Open Educational Resources (OER): Home

Busse Library Hours, Summer Semester 2024

     "...are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium–digital or otherwise--that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions."  (DEFINITION by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation).

(OER Logo Open Educational Resources.png) by Markus Büsges (leomaria design) für Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0) 

The Five Rs of OER

OER materials are released under an open license, granting permission for everyone to:

• RETAIN -- users have the right to make, archive, and own copies of the content;
• REUSE -- content can be reused in its unaltered form;
• REVISE -- content can be adapted, adjusted, modified, and altered;
• REMIX -- original or revised content can be combined with other content to create something new;
• REDISTRIBUTE -- copies of the content can be shared with others in its original, revised, or remixed form.

("OER is Sharing" by Giulia Forsythe in Public Domain)

 OER includes digital learning materials such as: homework assignments, assessment tools, ,course    readings, open textbooks. lab activities, full courses, simulations, modules, lectures, quizzes, syllabi, games, and potentially many virtual educational materials.  ("Open Hand" by Viktor in Public Domain)   

QUICKLY GET UP TO SPEED  

• 7 Things to Know About OER from Educause :  1. WHAT is it?  2. HOW does it work?  3. WHO is doing it?  4. WHY is it significant?  5. WHAT are the downsides?  6. WHERE is it going?  7. WHAT are the implications for teaching & learning?
• Open Education Fact Sheet (by SPARC)                    
• Understanding OERs in 10 Videos  (mini-course playlist by Martin Weller)                                                                                                                                                                                                     ("Rocket" by Jen Garcia is licensed under CC BY 2.0)