"Open Educational Resources (OER), are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which also carry legal permission for open use. Generally, this permission is granted by use of an open license (for example, Creative Commons licenses) which allows anyone to freely use, adapt and share the resource—anytime, anywhere" (SPARC). OER include learning content (e.g. textbooks, lesson plans, assignments, exams, and videos) as well as tools for learning (e.g. software for creating videos and websites, course management systems, word processing programs, and training materials).
See our Open Educational Resources guide for information about finding, adopting, creating, and researching the effects of OER.
