This work by Lina M. Espinosa Gómez is licensed under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License.

Benefits and Challenges

Global Open Educational Resources Logo by Jonathasmello is licensed under CC-BY 3.0

This work by Lina M. Espinosa Gómez is licensed under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License.

Benefits

Build, share and expand knowledge.

Education available for everybody, not just

those who pay for it.

Cost effective for all: students, teachers,

and administration.

Better quality of contents: improvement

and revisions by other users.

Decide what type of CC license to use:

restrictions and permissions.

Develop and promote research.

Marketing and increase reputation: Show

your work to the world.

Endorse lifelong learning.

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This work by Lina M. Espinosa Gómez is licensed under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License.

Challenges2

Access to computers and Internet for all.

Content maintenance: time, money and

resources to keep materials updated.

Mistrust when using other people´s work.

Content misconstruction by other users:

quality assurance.

Scarce public understanding of OER.

Fear of losing property of work: non revocable CC licenses.

Use of a resource without adapting it to the

institution / student needs (Learning

objectives, learning style, etc.)

This work by Lina M. Espinosa Gómez is licensed under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License.

References

Jonathasmello . Global Open Educational Resources Logo . Licensed

under a CC-BY 3.0. Retrieved on February 27, 2014 from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Open_Educational_Resources

_Logo.svg .

SBCT. (2014). Course: How to use Open Educational Resource, Winter

2014. Module 7. Licensed under a CC-BY 3.0. Retrieved on February

27, 2014 from: https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/940994.

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