What are Open Educational Resources?
OER are "teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others." (From The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)
OER materials are released under an open license granting permission for everyone to do the 5Rs (Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute).
OER include digital learning materials such as:
| textbooks | homework assignments |
| full courses | quizzes |
| modules | lab activities |
| syllabi | games |
| lectures | simulations |
MI ExplOER
To learn more about OER, take this self-paced OER course for Higher Education. Earn an OER certificate by taking the exam at the end of the 8 modules.
Thank you to Regina Gong and MSU
Many thanks to Regina Gong at Michigan State University for creating this guide and making it available for others to copy and use.
Overview of OER Videos
More OER Information
- An Open Education PrimerCreated by the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, this resource is intended to provide an introduction to open education for academic librarians in North America, with emphasis on the three pillars of resources, practices, and policy.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: ContentPrimer on OER from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), this publication is one in a three-part series designed to provide a point of departure for conversations about all aspects of open education.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: PracticesPrimer from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative on open educational practices and pedagogy. This publication is one in a three-part series designed to provide a point of departure for conversations about all aspects of open education.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: PoliciesPrimer from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative on open education policy. This publication is one in a three-part series designed to provide a point of departure for conversations about all aspects of open education.
- OER World MapA global open education network that collects and shares open data about actors and activities related to OER.
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