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Getting to Know OER

We’ll begin by learning what Open Educational Resources are — and a little bit about what they are not. We’ll also discuss a few of the benefits of using or creating OER.

In this section:

  • What are Open Educational Resources?
  • Why do they matter?
  • The difference between free and open.

Objectives

At the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • Define Open Educational Resources, and differentiate them from free resources.
  • Describe ways OER can be useful to students, educators, and the general public.

 

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Building Infrastructure for Open Educational Resources at UW Tacoma Copyright © 2019 by Marisa Petrich is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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