Does using OER make sense to educators?

David Wilkinson with help from

the OER universe. Thank you!

YES, of course! Just think…• You, as an instructor, have the ability to present your students

with content and level appropriate materials rather than a “canned” product/text created by others who may not have a sense of what you and your students want and need.

• You can save your students quite a bit of money. Money that might make a difference in ways you can’t even imagine!

• By using Open Educational Resources (OER), you are inculcating the idea of collaboration and sharing. Aren’t these goals, in and of themselves, a very important part of education?

But, wait a minute… It’s not so easy!• It takes a lot of time to find OER materials that I am

comfortable using in my class. Yes, it does.• It is quite difficult to find OER materials that really address the

subject I want to cover. Yes, it is.• My students are used to using conventional textbooks in class.

They may not take the class as seriously if they don’t have a traditional text in class. Perhaps, but it is 2015!

SOMETIMES, A FEW PICTURES ARE WORTH THOUSANDS OF WORDS, RIGHT?

Why Open Education MattersOpe Bukola Published on Oct 28, 2012

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Well, why not give it a try? Have Fun!