Created as part of a course on "How to use Open Educational Resources" from the SBCTC, this overview describes the benefits and challenges of using OER in the classroom.

3. Key Student
Benefits
• Saves students money
• Saves the environment
• Saves students money
• Increases accessibility beyond
the course term
• Saves students money
"From Anton Chekhov to Anton Calculus" by Quinn Dombrowski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

4. Key Faculty
Benefits
• Utilizes existing resources
• Creates content-rich courses
• Amazes your Dean
• Saves students money
"Chinese Teacher" by Marco Klapper is licensed under CC BY 4.0

6. Student
Challenges
• Decisions on what to do with
saved money
• Requires shift out of textbook
learning model
• Utilizes technology in adoption,
access, and saving
"Girl on Laptop in Park" by CollegeDegrees360 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

7. Faculty Challenges
• Requires shift in teaching and
learning model
• Utilizes technology heavily
• Requires time to search, filter,
and collect course content
"WIDER Annual Lecture 13" by UNU-WIDER is licensed under CC BY 2.0

8. Administrative
Challenges
• Competes with bookstore
• Requires instructional
technology support staff
• Requires funding or release time
for new material creation
"Budget" by Tax Credits is licensed under CC BY 2.0

9. What’s Your Forecast?
Benefits and Challenges of Using Open Educational
Resources in the Classroom
By Esteban (Steve) Sosa