The benefits and drawbacks of OER

1. Benefits
and
Potential Drawbacks

2. Benefits

3. • Benefits
for students
 Decreases the financial burden for
students.
 Access: availability of educational
materials for everyone.
 Ability to learn from many different
venues and educators.
 Choices.

4. Benefits
for Instructors
 Confidence when using resources that
are not your own.
 Discovery of new strategies for
presenting materials.
 Ability to provide supplemental
resources for additional explanation.

5. Challenges

6. Challenges
 Checking quality of material can be time
consuming and frustrating.
 Difficulty finding clear licenses.
 Ensuring the ability to maintain OER
when start-up funding comes to an end.
 Lack of understanding builds resistance.
 May reduce creativity.