1. Open Educational Resources
Benefits & Challenges
Created By
Kamilia Nemri
Winter 2014 Cohort 1:
How to Use Open Educational Resources
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2. Benefits
• Low cost of education to students

3. Benefits continued………
• Availability of resources to educate societies
and the world

4. Benefits continued…..
• Availability of Diverse Resources

5. Benefits continued….
•
to All!
Social Equality and

6. Benefits continued….
• New Careers in the Technology Age. I believe
that we need to hire an OER expert at each
College or institution who decides to adopt
OER

7. Challenges
• Time consuming to evaluate the materials
before adopting it for the classroom

8. Challenges continued….
• As it saves money for students, faculty have to
do more with less. Overworked and underpaid

9. Challenges continued…
• Difficult for non-traditional students to use.
Students who still avoid using computers and
those who don’t have internet connections.

10. Challenges continued…
• Lack of some resources for specific topics like
social science majors

11. Challenges continued…
• Relying on those who are willing to share will
limit the quality of resources.

12. Challenges continued…
• Sustainability or OER can be costly, how long
can we access quality resources?