The presentation is about OER, its benefits and challenges, and what to do going forward.

1. Open Educational Resources
Savio Pham, DM
Highline College

2. Agenda
• Overview of OER
• Benefits
• Challenges
• Going forward

3. Overview
• OER – Open Educational Resources:
– Format: in any medium, digital, etc.
– Conditions: in public domain or under open
license
– Nature: free to be reused and re-purposed by
others

4. Benefits of OER
• Saves costs for students
• Grants access to more quality choices
• Assists preparation for course and retention
after course
• Enhance clarity and/or certainty of material
reuse
• Maximize and increase availability of
educational materials

5. Challenges of OER
• Ensure quality of educational materials
• Sustain quality and continuous supplies of
materials
• Educate public understanding of OER
• Meet/exceed course/program accreditation
• Share process/structure across institutions

6. Going Forward…
• Gathering broad commitment _____ OER
materials by educational institutions
– To create
– To use
– To collaborate
• Creating structural processes for search, apply,
and share OER across individuals, institutions,
and industries