Open educational resources (OER) are free educational materials that are openly licensed to enable reuse and redistribution by users. These openly-licensed materials can include any type of educational resource, from syllabi to full courses. The are freely available, and can be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed by users.
OER Materials:
- Openly-licensed: You can read about this more in the Copyright & Licensing chapter.
- Freely Available: The resources must be freely available online with no fee to access. Physical OER may be sold at a low cost to facilitate printing.
- Modifiable: The resource must be made available under an open license that allows for editing. Ideally, it should also be available in an editable format.
Types of OER
- Open Textbooks
- Online courses
- Videos
- Audio files
- Presentation slides
- Syllabi
- Course outlines
- Lesson plans
- Supplementary materials, including quizzes, assignments, and other learning experiences.
"OC VOICE" by Julie Lyon, Odessa College
"An Introduction to Open Educational Resources" by Abbey Elder is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
