What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

This resource consists of a brief and informative overview of OER, providing a foundational definition, alongside examples of subsets of material, and a concise exposition of their impact.

This overview differentiates OER from other popular "affordable" measures for student materials, including Open Access (OA), library-licensed content, and resources designated as "affordable course content."

This page discusses the benefits of OER, highlighting their role in enhancing student learning, improving grades, reducing failure and withdrawal rates, and breaking down financial barriers. Reflections from OER practitioners are included.

Created by the University of Virginia Library, this resource features popular repositories for locating OER materials along with discipline-specific open resources, syllabi, textbooks, and more.

Inclusive Access (IA) is an automatic textbook billing model that incorporates digital textbook costs into students' tuition fees. This website highlights the considerations around this model and differentiates it from the affordability measures of OER.

This glossary of terminology serves as a reference point for the various terms that surface in discussions about open education.