Open educational resources (oer)

Open educational resources (oer)

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  Open Educational Resources (OER) Innovation in Education by SandiPhinney York
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  What are Open EducationalResources? "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.“ - UNESCO
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  Examples of OER ResourcesReleased under Open License  Images  Videos  Artwork  Textbooks  Courses & modules  And many other materials… Resources in the Public Domain  Materials published before 1923 or those with expired copyrights  Materials that were never copyrighted  Materials donated to the public domain  Government documents
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  Benefits  Can reduceeducation costs for students by using free material.  Encourages sharing of ideas among communities of learning around the world.  May help reduce labor for instructors by having ready-made supplementary materials.  Many resources may be customizable to instructor or student purposes.  All people around the world (not just students) have better access to knowledge and information.
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  Challenges  It canbe difficult to wade through the wealth of material available to find appropriate material.  Conversely, it may impossible to find material in a specific subject area.  The quality of content is not guaranteed and must be assessed by the user.  Not everyone has easy access to technology.  The economic sustainability of OER is unclear.