Possible benefits and disadvantages of OERs

1. OERs: Open Educational Resources
or Obnoxious Erroneous Riddles
Shelli Carter

2. Why Choose OERs?
• Cost: really, what’s
better than free?
• Accessibility: top-notch
university resources
available despite
enrollment
• Global: created and
curated around the
world
OER in der Schule by Andre Hermes CC BY 2.0

3. Why Choose OERs? (cont…)
• Communities of
Learning: building upon
each other
• Timely: new knowledge
can be incorporated
rapidly
OER Forum by Giulia Forsythe CC BY NC SA 2.0

4. Why NOT OERs?
• Accuracy: the oversight
or review process may
not be present or visible
• Support: what happens
if something goes
wrong?
• Out of date: courses
may not be updated as
often as textbooks
Accuracy by alanwordguy CC BY NC SA 2.0

5. Why NOT OERs? (cont…)
• Accreditation: some
systems may have
policies or procedures
that inhibit the use of
OERs
• Supplemental
Materials: the
information isn’t all the
course
28/52 Rule Breaker by Kurtis Garbutt CC BY 2.0