Open Education Resources (IU Indy)

There is an internationally agreed on definition of 'open educational resources' supplied by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which states:

Open Educational Resources are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation, and redistribution by others.

Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible online teaching and learning materials. They can be videos, textbooks, quizzes, learning modules and more. This guide is intended to introduce you to Open Educational Resources to help you in the process of creating, adapting, or adopting them for your own use.

Open Educational Resources provide advantages to students, faculty, and the institution.  Among them are these:

• Materials are available to students at no cost
• Materials are available immediately upon course registration
• Students retain permanent access to learning materials
• Research shows that classes which use open educational resources have lower DFW rates, higher GPAs, and better student retention.

Ready to bring OERs into your classroom? Explore practical guides and strategies to help you incorporate OERs into your instruction practice.