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Looking at the plusses and minuses of using Open Education Resources
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Open Education Resources
Should I learn to use them?by Leo Hopcroft
Textbook pricesMy students are paying
way too much!
Money Hand Holding Bankroll Girls by Steven Depolo is licensed under CC BY
But traditional textbook publishers provide a lot for all
that money
publishers have a huge variety of ready-made textbooks for all kinds of classes
textbooks are reviewed by many experts and editors
publishers provide websites, power points, and resources matched to the textbook
publishers provide test banks
On the other hand, there are many sources of open educational resources available to help you customize your classes and make
them your own
But choosing and gathering resources from among so many sources
can be overwhelming
Outtake - Nooo! by Andrés Þór is licensed under CC BY NC SA
Open education resources do not yet live up to the hype.
Designing your course will be a huge amount of work, and it will probably take a lot longer than you expect
You may not even find exactly what you are looking for
Many “open” sources link to material that isn’t open
On the plus side, the wide array of OER materials means you can include a variety of media in your
courses
What is Multimedia? By Kevin Jarrett is licensed under CC BY
Your can integrate open education
resources into your course material to
make online, interactive lessons available to your students without
having to ask permission
Laptop by Max is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
Creating and using OER makes you a part of an unlimited community of
teaching and learning
Extended Community Circle by josephluis is public domain clipart