{"id":87,"date":"2017-02-21T15:39:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T20:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=87"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:38:21","slug":"why-use-oer","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/chapter\/why-use-oer\/","title":{"raw":"Why use OER?","rendered":"Why use OER?"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Benefits of using OER<\/h2>\r\nAs can be seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/files\/2014\/10\/BCOER_poster_11x17.pdf\">BCOEL (formerly BCOER) infographic<\/a> below, there are many reasons to use OER, including increasing student retention and providing more relevant materials for your classes.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"1029\" \/>\r\n<h2>Why Open Education matters<\/h2>\r\nThe following video explains why the move to Open Education (and the use of OER) is so important.\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43401199\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/43401199\">Why Open Education Matters<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/blinktower\">Blink Tower<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Faculty Perspectives on Open Textbooks<\/h2>\r\nIn the following two videos, you will hear from faculty who are using open textbooks and some of the reasons why.\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107562715\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/107562715\">Why use open textbooks? Benefits for students<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/bccampus\">BCcampus<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/113414091\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/113414091\">What instructors say about open textbooks<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/bccampus\">BCcampus<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3>Attributions<\/h3>\r\nThe Faculty Perspectives on Open Textbooks section above is from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/\">BCcampus Open Education Adaptation Guide<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus<\/a> and is used under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0 international license<\/a>. Download this book for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\">http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>Benefits of using OER<\/h2>\n<p>As can be seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/files\/2014\/10\/BCOER_poster_11x17.pdf\">BCOEL (formerly BCOER) infographic<\/a> below, there are many reasons to use OER, including increasing student retention and providing more relevant materials for your classes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"1029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17.jpg 6138w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-65x100.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-225x348.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/02\/BCOER_poster_11x17-350x541.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Why Open Education matters<\/h2>\n<p>The following video explains why the move to Open Education (and the use of OER) is so important.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43401199\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/43401199\">Why Open Education Matters<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/blinktower\">Blink Tower<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty Perspectives on Open Textbooks<\/h2>\n<p>In the following two videos, you will hear from faculty who are using open textbooks and some of the reasons why.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107562715\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/107562715\">Why use open textbooks? Benefits for students<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/bccampus\">BCcampus<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/113414091\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/113414091\">What instructors say about open textbooks<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/bccampus\">BCcampus<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h3>Attributions<\/h3>\n<p>The Faculty Perspectives on Open Textbooks section above is from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/\">BCcampus Open Education Adaptation Guide<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus<\/a> and is used under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0 international license<\/a>. Download this book for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\">http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[47],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-87","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-standard"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/87\/revisions\/347"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/87\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyoertoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}