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Open Educational Resources (OER): Evaluating OER

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

Why Evaluate OER?

Because OER may vary in quality, it is important for instructors to carefully evaluate them before adopting or adapting them. In general, you want to consider the following when evaluating or reviewing an OER.

  1. Does this OER cover the content you'd like to present to your students in this course? How does it align with your learning objectives?
  2. Is the material included in the OER accurate and up-to-date? Is the content appropriate for your students?
  3. Is this content licensed in an open way that allows for sharing and remixing?
  4. Is the format and content accessible for students? 

Helpful Rubrics

There are many different approaches to evaluating OER. Below are a variety of checklists and rubrics to help guide your evaluation process: