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The Road Ahead Open Educational Resources Touting the Benefits while Recognizing the Challenges
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PAT PICKERING, RN, MSN, PNP
THE ROAD AHEAD
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TOUTING BENEFITSWHILE
RECOGNIZING CHALLENGESDream Road by James Dolan licensed CC BY NC
Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others (definition by Hewlett Foundation).
For educators, students and others, courses utilizing OER offer many benefits that can lead to success in a variety of ways. However, the road to development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of these courses provides challenges, some of which could derail the process and even lead to failure.Crossroads: Success or Failure by Chris Potter licensed by
CC
Question Mark Yield Sign by One Way Stock licensed CC BY ND
What are the key
benefits and challenges of
OER?
OER BENEFITSFOR STUDENTS
• Money saved• Gone are expensive textbooks
and access codes• Access increased
• Internet-based work expands accessibility (location and tech tools used)
• Resources broadened• Exposure to a wide variety of
information, materials and tools both for course and future use
• Review available• Ability to go back and review
course material at a later date• Engagement increased
• Allows for a course design that incorporates more student interaction, involvement and engagement (For example, students do the research to find the answer)
FOR INSTRUCTORS• Eliminates course startup delay
• Students have immediate access to course materials; no waiting for textbooks resulting in late starts
• Eliminates frequent textbook updates• Gone are the increasingly
frequent textbook updates and associated course revisions
• Constantly current• By not having to rely on
textbook content, some of which is outdated before print, course materials can be kept updated in real time; also helps/encourages instructors to keep current!
• Expanded learning and sharing network• Affords the opportunity to learn
from and share with other educators outside the college’s “walls”
OER CHALLENGESFOR STUDENTS
• Forces use of Internet-based materials – no more printed texts• A surprising number of
students prefer printed textbooks
• Barriers to access• Some students are still on
dialup; military students or those using government/work computers cannot upload documents
• Here today, gone tomorrow• Information on the Internet
may be available today and disappear overnight
• Chronic hardware glitches• Some students are operating
outdated computers that may not be able to handle the course materials
• Varying technology skills• Not all students have adequate
technology knowledge and skills
FOR INSTRUCTORS• Time!
• Developing an OER course will take time and effort. It also will require ongoing maintenance and updating
• Demystifying licensure• Though the course has helped
begin the understanding of licensure, there are still questions; going the wrong direction on licensure could be a problem
• Fighting fear of the unknown• Reality is, in some ways this is
just a tad bit scary as it seems there is a lot that could go so very wrong
• Lurking reluctance• Many are ready and willing;
others do not want to share their work for a variety of reasons
• Wildly varying quality of material• Some materials are well done
and valid; others not so much
WITH OER THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND
INSTRUCTORS
Follow Path by Marsmettn Tallahassee licensed CC BY-NC-SA
Stop Sign by Danielle Scott is licensed under CC BY SA