Whether through AIR's Faculty Grant Program or as one-off projects, instructors at Northwestern from across disciplines use and create OER. See below for a list of in-process projects, as well as ...

Federal lawmakers want to encourage schools to consider using free, modifiable learning resources for students before investing in costly textbooks and curricula. A move in the U.S. Senate to promote ...

OER can save students money on textbooks. You can customize OER content to fit your course needs. OER must always be used exactly as they are provided, without edits. OER supports equitable access to ...

Open educational resources are a mainstay at Open High School of Utah, a Salt Lake City, UT-based public charter school that opened its virtual doors to students in 2009. Free for students, the ...

As education costs soar, students face barriers when accessing essential learning resources. Open educational resources break down these barriers, granting all students access to vital materials ...

In Utah, the state department of education is pulling together textbooks aligned to Common Core State Standards made up entirely of open educational resources, or OERs. South Dakota officials have ...

The Internet, increasingly affordable computing and bandwidth, open licensing, open access journals and open educational resources (OER) provide the foundation for a world in which a higher education ...

Think about how you could incorporate open educational practices (OEP) into your teaching. Choose one of the scenarios below and jot down a quick idea: Imagine you’re teaching a class. How could you ...

Can open educational resources, or OER, truly create more equity and access? That was the question at the heart of our #DLNchat on January 9, which centered around OER in Higher Education. Our special ...

Nearly 300 million kids are missing school worldwide because of the coronavirus outbreak, including some 54 million in the U.S. alone. That’s left parents scrambling for resources to help continue ...

Students and faculty members at community colleges benefit in many ways from using open educational resources, or OER, and from emphasizing culturally relevant learning practices, according to a ...

Though the term "open educational resources" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means. According to the Hewlett Foundation, whose definition is considered ...