The ABC's of OER
Replacing expensive textbooks with OER is an equity and social justice issue. Students have free access to course materials on Day 1 of class, not when they can afford to purchase their textbooks.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are high-quality teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license, such as a Creative Commons license, that permits their free use and repurposing by others, and may include other resources that are legally available and free of cost to students. “Open Educational Resources” include, but are not limited to, full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, faculty-created content, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge (AB-798, section 67423, adapted from the Hewlett Foundation Links to an external site.).
Learn more about OEI's Open Education Resource (OER) Efforts
The OEI OER Links to an external site. is a page that I designed along with Barbara Illowsky and Logan Murry to provide additional information on OER:
- Tools & Resources
- Guidelines & Resources
- Zero Textbook Cost Degree Information
- FAQ Page