An explanation of OER: Teaching, learning and research resources | News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald
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Summary:
"Fulton-Montgomery Community College has been working with Open Educational Resources (OER) since 2015.
As defined by the Hewlett Foundation: “OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.
Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” FM has twelve faculty members that have used or are using OER in twenty-two courses...
A colleague had been to the open education conference in prior years and suggested that I attend the conference in 2017. I attended the 14th Annual Open Education Conference in Anaheim, California Oct.10 through 13..."