Impact on Instructors

Why Should I Use OER?

There are many benefits to using OER:

1. OER allow revising and remixing of content so that faculty can teach exactly what they want to teach and how they want to teach it.

2. OER remove price barriers, saving students money and making it possible for everyone to have their own copy of required course materials from the first day of class. No more waiting for delayed orders to arrive at the campus bookstore!

3. Several studies show that students and faculty who have used OER before believe that they are as good or better than commercial textbooks.