The document discusses Open Educational Resources (OER) which are openly licensed educational materials that can be adapted. It notes benefits for both faculty and students, such as faculty being able to build their own resources and students having supplemental learning materials. However, it also outlines challenges to adopting OER like the vast number of resources making it difficult for instructors to choose, lack of time for educators to develop materials, and lack of training on integrating OER. The concluding passage reflects on discovering OER as an experience the author is glad they explored.

1. LaRita Montgomery Mandley, Facutly-Computer
Applications 2015

2. Reference: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/10/29/two-thirds-of-faculty-unaware-of-open-education-
resources.aspx
LaRita Montgomery Mandley, Facutly-Computer Applications
2015

3. O Open Educational Resources (OER)
encourage adaptability enabling users to
grow
O Faculty: Use openly licensed materials to
build your own resources
O Promote your work to a global audience
O Students: Provide supplemental learning
materials for courses
O Better prepared for classes
Reference: Open Educational Resources: Benefits for Faculty and Students by Gideon Burton CC: BY-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/w.0
website: http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/3659/PDFs/OER-benefits-handout.pdf
LaRita Montgomery Mandley, Facutly-Computer Applications
2015

4. O Too many resources to choose from
O The number of resources is vast that it
can literally paralyze instructors and
students
O Educators don't have time to develop their
own course materials
O Lack of training on how to integrate OERs
into their classrooms
O Faculty members just don't know about
OER
Reference: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/06/26/4-challenges-for-oer-in-higher-education.aspx
LaRita Montgomery Mandley, Facutly-Computer Applications
2015

5. Discovering Open Educational Resources has
been an experience that I am glad I decided
to explore – I invite you to take the journey
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The
brave man or women is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that
fear.
Nelson Mandela
Reference: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/over.html#rHq3dc4gARrYiUAR.99
LaRita Montgomery Mandley, Facutly-Computer Applications 2015