Heather A.

THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF

USING OPEN EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCES

Using OER’s can save a professor time.OER’s can reduce textbook costs for students.

OER’s can reduce costs for K-12 teachers that often have to purchase their own supplementary materials.

OER’s provide equal access to current information.

Depending on the creative commons license, a professor could customize or add to a resource.

BENEFITS

It may take a lot of time to find a resource that fits specific needs.

The resource needs to be reviewed for errors.

Some topics have many more resources available than others.

Once an OER is created and licensed under Creative Commons, it can not be recalled by the creator.

The Creative Commons license could be misinterpreted by the user.

CHALLENGES