Introduction

This section of the course introduces you to the concept of ‘open’ educational resources and contextualises OER in relation to CC licensing. What kinds of resources could be ‘open’? In the next section of this unit we will then look at some of the reasons we might want to use OER.

We will also consider why the ‘open’ element is particularly important when we are thinking about choosing and applying a CC licence to our work.

4.1 Open educational resources

Open educational resources (OER)