Skip to main content
Toggle navigation
Home
Research
Help
Library Information
My Accounts
I-Share
Tipasa
Phillips Library
Guides
Open Educational Resources
What is OER?
Open Educational Resources
What is OER?
Open Educational Resources
Definition
Why Use OER?
Information Services Librarian
Kathy Clark
Contact:
630-844-5443
kclark@aurora.edu
Phillips Library
Reference Desk
630-844-7534
Contact:
Facebook Page
YouTube Page
Subjects:
History
,
Interdisciplinary Studies
Definition
"Open-licensed digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators and students to use and reuse for teaching, learning, and research"
*Our definition is adapted from the OECD.
See more definitions from the Creative Commons
.
Why Use OER?
What Exactly is a 'Free' Textbook, and Other Questions About Open Resources
by Beth McMurtrie in the Chronicle of Higher Ed.
The Review Project
A summary of all known empirical research on the impacts of OER adoption.
Open Educational Resources and College Textbook Choices
by John Hilton III published in the journal Education Technology Research and Development.
