Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike traditionally copyrighted resources, OER have been licensed by their authors to permit no-cost access, reuse, adaptation, and redistribution. They may also exist in the public domain, free of all copyright restrictions.
In some cases, that means you can download a resource and share it with colleagues and students. In other cases, you may be able to download a resource, edit it in some way, and then re-post it as a remixed work. How do you know your options? OER often have a Creative Commons license or other permission to let you know how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.
Source: OER Commons (2025). OER Commons and Open Education. Retrieved September 18, 2025, from https://oercommons.org/about
OER are diverse materials published under a public domain, such as the Creative Commons. They can include, but are not limited to, videos, articles, books, course materials, and labs. The Creative Commons has five key distinctions for the use of its content. They include retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute.
September 8, 2025 - The data show that faculty are increasingly adopting online courses and digital materials, with significant growth in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Read the entire article by clicking HERE.