Library: OER: Overview

Open Educational Resources

This material is based on original writing by David Wiley, which was published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license at http://opencontent.org/definition/.

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).

How to use OER materials

What is OER?

Introduction to Open Educational Resources
An online course taught by Judy Baker.
Open Educational Resources » OER Tutorial
This course is meant as a primer to anyone interested in learning more about the OER movement. It provides learning opportunities related to the origins of open resources, copyright and open licensing. It also acts as an overview of searching best practices both on the web and in OER repositories. The last section invites the course participant to incorporate and/or remix an open resource for their own learning or teaching
OER Definition
Diving into Open Educational Resources

Below you'll find links to tools and resources that provide additional information on Open Educational Resources and Affordable Learning Initiatives.

What is OER? Compilation of Definitions from Creative Commons
OER and Accessibility (MERLOT)
Open Education Resources (OER): What, Why, How? (Commonwealth of Learning)

Athens Technical
College

OER: Overview

Open Educational Resources

How to use OER materials

What is OER?

Affordable learning initiatives led by library consortia