What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are “high-quality teaching, learning, and research materials that are free for people everywhere to use and repurpose.” – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Open – Openly Licensed to Support “5R” Benefits – Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, and Redistribute.
Educational – Designed for educational use.
Resources – Materials that support teaching and learning, including textbooks, video, assessments, etc.
OER materials are released under an open license granting permission for every one to:
- Retain — users have the right to make, archive, and own copies of the content
- Reuse — content can be reused in its unaltered form
- Revise — content can be adapted, adjusted, modified, and altered
- Remix — original or revised content can be combined with other content to create something new
- Redistribute — copies of the content can be shared with others in its original, revised or remixed form.
OER include learning materials such as:
- open textbooks
- full courses
- modules
- syllabi
- lectures
- homework assignments
- quizzes
- lab activities
- games
- simulations
OER at Lehman
This guide was adapted from 
Lehman College Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources (OER) by Stacy Katz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
