Open Educational Resources (OERs)

WHAT:
Open Educational Resources (OERs) "are textbooks, learning objects, and other educational materials that are open: they are free to access with few or no limitations on remixing, modifying, and sharing them."

WHY:
OERs "clearly state how the author wants you to use them and gives you the right to freely copy, modify, adapt, and build upon them for your desired use."

HOW:

WHO: Educators, students, librarians, and others.

Open Educational Resources (OER)
Course resources used by faculty to meet or enhance learning needs with ZERO cost to students, using openly licensed material.
Examples:
Virtual simulation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ToE6KCGdnTj_SovIlrop8Iek6Wo3YDBD/view
Online textbook (may be published in print): https://studio.libretexts.org/collection/5224
 

Affordable Educational Resources (AER)
Course resources used by faculty to meet or enhance learning needs with minimal cost to students. 
Example: The University of Akron participates in OhioLINK's Affordable Learning initiative.

Credit: Chippewa Valley Technical College. (2022, January 22). Open educational resources (OER): What are OER? https://libguides.cvtc.edu/OER/overview