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What are OER?

"Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation." (UNESCO).

"OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge." (Hewlett Foundation)

All About Using OER: Pedagogy and Practice

OER for Faculty - UCSD Library guide
A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources
Free e-book from UNESCO.
CCCOER Webinars
Discover how other community colleges are adopting and creating OER via 20 minute webinars.
Commonwealth of Learning
Free e-books on OER
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
"7 Things You Should Know About Open Educational Resources"
Free to Learn Guide by Hal Plotkin
An Open Educational Resources Policy Development
Guidebook for Community College Governance Officials
Guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education
"Given the potential of OER to improve higher education systems, UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have developed these Guidelines, after broad consultations with stakeholders in all regions of the world, to support governments, higher education institutions/providers, academic staff, student bodies and quality assurance/accreditation and recognition bodies."
Hapgood
Mike Caulfield of Keene State College thinks and writes regularly about OER.
Introduction to Open Educational Resources
An online course taught by Judy Baker.
OER Handbook for Educators
"Welcome to the world of Open Educational Resources (OER). This handbook is designed to help educators find, use, develop and share OER to enhance their effectiveness online and in the classroom."
Open Learning
Online journal of open distance and e-learning.
Open Now: The USask Open Textbook Authoring Guide
"...features the open source Pressbook platform for adapting or authoring open textbooks."
Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) Videos and Handouts
Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions
Baker, J., Thierstein, J., Fletcher, K., Kaur, M., & Emmons, J. (2009). Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions. The International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning, 10(5). Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/633/1390
Open Textbooks: Why? What? How? When?
Paper from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives
What Are the Impacts of Adopting OER?
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What Are the Impacts of Adopting OER?
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This guide was remixed from http://library.hccs.edu/oer/home .

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