2. Benefits of OER 1
1. Saves cost for students. The text we currently use costs over $100
or $70 for the on-line version. Many of our students are Running Start
or first generation immigrants. It's too costly for them. It's a matter of
Social Justice in getting access to more students to a cost effective
education.
3. Benefits of OER 2
• OER allows the instructor to present more current ideas, best
practices and different perspectives on the business world to the
students.
4. Benefits of OER 3
• OER allows us to be more creative in our curriculum and to change
the course material presented more frequently.
5. Benefits of OER 4
• OER gives access to more quality choices for coursework for world
wide sources.
6. Benefits of OER 5
• OER helps students prepare for the course and refer to course
content both during and after the class.
7. Challenges of OER 1
• It is very time consuming to find appropriate resources when
beginning the transition to OER
8. Challenges #2
• Reviewing the multiple sources of OER and determining if they are
appropriate for my student population. We have students from high
school age to older students working to develop skills and knowledge
to help them in their careers.
9. Challenges #3
• Many of our students at Seattle Central share a computer with
multiple siblings or family members. If all of the curriculum is online
they may have difficulty keeping up with the reading.
10. Challenges #4
• Accessibility is important. Finding accessible materials may be
challenging. It will also take time to change materials to be more
accessible for all students.
11. Challenges #5
• QUALITY MATTERS. I expect it will take additional time to evaluate the
quality of the sources when doing the research. There are many
factors to consider.
