RCC Research Guides: OER (Open Educational Resource): OER Home

What is OER? Dedfintion

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation defines open educational resources (OER) as “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. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.”

Open Education Matters

Why Open Education Matters

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What is OER? Video

Open Resource Revolution

OER MYTHBUSTING

OER MYTHBUSTING
OER Mythbusting addresses the top seven myths about OER in North American higher
education, as voted on my more than 100 faculty, librarians, students and other
members of the OER community. This project grew out of a discussion during one of
SPARC’s Libraries and OER Forum monthly calls, where a group of librarians from the
U.S. and Canada identified a need for better resources to address misconceptions
about OER. A team of volunteers developed a poll and distributed it over email lists
and social media over a two week period in July 2017. The results were then used to
produce this collaboratively written document.

OER (Open Educational Resource): OER Home

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