Title
Democratizing Access to Knowledge: Find Out What Open Educational Resources (OER) Have to Offer
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-7-2012
Abstract
This presentation provides an overview of Open Educational Resources (OER). It begins by describing what OER are and why they are important. It then examines where OER can be found and provides some screenshots of the OER Commons, MIT`s Open Courseware Initiative and Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT). The presentation also covers copyright and licensing issues, including a description of the Creative Commons licensing system. It concludes with a brief discussion of how to create OER and provides additional references and resources.
Notes
This presentation was delivered at The University of Western Ontario on March 7, 2012. The video of it is embedded below.
Western Libraries has created an information page about open educational resources.