden on student can mean increased graduation and retention rate.
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