Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are basically resources and assets that can be found online that are available to the public for either teaching, learning, or researching. Also, OER's virtually cost nothing. Another great thing about OER's, they include textbooks, course readings, simulations, assessment tools, learning applications, etc. Not only can we be saving money, but we can save paper, as well. For teaching it also has its benefits because by allowing educators to so much vital information, it allows them to become more knowledgeable in different subject areas. Therefore, the students can learn more too.

It is very surprising how much information you can find from OER's that can be helpful. A simple article on classroom management can make a huge difference in a classroom. The articles were actually helpful, as well, not where you search it into Google and it takes you to WikiHow.

I understand the downfalls of OER's, but as a college student and knowing how the economy is, I don't understand how we haven't implemented OER's sooner. Here is a link of OER's that I found useful, it is a website that allows you to pick the different topics, issues, what specifically you are looking for. Another useful link you can find here and it is basically a more in depth description of what an OER consists of. Lastly, here is another informational link where it basically explains an OER and also gives out helpful articles.