What are OER?
Definitions
Open Educational Resources are:
- Teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. (OER Glossary)
- 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. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. (The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)
"OER Logo" Links to an external site. is in the Public Domain