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Open Educational Resources (OER)

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that are either (a) in the public domain or (b) licensed in a manner that provides everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities.

The 5R Activities of OER

An open license permits users of a resource to participate in the 5R activities of OER:

  • Retain:  Make, own, and control your own copy of the content
  • Reuse:   Use the content as-is
  • Revise:  Adapt, adjust, modify, improve, or alter the content
  • Remix:  Combine the original or revised content with other OER to create something new
  • Redistribute:  Share your copies of the original content, revisions or remixes with others

5R Definition is an adaptation of Defining the “Open” in Open Content and Open Educational Resources, which was originally written by David Wiley and published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license at http://opencontent.org/definition/.

OER Info Minutes

Our OER Info Minute video series!  Quick clips to introduce you to the world of OER@NC!