Educational Technology News

"While open educational resources (OERs) are a fantastic well of lesson plans and materials that can benefit teachers and students alike, there remains a troublesome question about their use in schools – who exactly is vetting the information presented by these resources? Because standards for open educational resources often do not align with the standards of school districts, state educational departments and the like, there is often dissonance between the information available and the information that will actually be useful for a school’s curriculum."

"As schools and districts try to reduce textbook costs and digitize instructional resources, one of the struggles many teachers have is finding good repositories of open education resources (OER)." 

"Open Educational Resources are educational materials that are available online without any copyright restriction. These are a powerful learning tool for every student, but perhaps most especially for those students in cash-strapped school districts. Here’s why..."

At Lansing Community College in Michigan, OER has been transformative. The college's librarian describes what it will take to make OER work long-term.