"By putting teaching materials out there, it can help our reputation for teaching to become as good as our reputation for research."
Jane Hughes, CALT
QUICK LINKS
- OER@UCL: UCL projects to develop OER
- Creative Commons: Copyright licenses that enable resource-sharing
- OER InfoKit: Practical help from JISC
- OER starter pack: Beginner's guide
- JISC/HEA OER programme: Government-funded OER research
- JISC Techdis: UK advisory service on using technology in education
- Jorum: OER repository for UK further and higher education
- OpenLearn: Learning materials from Open University courses
Why use OER?
Potential advantages:
- Showcases research to widest possible audience
- Enhances a university’s reputation as well as that of the teacher or researcher
- Social responsibility – providing education for all
- Shares best practice internationally
- Allows for peer review
- Maximises the use and increases availability of educational materials
- Raises standard of educational resources by gathering more contributors
- Supports curriculum development
- Attracts quality staff and students
- Enables prospective students to explore the curriculum when choosing a course
Potential disadvantages:
- Quality control: Academics may be concerned that others could repurpose their content to a low standard and this will reflect badly on them
- Students may regard the use of OER by lecturers as inferior teaching: more research needs to be done into perceptions of OER
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