Defining OER

What Are Open Educational Resources?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, if any, ownership rights.

That means you can download the resource and share it with colleagues and students. In most cases, you can also edit it in some way, and then re-post the remixed work. How do you know your options? OER often have a Creative Commons license that tells you how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. (More definitions of OER. Links to an external site.)

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Optional ASCCC OERI Webinar

OER Basics I: Links to an external site.Open Educational Resources are freely available for everyone. We will discuss the difference between “open and free “, what Creative Commons licensing means, and discuss the benefits of OER for both students and faculty.

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