Supporting OER Adoption and Creation

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OER has applications for all sides of teaching and learning. As a teaching resource, it can bolster existing materials, providing additional, easily accessible, and diverse materials for recommended reading lists, and assisted self-directed reading and researching for students. As a learning resource, OER can provide easy to find and diverse research materials, learning tools, and perspectives for all disciplines.

OER as a teaching resource

OER can be used in teaching by providing access to a diverse range of source materials, providing introductory or specialised materials such as publications and articles and allowing the dissemination of the same. Video or audio material can be sourced, or shared, allowing for you to access existing teaching materials from elsewhere, and bolstering your own teaching portfolio by generating and sharing your own resources.

OER as a learning resource 

OER can be used for research, to grow and strengthen references, to find new introductory or in-depth materials and to allow for free and easily accessible materials beyond core material such as reading lists.

OER bridging gaps in teaching and learning 

Due to the collaborative nature of OER, participants engaged in teaching and learning can also collaborate, sharing materials found and engaging in a dialogue based around learning.

From University College Cork  OER licensed under  CC-BY https://libguides.ucc.ie/oer