introduction to open education resources

1. Intro to
Open Educational Resources
Open Source
Open Access
Open Courseware
Open Textbooks

2. OER Definition
• Videos, podcasts, course
materials, textbooks, etc.
• Available for online use
• No royalty or licensing fees -

3. Why?
• Cost
• Easy of use/access
• inevitable

4. Two sources for open textbooks
• Open Stax
• http://openstaxcollege.org/
• Flat World Knowledge
• http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com

5. More resources…
Lists of “open textbooks”
• http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
• http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/
• http://www.studentpirgs.org/open-
textbooks/catalog

6. Questions/Comments