Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are online materials that have been published with the intent that others can share them.

They have been defined as:

‘… teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.’

(UNESCO, n.d.)

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The Open Educational Resources global logo, an open book with six open pages, three of which have been drawn as metaphorical open arms and hands. To the right of the logo itself are the words Open Educational Resources.

To use OERs you need to know about Creative Commons licences, which make clear exactly what permissions and conditions apply to using the shared resources.

What can I use?

Creative Commons licences