This is an introductory PPT about OER and some of the benefits and challenges from a faculty member's perspective.

1. OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
By: Emily Dvorak, M.Ed
FT Faculty, Cascadia College

2. What is OER?
■ “Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational
materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other
purposes.”
■ “Open Education ‘...is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s
knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the Web in
particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use,
and reuse knowledge.’”
-The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
– "What is OER?" by CCWiki is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"OER#2" by CJ is licensed under CC BY 2.0

3. Why is OER important to me as an
instructor?
■ I want to . . .
– have flexibility in my course design.
– know where to find free resources that I can add into my
course.
– make sure I am giving proper credit to the resources I find.
– know what I can copy, distribute freely, and share with other
instructors for the use in their courses.
– Know how to share my materials with others and make them
OER (Creative Commons Licenses)

4. OER Challenges
■ Understanding what OER and the Creative Commons Licenses
are
■ ”Extra steps” for the instructor (especially in the beginning)
■ Wondering if there are quality OER materials (and then finding
them)
■ Getting past the above hurdles and forming new habits
■ Getting other instructors on board to work on finding,
developing, and sharing OER materials
■ Teaching the same classes often enough to make compiling
OER materials worthwhile
"Sometimes Smiles are Overated" by Hoolah
Tallulah is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

5. OER Benefits
■ FREE resources for teachers and students
■ Student accessibility to education
■ Creative curriculum opportunities
(redistributing, sharing, adapting, etc.)
■ Utilizes available technology
■ Not restricted to a textbook that an instructor
feels obligated to use or follow after students
spend money on it.
"floormat smiley face" by Michael
W. May is licensed under CC BY-NC-
ND 2.0

6. Moving Forward
■ We need to develop new knowledge and habits
– How to check to see if a work is part of the Creative Commons (CC)
– How to understand CC licenses
– How to attribute the works that we use
– Where to search for images (Flickr andWikimedia Commons) and then give credit where
credit is due
– How to find appropriate course materials – OpenWashington
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
"A Road to Look ForwardTo" byYogendra
Joshi is licensed under CC BY 2.0

7. For more information, attend the online
OER 101Training with SBCTC
Detailed information available: How to Use Open Educational Resources
training by SBCTC , CC BY 4.0