Tom McCollow

Opportunities

&

Challenges

1.COST

With the price of textbooks and

other course materials, OER

provides no or low cost options.

2. Licensing

Creative Commons provides

multiple licensing options for

producers of OER at no cost.

3. Adaptability

OER allows

faculty to adapt

materials in order

to customize class

materials to meet

student needs.

4. Accessibility

Use of OER

provides students

ease of access to

course materials.

5. Community

Using OER

engages faculty

and students with

ideas from a larger

community than

their home campus.

1. Quality

Way too many

Open Resources

are error prone.

2. Over-abundance

of materials

The vast amount

of OER makes

searching for

appropriate

materials much too

difficult.

3. Accessibility

There is a very

limited availability

of ADA compliant

materials. Students

with technology

access issues are

often at a

disadvantage in

accessing OER.

4. Sustainability

When OER are

not maintained

regularly they can

become outdated.

5. Consistency

There is a wide

variety in the

levels of quality,

rigor, voice, and

pedagogy in

OER.