A brief overview of the pros and cons of open educational resources

1. Open
Educational
Resources
Angela Blums,
PhD
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES BY
ANGELA BLUMS

2. What are Open Educational
Resources?
• Open Educational Resources
(OER)
• No-cost, open-source learning
materials used in teaching
• Educators share knowledge
and information with one
another
• No cost for students
• Important to credit the creator OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES BY
ANGELA BLUMS
""Woman Working" by Kristin Hardwick is
marked with CC0 1.0.

3. What are The Benefits of OER?
• No cost
• Wide variety of topics from
experts in various fields
• Contributes to the community
of knowledge among those in a
particular field
• Textbooks and course modules
can often be updated and
changed by the user OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES BY
ANGELA BLUMS
"women in tech" by WOCInTech is marked
with CC0 1.0.

4. What are The Challenges of
OER?
• Varying quality
• Difficult to find content that fits
your exact needs
• Attributing sources can be
complicated
• Formats may be different than
what one is used to working with
• User must become familiar with
resource databases OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES BY
ANGELA BLUMS