2. WHAT IS OER? WHY DOES IT MATTER?
• Watch a video "Why Open Education Matters?"
o Everyone has a right to a quality education
o Being a teacher takes time, especially as a first-year teacher.
• OER can save…
o Money – OERs are FREE!
o Time – OERs are created
o Headaches
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3. WHY SHOULD WE USE OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES?
• Educational resources at no cost (but there are some dubious
ones, so choose carefully)
• Access to diverse, high-quality education materials
• Improve the quality of educational resources
• Co-create and share educational materials to collaborate with
learners across the world
• The essential computer and media literacy for becoming a
competent and employable person in the 21st century.
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Reuse - the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form (e.g., make a backup copy of the content)Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)
