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Open Educational Resources Benefits & Challenges Created By Kamilia Nemri Winter 2014 Cohort 1: How to Use Open Educational Resources CC BY

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Page 1: Oer benefits & challenges

Open Educational ResourcesBenefits & Challenges

Created By Kamilia Nemri

Winter 2014 Cohort 1: How to Use Open Educational Resources

CC BY

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Benefits

• Low cost of education to students

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Benefits continued………

• Availability of resources to educate societies and the world

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Benefits continued…..

• Availability of Diverse Resources

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Benefits continued….

• to All!

Social Equality and

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Benefits continued….

• New Careers in the Technology Age. I believe that we need to hire an OER expert at each College or institution who decides to adopt OER

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Challenges

• Time consuming to evaluate the materials before adopting it for the classroom

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Challenges continued….

• As it saves money for students, faculty have to do more with less. Overworked and underpaid

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Challenges continued…

• Difficult for non-traditional students to use. Students who still avoid using computers and those who don’t have internet connections.

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Challenges continued…

• Lack of some resources for specific topics like social science majors

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Challenges continued…

• Relying on those who are willing to share will limit the quality of resources.

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Challenges continued…

• Sustainability or OER can be costly, how long can we access quality resources?