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About Open Education Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available and openly licensed text and media digital resources which can be used for teaching and learning. 

Free and Legal to Use, Improve and Share

  • Save time and energy by adapting or revising resources that have already been creating
  • Tailoring educational resources to the specific content for your course
  • Expands opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and learning by allowing instructors to integrate and revise multiple educational resources
  • Can incorporate multi-media or scenario-based education

Network and Collaborate with Peers 

  • Access to educational resources that have already been peer reviewed by other experts in the field

Lower Educational Cost and Improve Access to Information

  • Reduces the cost of course materials, particularly textbooks so that all students have access and aren't as financially burdened
  • Can improve graduation and retention rates

Adopting OER Materials

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