Open Educational Resources by Beth Wheeler license CC-BY-NC

1. Open Educational
Resources
Benefits and Challenges
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2. Benefits
 A broad variety of resources are readily accessible
 Cost effective for both students and educators
 Expands student access to learning
 Increased interaction between students (wider
community)
 Potential for peer review and improvement of materials
 Flexibility to adapt materials to meet individual class
needs
 Provides materials that meet more learning modalities
than written materials

3. Challenges
 Time consuming to find materials that are OER
 Time consuming to REVIEW materials for quality
 Sometimes difficult to determine whether an item can be
used
 Technology issues when accessing materials – both for
educators and students

4. Winding it up…
As you can tell, I thought of more pros than cons for the
use of Open Education Resources. I’m excited to be part of
an educational system that keeps students in the forefront
and provides opportunities for them to learn using different
modes and with less expense!
Thanks!