Open Educational Resources

Benefits and Challenges

Open Educational Resources Benefits

• Access to a lot of teaching/learning materials • Save time for teachers (creating materials can be time-consuming) • Provide equal opportunities for learning • Raise the teaching/learning standards• Re-use materials that have worked for other instructors and students

Open Educational Resources Challenges

• Understand new concepts: Public Domain, Open License, All Rights Reserved • Quality/non-quality Materials • Big change for students from traditional textbooks • Access to Online Resources • Know where to look for Materials (on teachers’ part)