Final assignment for OER 101

1. WHY OER?
Jennifer Brennock

2. WHY
•Provides education in a time when
higher education is losing its perceived
value
•Challenges the producers of high-cost
textbooks
•Improves accessibility
•No waiting to prepare classes
•Meets students in the platform they are
already using

3. •PROVIDES EDUCATION IN A TIME
WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION IS
LOSING ITS PERCEIVED VALUE
•There is a general belief with students entering college from high school
post-Covid that the value of a college degree is not what it was at one time.
•They are correctly concerned the debt they incur will follow them the rest of
their lives, and they will not earn a paycheck healthy enough to pay their
loans back.
•Students are looking for ways to enter the workforce without a college
degree.
•This segment of young adults needs exposure to education that can provide
the intrinsic value of learning beyond a paycheck.
•Keeping textbooks costs down for students also encourages engagement.
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4. CHALLENGES THE PRODUCERS OF
HIGH-COST TEXTBOOKS
TEXTBOOK COMPANIES ARE DOMINATING AND LIMITING THE
CHOICES OF EDUCATORS.
OER OFFER A LOW-COST ALTERNATIVE TO PURCHASING
TEXTBOOKS.
THE MORE OER ARE USED, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT
TEXTBOOK COMPANIES WILL RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF
EDUCATORS.

5. OER IMPROVE
ACCESSIBILITY
FOR ALL STUDENTS AND
ACCOMMODATES LEARNING
CHALLENGES.
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6. FASTER CLASS PREP
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To prepare a new class,
you must wait to access the textbook.
OER allow you to begin prepping your classes
without waiting for a book
to be drop-shipped to you.

7. EASY TO USE
Students are used to
gathering knowledge online,
so OER are easy for them to
navigate.

8. WHY NOT
•There is difficulty mining quality from
the immense quantity.
•There is a perceived threat to
intellectual property.
•There are no accessibility standards.
•Continual funding is needed.
•Resources are not kept up-to-date so
relevance needs to be evaluated.

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EDUCATION CUTS COSTS ACCESSIBILITY FASTER PREP EASY TO USE
SUMMARY: BENEFITS OF OER