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OER: Overview

Open Educational Resources (OER) are 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

Definition of OER

UNESCO definition can be found here

The R Activities include: Retain (make, own, and control copies), Reuse (use widely), Revise (adapt, modify, or alter content), Remix (combine content with other material), and Redistribute (share copies of original, revised, or remixed with others).

The 5 Rs

What is OER? More information

OER mythbusting
What are Open Educational Resources?
What is OER?
A compilation of definitions from Creative Commons

Adapted from Chattahoochee Technical College Library's OER guide, by Shannon Gibson.

What's the difference between open this and open that?

Open educational resources are available free online for anyone to use and also permit re-use adaptation, re-sharing, etc. The 5 Rs.

Open access resource are available free online for anyone to use as is, but they may not be revised, remixed, or redistributed. Generally OA materials are scholarly books and articles but also include government documents.

This guide includes both, as well as library resources, which are available for free to patrons of the library. These can also be used in courses.

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