Five benefits and five challenges of OER resources.

1. OER
Open Educational Resources
Benefits and Challenges
of OER Resources
Catherine Codd
March 3, 2014

2. OER - Benefits
ONE
• Reduces the educational costs for
students. Text books have become cost prohibitive.
Curly's Law by cogdogblog
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

3. OER - Benefits
TWO
• Reduces the educational costs for
students. Text books have become cost prohibitive.
• Information can be accessed world
wide. Both students and faculty have access to high
Peace be with
you by RebeccaWong.Rx
is licensed under CC BY 2.0
quality material no matter what country they live in.

4. OER - Benefits
THREE
• Reduces the educational costs for
students. Text books have become cost prohibitive.
• Information can be accessed world
wide. Both students and faculty have access to high
quality material no matter what country they live in.
Three Fingers, balancing
Society, Environment, Econom
y. Sustainability Salute Peace Plus One by
!/_PeacePlusOne is licensed
under CC BY-NC 2.0
• Faculty can use OER to supplement
current curriculum in both online
and traditional courses.

5. OER - Benefits
FOUR
4 by kitty meets goat is
licensed under CC BY-NC
2.0
• Reduces the educational costs for
students. Text books have become cost prohibitive.
• Information can be accessed world
wide. Both students and faculty have access to high
quality material no matter what country they live in.
• Faculty can use OER to supplement
current curriculum in both online
and traditional courses.
• Curriculum is available for peer
review. Experts can add or change information.

6. OER - Benefits
FIVE
36-High Five by Melanie
Holtsman is licensed under
CC BY-NC 2.0
• Reduces the educational costs for
students. Text books have become cost prohibitive.
• Information can be accessed world
wide.
• Faculty can use OER to enhance
current curriculum.
• Curriculum is available for peer
review. Experts can add or change information.
• Just in time information can be
collected about student learning.
This provides the opportunity for early intervention when
students are having trouble. It also helps with
assessment. Faculty will know what is and isn’t working.

7. OER - Challenges
ONE
• Some faculty are hesitant to
share expertise openly. How will
this affect my job in the future?
Curly's Law by cogdogblog
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

8. OER - Challenges
TWO
• Some faculty are hesitant to
share expertise openly. How will
this affect my job in the future?
• Difficult to Navigate.
Peace be with
you by RebeccaWong.Rx
is licensed under CC BY 2.0
There is a lot of
information available and it is not always easy
to find what I need.

9. OER - Challenges
THREE
• Some faculty are hesitant to share
expertise openly. How will this affect my
job in the future?
• Difficult to Navigate.
Three Fingers, balancing
Society, Environment, Econom
y. Sustainability Salute Peace Plus One by
!/_PeacePlusOne is licensed
under CC BY-NC 2.0
There is a lot of
information available and it is not uniformly
presented so it can be difficult to find what I need.
• Language and Culture Barriers.
Information is generated in the language of the
content expert and must be translated.

10. OER - Challenges
FOUR
• Some faculty are hesitant to
share expertise openly. How will
this affect my job in the future?
• Difficult to Navigate.
4 by kitty meets goat is
licensed under CC BY-NC
2.0
There is a lot of
information available and it is not always easy
to find what I need.
• Language and Culture Barriers.
The information is not available in my language.
• Requires access to technology.
While most can find internet access, it is not
always convenient, some OER sites require
registration and those who live in rural
communities struggle with slow speeds and lack
of software.

11. OER - Challenges
FIVE
• Some faculty are hesitant to
share expertise openly. How will this
affect my job in the future?
• Difficult to Navigate.
36-High Five by Melanie
Holtsman is licensed under
CC BY-NC 2.0
There is a lot of
information available and it is not always easy to
find what I need.
• Language and Culture Barriers.
The information is not available in my language.
• Requires access to technology.
While most can find internet access, it is not always
convenient, some OER sites require registration
and those who live in rural communities struggle
with slow speeds and lack of software.
• Lack of face to face interaction.
I perform better in a traditional classroom setting.