Open Educational Resources

Many faculty know this from experience: you choose a textbook—and probably a reasonably priced one—but your students can’t all afford them and sometimes don’t buy them.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are "teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an OPEN LICENSE that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.."  From The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

OER come in different formats: open textbooks, full courses, modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab activities, games, and simulations.

WATCH: Intro to OER (3m 46s)