This document discusses the benefits and challenges of using Open Educational Resources (OER) in education. Some of the key benefits include cost savings for students, increased access to education, and maximizing the use of educational materials. Challenges include a lack of understanding about licensing, ensuring the quality and accessibility of resources, and questions around the sustainability of OER repositories. In conclusion, the author believes that using OER expands learning opportunities for students and allows them to gain a deeper understanding of course concepts.
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Why open educational resources (oer)?
1. Why Open Educational Resources
(OER)?
By Liz Haskell
Liz.Haskell@wwcc.edu
License CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. What is OER? Why should we use OER?
Open Educational Resources referred as OER are resources available for public use in education
under specific licensing.
The resources may be revised, retained, reused, remixed, and redistributed as defined by David
Wiley in his original work, “Defining the “Open” in Open Content and Open Educational
Resources”.
Why should educators use open content? There are many reasons, so let’s look at some of the
benefits and challenges associated with OER.
3. Benefits and Challenges
Benefits:
• Cost savings for students
• Social responsibility
• Maximizes the use of
educational materials
• Allows for peer review
• Enhances retention of
knowledge
Challenges:
• Lack of understanding of
licensing
• Accessibility of OER
• Quality Assurance
• Sustainability
• Non-revocable nature of CC
Licenses
4. 1. Cost savings for students:
Access to free or lower cost of textbooks
2. Social Responsibility:
Opens education up to everyone, increased education for
underserved and part-time students
Benefits:
5. 3. Maximizes the use of educational
materials:
Increases student success. This article by Oliver Dreon, Ph.D. dicusses
the impact on student education.
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/impact-of-open-educational-
resources/?gclid=CjwKCAiAs92MBhAXEiwAXTi255Ch8wjg9TkGHV8GAIS
WOx4X-mk8EyTV2YWI66b6P0qADYa4Ay0VdBoCV1gQAvD_BwE
4. Allows for peer review:
Merlot (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching) has a peer review system in place.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8030015
6. 5. Enhances retention of knowledge:
Achieving the Dream posted a blog on this very subject.
https://www.achievingthedream.org/press_release/17506/new-study-
reveals-that-oer-courses-and-degrees-benefit-student-retention-and-
completion-improve-faculty-engagement-and-result-in-cost-savings-for-
students
What ever your reasons are for using OER, retention of knowledge, costs
savings, social responsibility are enough for me, as an educator, to find ways
incorporate OER into my classroom.
7. 1. Lack of understanding of licensing:
Instructors lack the knowledge of licensing requirements. Educational
course such as this, provides that training.
2. Accessibility of OER:
Accessibility of OER has increased over the years and because of open
repositories and other sites accessibility continues to grow.
Challenges:
8. 3. Quality Assurance:
Materials may not be reliable, up-to-date, or accurate.
4. Sustainability:
Funding for OER repositories is lacking or will cease after initial start-up.
Maintaining the sites will continue to cost and may not be sustainable for
institutions.
5. Non-revocable nature of CC Licenses:
Once licensed, the license is non-revocable. Releasing work can be
challenging.
9. Why should we use OER?
For me, using materials outside the normal resources provided with
textbooks, expands the learning experience for students. It allows
students to see other materials and thoughts on a subject. Using OER
will allow students to gain a better understanding of the course
concepts and to apply those concepts to their own experiences.
As adult learners, we want to know why something is important to our
world. Using OER can help students to see why seeking other resources
is important, provides an avenue to ask more questions, and helps
them to their learning beyond school.
10. References:
E. Shmueli, “A Reliable Framework for OER”, Retrieved November 19, 2021. 2017 IEEE 41st Annual
Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
O. Dean, “Impacts of Open Educational Resources”, Retrieved November 19, 2021.
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/impact-of-open-educational-
.resources/?gclid=CjwKCAiAs92MBhAXEiwAXTi255Ch8wjg9TkGHV8GAISWOx4X-
mk8EyTV2YWI66b6P0qADYa4Ay0VdBoCV1gQAvD_BwE
NA, October 12, 2018. “New Study reveals that OER courses and degrees benefit student retention and
completion, improve faculty engagement, and result in cost savings for students”. Retrieved November
19, 2021
https://www.achievingthedream.org/press_release/17506/new-study-reveals-that-oer-courses-and-
degrees-benefit-student-retention-and-completion-improve-faculty-engagement-and-result-in-cost-
savings-for-students
