Why Can’t OER Just Be All in One Place? (opens in new tab)

As an Open Educational Resources (OER) librarian, I often tell faculty that the best thing about OER is that there is a lot of it, but the worst thing about OER is that there is a lot of it. OER are freely accessible, openly licensed materials that are useful for teaching, learning, and research. There are millions of OER available, which is positive, but the vast amount can make it difficult to search through. According to Tang (2020), “teachers who are not proficient in sifting through appr...