Benefits and challenges of using OERs
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The document discusses the benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER), including increased affordability, collaboration among faculty, and enhanced accessibility in education. However, it also highlights challenges such as the difficulty of refining content searches, verifying the credibility of sources, potential distractions from attribution text, and lack of support for part-time faculty creating OER materials. Overall, while OER has positive implications for social impact and teaching practices, it presents significant challenges that need addressing.
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- 1. Benefits and Challenges of Using OER Laura Adele Soracco
- 2. Benefits -Offering OER content to students makes education more affordable to all. -Sharing resources fosters collaboration amongst faculty. -Increased collaboration can promote better teaching practices. -Content that is published and shared with a wider community will be revised and could become richer as it gets used in different ways. -Education becomes more accessible, which could have a positive social impact.
- 3. Challenges -The more OER content becomes available, the harder it gets to refine searches and make sure the content is accurate or pertinent. -Identifying the validity of licenses online (credibility of sources) can be challenging. -The attributions text could be distracting below images or content if there is too much being cited. -Part-time community college faculty do not usually get financial support for duties outside of their contracted teaching hours. Creating OER content is time consuming and would be free labor. -