John Snyder, OER 101, Assignment 9-1, 7/20/2016

Open Educational Resources(OER) Benefits And Challenges

By John Snyder

John Snyder, OER 101, Assignment 9-1, 7/20/2016

OER Benefits• Cost to Student much lower.• Ability to create course work that appeals to multiple learning styles.• Ability to collaborate with others to develop course work.• Ability to create accessible materials.• Ability to supplement existing course materials and fill in gaps.

John Snyder, OER 101, Assignment 9-1, 7/20/2016

OER Challenges• Finding Creative Commons Licensed Programming Language

Materials.• Finding Complete Courses In Advanced Studies.• Time to find and attribute resources.• Time to assemble a course from multiple sources.• Finding enough materials and time to create a comprehensive course

with a consistent focus.• Creating a course with a progression of topics, each building on

previous topics.