I've heard about OERs, what are they?
Why would OERs be useful for me?
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Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been licensed to permit free use, distribution and re-purposing by others. OER formats include full courses, subject materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and other techniques, tools or media that support equitable access to knowledge.
OERs give educators the ability to adapt instructional resources to the individual needs of their students, to ensure that resources are up-to-date, and to ensure that cost is not a barrier to accessing high-quality standards-aligned resources. OER are used for education purposes across the globe, and are becoming mainstream (used and developed) within Australian higher education.
OERs are a potential solution for minimising student textbook costs.
Find OERs to support your teaching or learning, or contact your Liaison Librarian to discuss options available.
This FAQ is a derivative of #GoOpen: OER for K-12 educators by Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Nicole Allen (SPARC), Layla Bonnot (CCSSO), Cable Green (Creative Commons), Meredith Jacob (Creative Commons-U.S.) and Lisa Petrides (ISKME), used and licensed under CC BY 4.0 by Claire Ovaska
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