What are Open Educational 资源?
Open Educational 资源 (OER) are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with intellectual property licenses that facilitate the free use, 适应 and distribution of 资源.
Colorado is leading the way in OER adoption, which has been shown to foster innovation, reduce 成本 and boost student success. Colorado Mesa University aims to encourage the adoption, 适应, and creation of open educational 资源 卡内基梅隆大学 in order to support our students and join other institutions using OER in Colorado.
More CMU MORE: More Colorado Mesa University Maverick Open Resource Educators
As textbook prices have risen dramatically over the past 40 years or so, many students have responded by not purchasing textbooks even though they may be required for their classes. Colorado Mesa University strives to improve affordability for classroom materials by evangelizing the benefits OER have on student retention and success in the classroom. CMU MORE gives instructors the tools, 资源, guidance and funding necessary to implement OER for their courses.
为什么在?
OER是免费的, flexible 资源 created by instructors so students can receive personalized instruction without worrying about textbook 成本.
视图的好处采用, adapt or create
Instructors can use an OER as-is to replace high-cost materials, combine multiple OER, or publish and license your own work as OER.
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Our expert staff at 汤姆林森图书馆 have compiled multiple helpful 资源 for faculty as they begin their journey using OER for their courses.
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