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'''Open Educational Resources''' (OER) are instructional materials that are made available to instructors and/or learners for free. | '''Open Educational Resources''' (OER) are instructional materials that are made available to instructors and/or learners for free. | ||
| − | * See | + | * See [http://www.oercommons.org/about#about-open-educational-resources examples of OER] and what you can do with them |
| − | http://www.oercommons.org/about#about-open-educational-resources | ||
Many open educational resources have a public license (such as a Creative Commons license) that specifies how the materials may be used, adapted, and shared. | Many open educational resources have a public license (such as a Creative Commons license) that specifies how the materials may be used, adapted, and shared. | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 7 September 2010
Open Educational Resources (OER) are instructional materials that are made available to instructors and/or learners for free.
- See examples of OER and what you can do with them
Many open educational resources have a public license (such as a Creative Commons license) that specifies how the materials may be used, adapted, and shared.
Open Educational Resources have been funded in large part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation [1], which has given more than $100 million over the last 8 years to MIT, Yale, and others "to increase access to knowledge for all and improve the practices of teaching and learning" (Hafner).
- MIT
- Academic Earth
- Open Culture
- OER Commons
- Connexions
- Open Learning Initiative
- NCLOR
