{"id":28,"date":"2017-02-18T14:40:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=28"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:17:37","slug":"open-educational-resources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/chapter\/open-educational-resources\/","title":{"raw":"A Brief Overview of Open Educational Resources (OER)","rendered":"A Brief Overview of Open Educational Resources (OER)"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"lazyYT lazyYT-container\"><div class=\"ytp-thumbnail lazyYT-image-loaded\"><div class=\"ytp-large-play-button\"><div class=\"textbox shaded\"><span><strong>Open Educational Resources (OER)<\/strong> are&nbsp;<\/span>\"teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge\" (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>OER are characterized by the \"<em>5R permissions<\/em>,\" which grant the ability&nbsp;to:\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_67\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"252\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/access-to-knowledge\/open-educational-resources\/global-oer-logo\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-300x200.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" class=\"wp-image-67 \"><\/a> OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 License[\/caption]<ul><li>reuse<\/li><li>revise<\/li><li>remix<\/li><li>retain; and<\/li><li>redistribute<\/li><\/ul>One important implication of these permissions is that OER are freely available (i.e. without an accompanying need to pay royalties or licence fees).\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<div class=\"textbox examples\"><h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Video Overview<\/h3><div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>&nbsp;\n\n<\/div><div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\"><h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Sources<\/h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">Open educational resources.<\/a><span> The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved October 6, 2016.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/discourse.col.org\/t\/what-are-open-educational-resources-oer\/26\">What are open educational resources?<\/a>&nbsp;OER FAQ. Commonwealth of Learning. Retrieved February 19, 2017.<\/span>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"lazyYT lazyYT-container\">\n<div class=\"ytp-thumbnail lazyYT-image-loaded\">\n<div class=\"ytp-large-play-button\">\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\"><span><strong>Open Educational Resources (OER)<\/strong> are&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>OER are characterized by the &#8220;<em>5R permissions<\/em>,&#8221; which grant the ability&nbsp;to:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/access-to-knowledge\/open-educational-resources\/global-oer-logo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-300x200.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" class=\"wp-image-67\" alt=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-65x43.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-225x150.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/oer_logo_EN_2-350x233.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 License<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>reuse<\/li>\n<li>revise<\/li>\n<li>remix<\/li>\n<li>retain; and<\/li>\n<li>redistribute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One important implication of these permissions is that OER are freely available (i.e. without an accompanying need to pay royalties or licence fees).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Video Overview<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Sources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">Open educational resources.<\/a><span> The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved October 6, 2016.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/discourse.col.org\/t\/what-are-open-educational-resources-oer\/26\">What are open educational resources?<\/a>&nbsp;OER FAQ. Commonwealth of Learning. 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