What Are OER Module Overview

All About OER: Let's Learn the Basics

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? 

Now that you have an overview of the course we can begin to learn about OER. If you plan to use OER in your course you will need to be able to easily identify open materials as well as other materials you can use in certain contexts. In order to conquer the more complex areas of OER you need to have a firm foundation about exactly what makes a resource “open.”

If you are new to OER there is much to learn. Even if you are familiar with OER you can use this module to review major concepts and ideas. In this module you will learn how to do the following:

  • Define an open educational resource (OER)
  • Recognize the importance of using OER in your classroom
  • Identify and compare different types of open resources such as open source software, open access journals, and open data

Learning Resources

On each page we have collected some of the best resources to help you learn about OER. We encourage you to look at the resources provided but we know that you are busy and constrained by time. To help focus your attention, preview the quiz for this module. This will help you know what to focus on as you work though the module. 

Assignments

The assignments for this module:

  1. Quiz - What are OER . This quiz will check your understanding of the OER, open access, equity, and advantages to using OER. 
  2. Exercise - Review of Training Materials. For the first exercise for this course you will review OER training materials from another institution. You will then identify useful content from those materials. These will be remixed, revised, and redistributed in our course.

Begin by clicking "Next" for an introduction to and the advantages of using OER.