What are OERs?<\/p>\n
Open educational resources (OER)<\/strong> are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through\u00a0open licenses<\/a>, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under\u00a0copyright<\/a> alone.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n A key part of OERs is that they are \u00a0available under a Creative Commons License<\/a> which permits the re-use and even re-mixing of educational resources.<\/p>\n There are a number of repositories available providing a range of resources from learning objects<\/a> through to complete courses. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n Wikieducator<\/a><\/p>\n BCcampus’ Shareable Online Learning Resources<\/a><\/p>\n National Repository of Online Courses<\/a><\/p>\n OER Commons<\/a><\/p>\n Open Courseware Consortium<\/a><\/p>\n YouTube.com<\/a><\/p>\n To see more about what I’ve written about Open Educational Resoures, enter OER into the search box on the top right of the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What are OERs? Open educational resources (OER) are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through\u00a0open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under\u00a0copyright alone.[1] A key part of OERs is that they are \u00a0available under a Creative Commons License … Continue reading I Have Seen the Future — and it includes Open Educational Resources (OER)<\/span>