1. Sky Nanashino Gombie CC BY 2.0
Open Educational Resources OER – SBCTC
May 2016
Benefits
and
Challenges
of OER
Julie Cartwright Assignment 9.1
2. Benefits• Creates social equality
• Enables anyone to access quality resources
• Assists students to keep costs low by utilising
open access text books and other resources
• Open access resources are usable and reusable by
anyone without the concerns of copyright
constraints
• Enhances the reputation of the institution that
created the resources
• OER reaches the widest possible audience
• OER creates additional opportunities for peer
review
Sky Nanashino Gombie CC BY 2.0
3. Challenges
• Creating awareness and public understanding to
gain critical mass; users and creators
• OER resources can be located but still need to be
assessed on quality and relevance
• Sustainability and continued updating who is
responsible for making these currency and
relevancy judgements on individual OER
• Once OER, forever OER. Irrevocable nature of
Creative commons licences
Sky Nanashino Gombie CC BY 2.0
