Title

Open Educational Resources

Authors

Rashelle Nagar, Yale UniversityFollow
Jill Hallam-Miller, Bucknell UniversityFollow

Publication Date

Spring 2019

Description

This article provides an overview of open educational resources (OER) and their relevance to higher education and academic libraries. It covers current applications of OER, open textbooks, and other open content, as well as a brief overview of open pedagogy, discusses potential hurdles involved in finding and using openly-licensed materials. Lists of tools and resources for additional information are included.

Comments

Related materials:

Interviews with Nicole Allen (SPARC), Nicole Finkbeiner (OpenStax), and Robin DeRosa (Plymouth State University): https://soundcloud.com/acrlisitech

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Type

Reference Material

Audience

Professional

Language

eng