OER: Open Educational Resources

What the Library Can Do

• Help faculty identify existing OER materials, including alternatives to textbooks
• Make suggestions on where to search for OER
• Give options for ways that students can access resources
• Advise on use of Creative Commons licenses

What the Library Cannot Do

• Be completely knowledgeable of your subject area
• Make the final call on the quality of a resource
• Choose your textbook or course material
• Interfere with your academic freedom

Adapted from "OER Toolkit: Curating" by The Learning Portal College Libraries Ontario and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

OER Impact Studies

Search for more articles using any of these search phrases:

• "community college" AND ("open educational resources" OR OER) AND (impact OR efficacy)
• "student success" AND ("open educational resources" OR OER)

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