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Open Educational Resources (OER): Why Choose OER?

This guide is all you need to help you to get started using Open Educational Resources (OER).

Why Choose OER?

OERs are part of the Open Solutions movement that seeks to ensure that information is freely and fairly available for everyone (UNESCO, 2022). Adopting OER has benefits for both faculty and students:

Benefits for Faculty

  • Increases student retention and improves student performance by reducing costs
  • Promotes academic freedom to modify or add content to your course
  • Provides more and more engaging resources for your students

Benefits for Students

  • Materials are free to access and can be purchased in print at a low cost
  • Materials are free to access, before AND after your course
  • OER are free self-study and review materials for brushing up on material
  • Resources are customizable and can be aligned with only what you need to know - no more skipping around chapters you don't read!

OER Adoption Impact Calculator

The OER Adoption Impact Calculator helps you understand many of the potential impacts of adopting OER instead of traditionally copyrighted learning material