benefits & challenges with open education resources
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BENEFITS & CHALLE
NGES
WITH OPEN EDUCATI
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RESOURCES
B Y : AL A I N
A HE R R I N
G T O N
QUALITY ASSURANCE
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Lack of research showing quality of resources.
Is it Quality for my students?
SUSTAINABILITY OF OER
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Image from Public Domain
• How will this project be maintained in the future?
• “If I do all this work could it go away?”
LACK OF KNOWING
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-Threat of property ownership
NON-REVOCABLE-After posted can’t go retain
property if someone else has accessed it.
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DIFFICULT TO SOURCE YOUR WORK-It’s not an easy process to post work.
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BENEFITS
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STUDENT SAVINGSStudents at times don’t have to pay for text books.
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OPEN ONLINE COURSES
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PREP FOR COURSES AND RETENTION-Students can make sure they are in classes they are
interested in.-Students can go back and look at course work to refreash their
memory.
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-Easier to know what materials can be used and edited.
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RAISES STANDARDS-Increasing the quality of education.
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