Open Resources

Selection and/or creation of OER materials can:

• Provide networking opportunities
• Improve student satisfaction
• Enhance instruction
• Supplement adopted texts

Factors for faculty to consider when adopting or publishing OER materials:

• Publication costs- Is there an associated cost to add my freely available content to this website? Some platforms charge you to upload and/or distribute your content.
• Quality control- Did you download everything you needed? Content can still be removed from a site depending on the licensing stipulations. Sites can also disappear.
• Licensing considerations- Will everyone follow the rules? Following any parameters set forth by a creator, or establishing your own rights as a creator, requires trust in the process.
• Accessibility and technology needs - Do students have access and/or navigation barriers to the content that we should consider? Videos that require a lot of bandwidth for viewing or that lack closed captioning could present an issue for some students.

I want my work to be available, but not THAT kind of available.

For faculty who don't want to donate their instructional content, but they do want to share research publications with a wider audience, consider utilizing OhioLINK's FREE Open Access publishing options for OhioLINK-affiliated faculty: