This document discusses open educational resources (OER) which are teaching, learning, and research materials in any format that reside in the public domain or are released under an open license allowing free access, use, adaptation, and redistribution. OER come in diverse formats including images, videos, textbooks, and tests. They are defined by UNESCO as materials that can be reused, redistributed, revised, and remixed freely as long as the author is attributed. The document outlines advantages like contributing to global education and allowing collaboration, and disadvantages such as requiring internet access and potential lack of accuracy or knowledge about available resources.

1. Open Learning in our
digital era
Introduction to OER

2. Open Educational Resources: OER
DIVERSEFORMATSin OER
OER materials may include any of the following digital of physical formats:
• Images
• Videos
• Textbooks
• Course plans
• Conference recordings
• Evaluation materials such as tests with automated responses
• ETC…
Whatis OER?
“… learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public
domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost
access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others.” UNESCO

3. Open Educational Resources: OER
Basic Principles of an Open License
• reusable: Material can be used in part or completely for own purpose.
• Ex: download educational video for learning purpose.
• redistributable: Material can be shared/distributed with others.
• Ex: e-mail another with a digital article.
• revisable: Material can be modified.
• Ex) change language and format (written to audio)
• remixable: combine material from one resource with another to create a new one.
• Ex) Combine a PowerPoint slide with a book’s podcast.
• retainable: No restrictions on right to digital material.
• Material may be retained for personal use, regardless of the author or student.

4. • Before using OER, check the type of License attached, as there may be limitations. For example, some
open resources may not be reproduced without permission.
• Author of the material does not lose the copy right, as the author is granting automatic authorization
for different types of uses.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0
PLEASE ENSURE TO REVIEW
DETAILS OF EACH LICENSE IN
MODULE 5 OF THE CANVAS
OER 101 COURSE

5. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EDUCATION NEEDS INTERNET CONNECTION TO
ACCESS/DOWNLOAD
ALLOWS COLLABORATION ? ACCURACY & UP TO DATE?
ALLOWS ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF
RESOURCES, WHEN EVER AND WHEREVER
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AVAILABLE OER
RESOURCES
Open Educational Resources: OER
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