"Openly licensed educational resources can increase equity by providing all students, regardless of zip code, access to high quality learning materials that have the most up-to-date and relevant content."
Secretary John King
UNESCO organized the 1st Global OER Forum in 2002 where the term Open Educational Resources (OER) was adopted.
Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education - Opens in New Window
The OER and Public Policy: Overview and Opportunities at Open Washington - Opens in New Window
Hal Plotkin and OGP (c) Open Washington, CC BY NC SA 4.0
Allen, I. Elaine and Seaman. (2016 July). Opening the Textbook: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2015-16. Babson Survey Research Group. Retrieved from http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthetextbook2016.pdf
Jhangian, Rajiv; Pitt, Rebecca; Hendricks, Christina; Key, Jessie; and Lalonde, Clint. (2016 January 18). Exploring Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources at British Columbia Post-Secondary Institutinos. BCcampus Research Report. Retrieved from https://bccampus.ca/files/2016/01/BCFacultyUseOfOER_final.pdf
Scanlon, Eileen; McAndrew, Patrick; and O’Shea, Tim. (2015). Designing for Educational Technology to Enhance the Experience of Learners in Distance Education: How Open Educational Resources, Learning Design and Moocs Are Influencing Learning. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. Retrieved from http://oro.open.ac.uk/44374/1/JIME%20paper%202015.pdf
Senack, Ethan. (2015 February). Open Textbooks. The Student PIRGS. Retrieved from: http://www.studentpirgs.org/sites/student/files/reports/The%20Billion%20Dollar%20Solution.pdf
Weller, Martin. (2012 March 7). The openness-creativity cycle in education. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. Retrieved from http://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/2012-02/
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