Benefits & challenges with open education resources

BENEFITS & CHALLE

NGES

WITH OPEN EDUCATI

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RESOURCES

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QUALITY ASSURANCE 

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Lack of research showing quality of resources.

Is it Quality for my students?

SUSTAINABILITY OF OER 

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Image from Public Domain

• How will this project be maintained in the future?

• “If I do all this work could it go away?”

LACK OF KNOWING

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-Threat of property ownership

NON-REVOCABLE-After posted can’t go retain

property if someone else has accessed it.

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DIFFICULT TO SOURCE YOUR WORK-It’s not an easy process to post work.

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BENEFITS

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STUDENT SAVINGSStudents at times don’t have to pay for text books.

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OPEN ONLINE COURSES

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PREP FOR COURSES AND RETENTION-Students can make sure they are in classes they are

interested in.-Students can go back and look at course work to refreash their

memory.

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-Easier to know what materials can be used and edited.

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RAISES STANDARDS-Increasing the quality of education.

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