"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER can be full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge."
-SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Laila Le Guen #whyopen brainstorm
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What are the impacts of adopting OER? Check out this impact calculator from Lumen Learning to see how using OER materials can increase student success.
While library resources are not, specifically, OERs, they still represent a great way to help lower course costs. Consider doing any of the following: