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OER Guide: Defining OER

Defining OER

"Open Educational Resources are 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." 

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

OER Videos

5 R's of OER

Infographic and link to web site illustrating the "5 Rs of OER": Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute.