Why assign OER?

Using OER in your teaching offers both you and your students many benefits including:

• Students have free and easy access to course materials from the first day of class
• Combine different open resources into a custom course text that perfectly matches your learning goals and students' needs.
• Update examples used in the text and make the language more relatable and inclusive.
• Add examples of student work and use assignments to create student-generated content
• Affordable hardcopies and print-on-demand services are available from many open publishers and sellers
• Integration with Moodle and other LMS often available

For examples of the kinds of assignments made possible by using OER, see the Teaching with OER page of this guide.

Source: Gina Echevarria and Jordan Bowman, Business Insider (2018)

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