Open educational resources benefits and challenges.

1. Open Educational
Resources
KAREN L. PIETTE MHS, CHES, CMA

2. Objectives
1. Identify the benefits of utilizing open educational
resources.
2. Discuss the challenges of open educational resources.

3. What are Open Educational Resources
(OER)?
Open educational resources are freely accessible
Useful for teaching, learning, and assessing, as well as for
research purposes
Openly licensed materials
Text
Media
Digital assets

4. Benefits of OER
1. Reduced cost to students
2. Customization of content
3. Allows you to keep your class current
4. Environmental factors – no paper?
5. Provides for equity
6. Expands students’ access to learning

5. Challenges of OER
1. Lack of public understanding
2. Quality assurance may be lacking
3. Sustainability with lack of funding
4. Difficulty finding the item you need
5. Training difficulties and citing challenges