Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.
Coordinator of Instructional Technology
The Center for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning (CIT)
Co-Chair MA DHE OER Advisory Council
Co-President Community College Consortium for Educational Resources
Northern Essex Community College
Phone: 978-556-3686 or 978-655-5819, Email: stashjian@necc.mass.edu
What is OER?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation, and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.
OER may include complete courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
"In 2006, open-learning visionary Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions (now called OpenStax), an open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world."
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