Preliminary thoughts on the benefits and challenges when using open educational resources (OER) for teaching anthropology.

2. BENEFIT #1: FREE COURSEWARE

3. BENEFIT #2: CLARITY ABOUT USE OF IMAGES

4. BENEFIT #3: REMOTE ACCESS TO FIELD SITES

5. BENEFIT #4: CLASSIC TEXTS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

6. BENEFIT #5: EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

7. CHALLENGE #1: INFORMATION OVERWHELM

8. CHALLENGE #2: HUGE CONTENT GAPS IN
AVAILABLE COLLECTION

9. CHALLENGE #3: QUALITY OF RESOURCES

10. CHALLENGE #4: TIME-CONSUMING TO LOCATE

11. CHALLENGE #5: ONCE PUBLISHED, CREATIVE
COMMON LICENSES ARE NON-REVOCABLE

12. IMAGE SOURCES
Slide 2. MIT Open Courseware (partial list). Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/ [Creative Commons SA 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ]
Slide 3. Curtis, E. (1910). Kwakiutl Indians in boat, British Columbia. Edward S. Curtis
Collection, Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c06761/?co=ecur [Public Domain]
Slide 4. Dundurn Castle National Historic Site in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Day of
Archaeology 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/day-of-archaeology-at-dundurn-castle-nationalhistoric-site-in-hamilton-ontario-canada/ [Creative Commons SA 3.0:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]
Slide 5. Malinowski, B. (1922). Argnonauts of the Western Pacific. Retrieved January
24, 2014, from
https://archive.org/stream/argonautsofweste00mali#page/n0/mode/1up [Internet
Archive Terms of Use: https://archive.org/about/terms.php ]
Slide 6. Goodall , J. (2009). What Separates us from Chimpanzees? TED . (Video).
Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_on_what_separates_us_from_the_apes.htm
l [TED Terms of Use: http://www.ted.com/pages/terms_of_use]

13. IMAGE SOURCES (CONTINUED)
Slide 7. Eyes Googly. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://openclipart.org/detail/5442/eyes-googly-by-ted [Public Domain]
Slide 8. Grand Canyon. (2010). National Park Service. Retrieved January 24,
2014, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/5476830329/in/set72157626136162880 [Public Domain]
Slide 9. Question mark. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://openclipart.org/detail/119881/question-cedric-bosdonna-01-byanonymous [Public Domain]
Slide 10. Alarm clock. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://openclipart.org/detail/134131/alarm-clock-is--angry-by-olku
[Public Domain]
Slide 11. Empty box thinking. Retrieved January 24, 2014, from
http://openclipart.org/detail/5173/empty-box-thinking-by-bsantos [Public
Domain]