Benefits and Challenges of OER

1. Open
Education
Resources
Carrie Johnson
Centralia College
The Benefits & Challenges

2. What are
Open Education Resources
 Educational materials that have been …
 released under an open license that
permits free use and repurpose by others.
 resides in the public domain.
 (definition by Hewlett Foundation)

3. Benefit
 Cut down on the cost of education by
providing resources that otherwise
students would need to purchase.

4. Benefit
 Share the good stuff. As instructors we
can get in a rut of presenting material in
our own way. Sometimes another way of
presenting this may be just what we need!

5. Benefit
 Help identify what we can use and not
use in our courses.

6. Benefit
 Assist in putting together a course.

7. Benefit
 Share current best practices.

8. Challenge
 There could be issues with the quality of
certain resources.
The
French
Fry Diet

9. Challenge
 It may not be sustainable without
continued funding.

10. Challenge
 Some individuals feel threatened by lack
of public understanding.

11. Challenge
 Creative Common licenses are non
revocable.
I changed
my mind.
Too bad, so
sad!

12. Challenge
 Lack of understanding of how and what
can be used.