This slide show examines the pros and cons of a teacher using Open Educational Resources.

1. By Theresa Allyn

2. We can have access
to high quality
materials, developed
by experts, to create
a quality educational
experience for our
students.
 This enrichment costs
us nothing but the
time to locate it.
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Students are always
challenged for funding.
Many students don’t
have grant funding and
the savings of several
hundred dollars a
quarter on books can
make a real difference.
Using electronic books
saves paper and the
waste of old books
being thrown in the
garbage.
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4. Sometimes teachers
don’t like the way
their own text book
explains the material.
 What a nice choice
to be able to add or
enrich the class with
another way to
present the idea.
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5. Kahn Academy can
be monitored by
teachers as to a
students progress.
 Owl from Purdue
University can help
English student
review important
skills.
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Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY

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Teacher’s can use
OER and other
learning web sites to
refresh skills that they
will need to teach
effectively.
Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY
https://www.khanacade
 http://academicearth.or
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7. Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY

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Materials that may not be educationally
accurate.
Materials that are old or outdated.
Materials that act like they are presenting
fact but instead present someone’s
political agenda.
Each teacher needs to own what they
teach.
This includes viewing and working through
all potential materials to make sure they
are appropriate for the class room.
Use OER’s that have access to top rated
educational material such as National
Geographic and Pacific Broadcasting
Chanel.
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It takes extra time out of a teachers day
to look for well developed OER that is
appropriate for the classroom.
Community college part-time instructors
are not paid for this time.
Using sites such as
http://open4us.org/find-oer/ help make it
much easier and quicker to find OER
materials.
These data bases of OER materials allow
for very specific searches rather then
searching the entire web.
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OER material that is available online
today may not be available tomorrow.
The online link may be moved or removed
and the teacher is caught without the
appropriate site he or she has based the
lesson on.
It is wise when using online OER to make
electronic and hard copies of essays,
articles, and pictures that one uses
regularly. It also helps to download video
clips if possible.
 That way if the government shuts down,
and your material was from their site, you
still have enough materials to teach your
Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY
lesson.
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PBN recently changed the status on some
of their OER materials and is only allowing
use of some of their videos for 6 times.
This move to create OER materials that
can only be used for a limited time,
makes it difficult for teachers, as after the
limit they must research and find new
materials.
Teachers should contact providers of OER
and let them know how important it is to
leave the materials open for use.
Since most community college teachers
are not paid for class development time,
it is critical that material are truly open
and there is not a time or restriction on
use.
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Many teachers think if something is on the web it
is free to use in their classes.
The lack of understanding of CCL leads to
misunderstanding about what can be used and
what can not be used in a classroom setting.
Educators are not aware of sites that offer large
amounts of CCL materials.
State Board online classes are ideal to help
college instructors learn quickly about this
magnificent resource and how to use it legally.
More of such classes and more advertising will
help this knowledge reach many more educators.
Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY

13. The benefits far out
way the concerns.
 Solutions are there
for most OER
concerns.
 It is time to enrich
and engage our
students with
creative learning
opportunities that
OER can bring.
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Shall we Commit tot he Path of OER, by Theresa Allyn CCL BY